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| Jeremiah Beveridge quote | What is a grassroots organization? | National Center for Charitable Statistics – undated | http://www.nccsdataweb.urban.org/PubApps/nonprofitfaq.php?i=112&c=26 | 12/21/2015 |
| Grassroot changes | Grassroots innovation movements: challenges and contributions | Smith, Fressoli, Thomas, Journal of cleaner production xxx(2013), 1-11 | https://www.sussex.ac.uk/webteam/gateway/file.php?name=smith-fressoli-2013.pdf&site=25 | 12/21/2015 |
| Without hot air | Sustainable Energy – without the hot air | Website/ online book | http://www.withouthotair.com/ | 2/6/2016 |
| Skeptical Science | Skeptical Science | Website | http://www.skepticalscience.com/ | 2/6/2016 |
| Climate Feedback | Climate Feedback | Website | http://climatefeedback.org/ | 2/6/2016 |
| Church of England divests from fossil fuels | Church of England divests from oil firm over ‘allegations of corruption’ | Christian Today – Jul 2015 | http://www.christiantoday.com/article/church.of.england.divests.from.oil.firm.over.allegations.of.corruption/57860.htm | 12/10/2015 |
| Drop in solar panel prices | Swanson’s Law and the stunning drop in the cost of solar cells | AEIdeas – May 2013 | http://www.aei-ideas.org/2013/05/swansons-law-and-the-stunning-drop-in-the-cost-of-solar-cells/ | 12/21/2015 |
| IRR | Internal Rate of Return (IRR) | Investing Answers – undated | http://www.investinganswers.com/financial-dictionary/investing/internal-rate-return-irr-2130 | 12/21/2015 |
| Name that quote (Unilever) | Unilever saves 1 million tonnes of CO2 – and €244m | Unilever [Press Release] – May 2015 | http://www.unilever.co.uk/media-centre/pressreleases/2015/Unilever-saves-one-millon-tonnes-of-CO2.aspx | 12/30/2015 |
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| James Russell Lowell quote | No. VII Latest views of Mr Biglow | Readbookonline – undated | http://www.readbookonline.net/read/7223/19482/ | 12/21/2015 |
| IEA downward revision of renewable energy take up | IEA slashes renewable energy forecast | Euractiv – Aug 2014 | http://www.euractiv.com/sections/energy/iea-slashes-renewable-energy-forecast-308044 | 12/21/2015 |
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| EU targets for renewables | Renewable energy: Moving towards a low carbon economy | European Commission – undated | http://ec.europa.eu/energy/en/topics/renewable-energy | 12/21/2015 |
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| UK is not on track to meet its targets | EU tracking roadmap 2015: Keeping track of EU Renewable Energy Targets towards 2020 | European Forum for Renewable Energy Sources – Jun 2015 | http://www.keepontrack.eu/contents/publicationseutrackingroadmap/eu_roadmap_2015.pdf | 12/21/2015 |
| Third slowest nation in the EU to decarbonise | Energy from renewable sources | Eurostat – Feb 2016 | http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Energy_from_renewable_sources#Database | 14/2/2016 |
| In absence of a credible plan | Britain will miss legally-binding renewable energy target, Energy Secretary admits | The Telegraph – Nov 2015 | http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/11985050/Britain-will-miss-legally-binding-renewable-energy-target-Energy-Secretary-admits.html | 12/21/2015 |
| Institution of Mechanical Engineers | Engineering the UK energy gap | The Institution of Mechanical Engineers – Jan 2016 | https://www.imeche.org/docs/default-source/position-statements-energy/imeche-ps-electricity-gap.pdf?sfvrsn=0 | 2/6/2016 |
| Siemen’s director of energy strategy and government affairs | Energy Plans Are ‘No Way to Run’ Policy | Bloomberg – Feb 2016 | http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-02/siemens-says-u-k-energy-plans-no-way-to-run-strategic-policy | 2/6/2016 |
| The coalition government cut emissions by 13.8% | 10% Challenge: Carbon Reduction on the Government Office Estate | HM Government – 2011 | https://data.gov.uk/sites/default/files/End%20of%20Programme%20Report%2005072011_10.pdf | 12/21/2015 |
| Greening Government Commitments | Greening Government Commitments – Annual Report 2013-14 | HM Government – Feb 2015 | https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/406250/defra-greening-gov-commitment-annual-report-2013-14.pdf | 12/21/2015 |
| 96 local authorities have signed up to climate local and what they have achieved | Climate Local: Annual Report | Local Government Association – undated | http://www.local.gov.uk/documents/10180/11309/Climate+Local+annual+report_FINAL.pdf/6b423606-800b-4917-9b4e-9adb7d20711d | 12/21/2015 |
| Green Deal | Green Deal: energy saving for your home | gov.uk – undated | https://www.gov.uk/green-deal-energy-saving-measures | 12/21/2015 |
| Affordable Warmth Obligation | Help from your energy supplier: the Affordable Warmth Obligation | gov.uk – undated | https://www.gov.uk/energy-company-obligation | 12/21/2015 |
| UK government budget | Public Expenditure – Statistical Analyses 2013 | HM Treasury – Jul 2015 | https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/public-expenditure-statistical-analyses-2015 | 12/21/2015 |
| The UK’s climate change act and it sets a tougher target than the EU | Implementing the Climate Change Act 2008: The Government’s proposal for setting the fourth carbon budget | HM Government – May 2011 | https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/48081/1683-4th-carbon-budget-policy-statement.pdf | 12/21/2015 |
| Display Energy Certificates | Improving the energy efficiency of our buildings – A guide to display energy certificates and advisory reports for public buildings | Department for Communities and Local Government – Jul 2015 | https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/452481/DEC_Guidance__rev_July_2015_.pdf | 12/21/2015 |
| CRC energy efficiency scheme | CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme: how it works and advice on managing the CRC as a business opportunity. | Carbon Trust – undated | http://www.carbontrust.com/resources/guides/carbon-footprinting-and-reporting/crc-carbon-reduction-commitment | 12/21/2015 |
| half hourly electricity market (settlement process) | What is the inbalance settlement process? | Elexon – undated | https://www.elexon.co.uk/knowledgebase/what-is-the-imbalance-settlement-process/ | 12/21/2015 |
| CCL and CPS | Carbon Price Floor | House of Commons Library – May 2014 | http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/SN05927 | 12/21/2015 |
| CCL and CPS | Climate change levy | House of Commons Library – Nov 2009 | https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCkQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.parliament.uk%2Fbriefing-papers%2FSN00235.pdf&ei=lWsAVOLnEYTSaJOcgvAM&usg=AFQjCNHpsW7W78Zh02SFj_q65uVYR9Yh8A&sig2=bdhbJbuPhGpaYa0qDFM0Qg&bvm=bv.74115972,d.d2s | 12/21/2015 |
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| The UK government prefers voluntary measures | UK response to European Commission public consultations on the circular economy and on the functioning of waste markets | gov.uk – Oct 2015 | https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/475861/circ-economy-waste-market-eu-consult-uk-response.pdf | 12/21/2015 |
| Renewables Obligation | Renewables Obligation (RO) | Ofgem – undated | https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/environmental-programmes/renewables-obligation-ro | 12/21/2015 |
| The RO is replaced by CFD and CFD | Electricity Market Reform – Contract for Difference: Contract and Allocation Overview | gov.uk – Aug 2013 | https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/233004/EMR__Contract_for_Difference__Contract_and_Allocation_Overview_Final_28_August.pdf | 12/21/2015 |
| Solar removed from the renewables obligation in Dec 2015 | Changes to financial support for solar PV | gov.uk – Dec 2015 | https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/changes-to-financial-support-for-solar-pv | 12/23/2015 |
| Feed-in Tariffs | Feed-in Tariff scheme | Energy Saving Trust – undated | http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/domestic/feed-tariff-scheme | 12/21/2015 |
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| What is the Department for Business, Innovation and skills doing | Business Plan 2012-2015 | BIS – May 2012 | https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/31960/12-p58-bis-2012-business-plan.pdf | 12/21/2015 |
| Green Investment Bank | Green Investment Bank | Commercial web site | http://www.greeninvestmentbank.com/ | 12/21/2015 |
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| What is the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs doing | Annual Report and Accounts 2014–15 | Defra -July 2015 | https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/449323/defra-annual-report-2014-2015-web.pdf | 12/21/2015 |
| What is the Department of Energy and Climate change doing | Annual Report and Accounts 2014–16 | DECC – July 2015 | https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/447144/6.656_DECC_JG_Annual_Report_2014-15_AW_WEB.pdf | 12/21/2015 |
| What is the Department for Culture, Media and Sport doing | Annual Report and Accounts 2014–17 | DCMS – July 2015 | https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/445871/DCMS_annual_report_and_accounts_2014_to_2015__print-optimised_PDF_.pdf | 12/21/2015 |
| What is the Department of Health doing | Annual Report and Accounts 2014–18 | DoH – July 2015 | https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/447002/DH_accounts_14-15_web.pdf | 12/21/2015 |
| Defra – no thanks to mandatory measures for the circular economy | Defra Publishes UK Response To Circular Economy Consultation | Chartered Institute of Waste Management – Nov 2015 | http://www.ciwm-journal.co.uk/defra-publishes-uk-response-to-circular-economy-consultation/ | 12/9/2015 |
| OECD subsidies 2015 | Fossil Fuel Support – GBR | OECD – 2015 | http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=FFS_GBR | 12/21/2015 |
| Sky Travel, most miserable day of the year | Tell me now how do I feel | Bad Science – Jan 2011 | http://www.badscience.net/2011/01/tell-me-now-how-do-i-feel/#more-1946 | 12/21/2015 |
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| EIA data | US Energy Information Adminstration | EIA – live | http://www.eia.gov/ | 12/21/2015 |
| IAE publications | International Energy Agency Free Publications | IEA – live | http://www.iea.org/publications/freepublications/ | 12/21/2015 |
| UK gov.uk | Welcome to GOV.UK | gov.uk – live | www.gov.uk | 12/21/2015 |
| United Nations data | United Nations Statistics Division | United Nations Statistics Division – live | http://unstats.un.org/unsd/default.htm | 12/21/2015 |
| UK government plans to improve data provision | Data.gov.uk | data.gov.uk [blog] – Sep 2015 | https://data.gov.uk/ | 12/18/2015 |
| UK to phase out coal in favour of gas | New direction for UK energy policy | gov.uk – Nov 2015 | https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-direction-for-uk-energy-policy | 12/21/2015 |
| secretary of state to rule on Cuadrilla’s appeal | Communities secretary to determine Cuadrilla’s fracking appeals | Utility Week – Nov 2015 | http://utilityweek.co.uk/news/communities-secretary-to-determine-cuadrillas-fracking-appeals/1193452?#.VmhI8fnhBhF | 12/21/2015 |
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| Paris agreement and decisions | Adoption of the Paris agreement | UNFCCC – Dec 2015 | http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2015/cop21/eng/l09.pdf | 12/15/2015 |
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| The IEA | International Energy Agency – Secure Sustainable Together | Website | http://www.iea.org/ | 12/18/2015 |
| G7 countries agree to limit global warming to 2° | G7 to limit global warming to below 2 degrees | Politico – Jun 2015 | http://www.politico.eu/article/g7-agrees-to-limit-global-warming-to-2-degrees/ | 12/18/2015 |
| G20 energy | Global climate challenges: assessing the G20’s response | G20 – Dec 2105 | http://www.g7g20.com/articles/ella-kokotsis-global-climate-challenges-assessing-the-g20-s-response | 12/18/2015 |
| g20 China, circular economy and plastics | G20 – Turkey: The Anatalya summit | G20 – Nov 2015 | http://www.g7g20.com/eBooks/G20-2015-web.pdf | 12/18/2015 |
| Germany’s Energiewende | Energy Transition – the German Energyiewende | Website | http://energytransition.de/ | 12/18/2015 |
| Sweden’s journey to reduced oil dependency | Sweden tackles climate change | Swedish Government – undated | https://sweden.se/society/sweden-tackles-climate-change/ | 12/18/2015 |
| Other countries are interested in the way Sweden has moved from oil | Obama: ‘We can learn’ from Sweden on energy, climate innovations | The Hill – Sep 2013 | http://thehill.com/video/in-the-news/320281-obama-we-can-learn-from-sweden-on-energy-climate | 12/18/2015 |
| California used cap and trade income to provide solar panels to disadvantaged families | CSI Single-Family Affordable Solar Homes (SASH) Program | CA.gov – Feb 2015 | http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/PUC/energy/Solar/sash.htm | 12/21/2015 |
| Expansion of two National Marine Sanctuaries | Cordell Bank, Farallones national marine sanctuaries expanded: New name for expanded Farallones reflects new boundaries, opportunities | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – June 2015 | http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2015/20150609-cordell-bank-farallones-national-marine-sanctuaries-expanded.html | 12/21/2015 |
| Ontario bans coal fired electricity generation | Ontario Permanently Bans Coal-Fired Electricity Generation | Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change – Nov 2015 | http://news.ontario.ca/ene/en/2015/11/ontario-permanently-bans-coal-fired-electricity-generation.html | 12/9/2015 |
| NY state to get 50% of its electricity from renewables | Letter from NY state governor to the CEO of the state department of public service | Andrew Cuomo – Dec 2015 | https://www.governor.ny.gov/sites/governor.ny.gov/files/atoms/files/RenewableEnergyLetter_1.pdf | 12/7/2015 |
| India to increase renewable generation and cut fossil fuel subsidies | India to hike renewable energy output, cut fossil fuel subsidies | The Tribune – Nov 2015 | http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/world/india-to-hike-renewable-energy-output-cut-fossil-fuel-subsidies/158634.html?utm_content=bufferc2834&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer | 12/21/2015 |
| alberta carbon tax and emissions limit | Climate Leadership | Alberta.ca | http://alberta.ca/climate/ | 12/10/2015 |
| carbon pricing schemes | State and Trends of Carbon Pricing | World Bank – Sep 2015 | http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2015/09/21/090224b0830f0f31/2_0/Rendered/PDF/State0and0trends0of0carbon0pricing02015.pdf | 12/4/2015 |
| Royal Navy move to oil | Naval innovation – from coal to oil | Dahl, Joint Force Quarterly, ndupress, Apr 2001 | http://ndupress.ndu.edu/portals/68/Documents/jfq/jfq-27.pdf | 12/21/2015 |
| Building the US airforce and the US airforce in WWII | Missions Part One: From the Signal Corps to the Air Corps | USAirforce – undated | http://www.airforce.com/learn-about/history/part1/ | 12/21/2015 |
| Building the French airforce | Aviation during World War One | Century of Flight – undated | http://www.century-of-flight.net/Aviation%20history/airplane%20at%20war/world%20war%20one%20aircraft%20statistics.htm | 12/21/2015 |
| Building the UK airforce | WW1 British Aircraft | Military Factory – undated | http://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/ww1-british-military-aircraft.asp | 12/21/2015 |
| Improvements in planes | Aviation at the Start of the First World War | Century of Flight – undated | http://www.century-of-flight.net/Aviation%20history/airplane%20at%20war/Aviation%20at%20the%20Start%20of%20the%20First%20World%20War.htm | 12/21/2015 |
| Penicillin development | The Real Story Behind Penicillin | PBS – Sep 2013 | http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/the-real-story-behind-the-worlds-first-antibiotic/ | 12/21/2015 |
| British gas switch over | The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History, Volume 2 | Mokyr, Oxford University Press, 13 Aug 2003 | https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ssNMAgAAQBAJ&pg=RA1-PA394&lpg=RA1-PA394&dq=british+conversion+to+natural+gas&source=bl&ots=5Tld0U59-_&sig=xNAXaCoCA0XxptkoBjK2mhH7PRU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj9hoSyse3JAhUByhoKHXSwBcE4ChDoAQgkMAE#v=onepage&q=british%20conversion%20to%20natural%20gas&f=false | 12/21/2015 |
| Whatever happenened to the ozone hole | Severe ozone depletion avoided | University of Leeds – May 2015 | http://www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article/3700/severe_ozone_depletion_avoided | 12/21/2015 |
| Fall of the Soviet Union | Fall of the Soviet Union | The Cold War Museum – undated | http://www.coldwar.org/articles/90s/fall_of_the_soviet_union.asp | 12/21/2015 |
| End of apartheid | Unit 6. The End of Apartheid and the Birth of Democracy | Overcoming Apartheid and Michigan State University – undated | http://overcomingapartheid.msu.edu/unit.php?id=65-24E-6&page=2 | 12/21/2015 |
| City moves to avoid falling into a mine | City in transformation | Kiruna Stadsomsvandling – live website | http://www.kiruna.se/Stadsomvandling/City-in-transformation/ | 12/21/2015 |
| decarbonisation pathways | Pathways to deep decarbonisation | Deep Decarbonisation Pathways Project – Dec 2015 | http://deepdecarbonization.org/2015/12/release-of-the-ddpp-2015-synthesis-report/?utm_content=buffer9c96f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer | 12/7/2015 |
| decarbonisation pathways | 100% Wind, Water, and Solar (WWS) All-Sector Energy Roadmaps for Countries and States | Stanford University – undated | http://stanford.edu/group/efmh/jacobson/Articles/I/WWS-50-USState-plans.html | 12/7/2015 |
| Global Apollo | A global Apollo programme to combat climate change | Website | http://globalapolloprogramme.org/ | 12/7/2015 |
| Mission Innovation | Announcing: “Mission Innovation” | The White House – Nov 2015 | https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2015/11/29/announcing-mission-innovation | 12/7/2015 |
| Breakthrough energy coalition | Introducing the Breakthrough Energy Coalition | Website | http://www.breakthroughenergycoalition.com/en/index.html | 12/7/2015 |
| 90 million cars and trucks | 2014 production statistics | OICA – 2014 figures | http://www.oica.net/category/production-statistics/ | 12/21/2015 |
| 300 million bottles of champagne | How many bottles of Champagne are produced each year? | Glass of Bubbly – Nov 2013 | http://www.glassofbubbly.com/how-many-bottles-of-champagne-are-produced-each-year/ | 12/21/2015 |
| 100 billion on trident replacement | Reality Check: How much would Trident replacement cost? | BBC – Apr 2015 | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-scotland-32236184 | 12/21/2015 |
| dictionary definition of sustainable | Oxford Dictionaries online definition of sustainable | Oxford Dictionaries online – undated | http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/sustainable | 12/21/2015 |
| Mr Micawber’s definition of a sustainable lifestyle | David Copperfield | Dickens, published as a novel in 1850 | http://www.novelguide.com/david-copperfield/top-ten-quotes | 12/21/2015 |
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Michelle Spaul 