News and Updates
Our latest blogs, updates, events, and press releases.
June 19th, 2025: Wind and solar: avoiding an unjust transition
This month, we’re looking at the injustices in the transition to wind and solar.
Join us to discuss what we can do to ensure renewables don’t just become the fossil fuels of the future, but a paradigm shift that puts justice for people and the planet at its centre.
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Workers Planet: new festival to unite union and climate movements
An exciting new political education festival is set to be held at TUC Congress: ‘Workers Planet’ aims to unite the trade union and climate justice movements.
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The £264 billion Carbon Capture Bill: Why your energy costs will soar
Dr Andrew Boswell writes on Carbon Capture and Storage for FPA. Money would be better spent on renewables and insulating homes, he explains.
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FPA brings ENERGY to tax the rich demo
FPA members take to the streets with a simple message: stop the cuts, tax the rich and provide Energy For All.
Compensation for forced prepayment meter victims announced!
Victims of forced prepayment meter installations will receive compensation, after campaign pressure. Stu considers how we got here and what needs to happen next.
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Free energy isn’t a utopian dream – it’s possible now
Ruth looks at how the scandal of curtailment – paying windfarms to turn off – is just one example of the deeply entrenched, deliberately designed unfairness in our energy system. She tackles the question of how to build a system which works for all of us, not just a wealthy few, and lays the groundwork for a new phase in Fuel Poverty Action’s Energy For All campaign.
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May 22nd, 2025: Build local power, win local change
This month’s educational session is more important than ever. With the Labour government abandoning vulnerable communities, we’re at a crossroads. How we organise now will make all the difference between a far right government in four years time, and winning a real alternative for the working classes and the planet.
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Hydrogen as a False Low-Carbon ‘Solution’
The Labour Government’s plans for a low-carbon transition are not fit for purpose. FPA member Lee Towers has put together this factsheet, which outlines what hydrogen is and why it is not an efficient or cheap solution to home heating.
Understanding the climate crisis
The effects of a changing climate are no longer predictions for the future—they’re happening now.
Chia Harrington explores what exactly the climate crisis is, and why we should all care.
April 17, 2025: Make your union work for you
A discussion on trade unions, for union members: a chance to share your experiences of unions, hear from trade unionists with decades of experience between them, and ask them anything, days before May Day.
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Retrofit for the Future campaign launches
There’s no time to lose to fight fuel poverty and climate disaster.
That’s why we’ve teamed up with the Peace and Justice Project, ACORN, Greener Jobs Alliance and CACC to campaign for three key interventions in the retrofit debate: accountability for retrofit work, protecting renters and skilling up our workforce.
The problem with means testing
No one can say it’s ok for thousands of people to die every year from fuel poverty. But lots of people say that instead of Energy For All, the government should subsidise energy prices for people on low incomes. They say this would target help where it is needed most, on people without the means […]
