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Data | 75 years of independence: A comparison of India’s growth with other nations across ten indicators

Where does India stand when compared to countries that had become independent in the same time period and with other developed nations?

The Hindu · Aug 15, 2022

Wind, hydrogen, no demolitions: how next PM can put UK on net zero path

Boris Johnson’s plans are behind schedule and the CBI says Britain is falling behind Europe and the US

The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2022

Automatic monthly power rate revision on government anvil

NEW DELHI: The power ministry is seeking to implement automatic monthly revision in electricity tariffs by changing the Electricity Regulations 2005 to achieve a key objective of the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2022 that is stuck in Parliament’s standing committee on energy.

The Times of India · Aug 14, 2022

Some benefit claimants face spending 'more than half' their cash on energy bills

Labour research claimed a single, childless claimant will spend 59% of their cash on electricity and gas from January - even after £400 of help for energy bills is included

Daily Mirror · Aug 14, 2022

‘The house was freezing’: life during blackouts of 1970s Britain

With winter power cuts a possibility amid energy crisis, some Britons remember them as ‘very ordinary’

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2022

Spain Bans A.C. Below 80 Degrees During Record-Setting Summer Heat

This stunt to save energy will do very little but make people sweat

Reason · Aug 14, 2022

Can Manchester avoid a winter of blackouts?

Worst-case scenario could see country left short of power

Manchester Evening News · Aug 14, 2022

Vanuatu, one of the most climate-vulnerable countries, launches ambitious climate plan

The Pacific country has committed to 100% renewable energy in electricity generation by 2030

The Guardian - AU · Aug 14, 2022

What offshore wind farms could mean for the Hunter

Wind farms off the coast of Newcastle moved a step closer to reality last week when the federal government listed the Hunter as one of six preferred sites for the technology.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 14, 2022

Flood warnings as heavy rains fall across Tasmania, threatening to break records for August

It is not official yet, but weather experts say Sunday's heavy rains across Tasmania look to have broken records for all-time biggest downpours in a number of locations.

ABC News · Aug 14, 2022