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After the Election: The Future of Green Energy Prospects

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/number10gov/  As I write this, David Cameron is addressing the press outside Downing Street having just secured a shock majority government . The talk in recent days of an almost guaranteed hung parliament completely dissipated when the first exit polls signalled a clear Tory victory, prompting heated debate between pundits and political parties from a broad spectrum. Nigel Farage, Nick Clegg, and Ed Miliband all resigned as party leaders whilst Cameron visited the Queen for permission to form a government. In his victory speech, Cameron acknowledged the need for a united Britain, as well as means to tackle the housing crisis, secure jobs for the future, and finally provide an in-out referendum on Britain’s EU membership. Although there were many causalities in this political bloodbath, the biggest of all is the overlooked future and security of our planet’s climate. Climate change was one of the centrepieces of the Green Party manifesto, bu...