Turning up the heat on the Energy Bill – residents to quiz Hackney MP Meg Hillier

On the panel: Meg Hillier MP

Hackney residents are being invited to put questions about rocketing fuel bills, green jobs and climate change to a panel including Meg Hillier, MP for Hackney South and Shoreditch, at the Shoreditch Trust at 7.30pm on Wednesday 27 February.

The event on Orsman Road, ‘Energy We Can All Afford’, is being organised by Hackney and Tower Hamlets Friends of the Earth as MPs debate the Energy Bill in Parliament to determine how the UK will source its electricity for the next generation.

The panel will include Hanna Thomas of the East London Green Jobs Alliance and Martyn Williams of the Energy Bill Revolution.

Tony Black from Hackney and Tower Hamlets Friends of the Earth said: “Increasingly costly fossil fuels and poorly insulated homes are driving climate change and making it harder for people to afford fuel bills – but there is an alternative.

“The government should switch the UK to clean British energy from our wind, sun and waves, and use money raised from carbon taxes to better insulate our homes – this will stabilise bills and create new jobs, in Hackney as across the country.“We need Meg Hillier MP to back an amendment to the Energy Bill so that it includes a target to clean up our electricity by 2030 – this will give renewable energy firms the confidence to invest.”

Energy We Can All Afford
7.30pm Wednesday 27 February 2013
The Shoreditch Trust
Waterhouse
8 Orsman Road
Hackney
N1 5QJ.

Refreshments will be available.