Miliband's Green Push, Despite Home's Lack of Solar

0:00On April 27th, Ed Miliband, the Energy Secretary, is catching heat for not having solar panels on his 1.6 million-pound North London home, even as he pushes everyone else to go green. His roof is bare, while a neighbor right next door took the government's incentive and installed them in their conservation area. The place has a heat pump, but the energy rating sits at sea, with very poor walls and just some double glazing. Meanwhile, Miliband's been on a roll promoting clean power, urging folks to grab 400-pound plug-in solar kits from Amazon, or lethal, amid energy. Price worries from conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine. He wants to double down on solar, wind, heat pumps, and electric vehicles to boost UK security. Critics are piling on. With reform, MP Richard Tyson doving him, the king of hypocrisy, for skipping solar and heat pumps on his own mansion while. Forcing the agenda on others. Conservatives like Claire Coutinho call out his eco-hypocracy, too.

1:00This echoes last year's flag over his gas boiler at his donkaster home and taxpayer-funded gas claims. His department dodged questions on personal plans, instead hyping the 15-billion-pound warm homes plan for low-interest loans on solar installs. Calling it a rooftop revolution. Lately, he's approved massive solar farms despite local pushback, and wants renewables on public lands from railways to forests, and even more panels on. 100 schools. All this as opponents push for North Sea oil and gas instead, but Milliband sees untapped public assets as a no-brainer for energy independence, and revenue, keeping the green drive rolling strong.