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Wholesale gas prices soar in Britain after pipeline is forced to close

No 10 plays down fears over energy stocks after a pump failure cuts off gas supply from BelgiumBritish wholesale gas prices hit a record high on Friday after the failure of a vital import pipeline...

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Wind turbines, a new airport and an atomic plant threaten historic wetlands

Lawlessness was once a way of life in the smugglers' town of Lydd. Now inhabitants on Romney Marsh are at war with the government men again – in a row over planning proposalsIn the picturesque town of...

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Earth Hour 2013 celebrations around the world – in pictures

From Colombo to the Kremlin, major landmarks, businesses and households in cities around the world turned their lights off for one hour at 8.30pm on Saturday 23 March

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Scottish government approves windfarm opposed by Donald Trump

Billionaire property magnate attacks decision to build experimental offshore windfarm near his golf course as 'purely political'Scottish ministers have given the go-ahead to an experimental offshore...

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Renewable energy providers to help bear cost of new UK nuclear reactors

Experts say decision to share cost of accommodating Hinkley Point reactors among providers amounts to subsidy for nuclearThe row over subsidies for the UK's new nuclear power stations has deepened...

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EU energy chief calls for no new taxes as talks begin on 2030 climate targets

Competition from US firms sparks concern as green paper sets out aims for Europe's new climate policyThere should be no new taxes on energy within the EU, and current taxes should not be raised, if...

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UK's CO2 emissions up 4.5% in 2012

• Huge jump in coal use in power stations prompts rise• Scotland renewables production hits record levelsThe UK's emissions of climate-warming gases surged in 2012 as cheap coal replaced gas in power...

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Letters: Non-nuclear future

I was dismayed by the statement by Professor John Beddington, the government's chief scientific adviser, that a nuclear energy-free future for the UK is not something the coalition is thinking...

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Energy minister John Hayes switches to No 10 role in surprise reshuffle

PM brings coalition windfarm war to an end by appointing Michael Fallon to replace controversial Tory colleagueDavid Cameron has conducted a surprise mini-shuffle ahead of the Easter break, bringing a...

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Letters: Partisan voices in the energy debate

Decades of detailed academic, industry and government analysis has shown repeatedly that it is possible for the UK (and the world at large) to achieve sufficient, reliable, economically viable energy...

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UK rewards polluters and locks up people who want to save the planet

The climate campaigners should be given a medal for their outstanding bravery and public service, not prison sentencesWhat if, instead of giving Marie Curie and Alexander Fleming Nobel prizes for their...

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Assets worth €1.3bn seized from Italian businessman 'with mafia links'

Vito Nicastri, known as the 'king of wind' for his renewable energy interests, loses companies, property, cars and boatsAnti-mafia investigators in Italy have made their largest confiscation of assets...

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Amazon tribe threatens to declare war amid row over Brazilian dam project

Munduruku leaders hit out at 'betrayal' after government pushes on with dam construction without community's consentAn Amazonian community has threatened to "go to war" with the Brazilian government...

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What's climate finance and where will it come from?

This Q&A is part of the Guardian's Ultimate climate change FAQ• See all questions and answers• Read about the project'Climate finance' involves flows of funds from developed to developing nations...

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London's cooking waste to fuel power station

Thames Water and 2OC in deal worth £200m over 20 years to turn 'fatbergs' clogging capital's sewers into energy for sewage works and homesCooking waste from thousands of London restaurants and food...

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Swansea Bay tidal lagoon project seeks £10m funding

Entrepreneur, Mark Shorrock, says scheme could power 107,000 homes and generate 250MW of renewable energyA project to power 107,000 homes using a tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay is seeking £10m of funding...

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More than 1,000 firms demand end to EU-China solar PV trade war

Solar installers and customers urge Brussels not to impose import duties on Chinese panelsThe extent of the split within the European solar industry over proposals for Brussels to impose tariffs on...

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London Array becomes world's largest windfarm as last turbine comes online

Developers confirms all 175 of London Array's offshore wind turbines are now fully operationalThe UK's wind power industry has restated its pledge to drive down the cost of energy, as it pushed the...

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Copenhagen's ambitious push to be carbon-neutral by 2025

The Danish capital is moving rapidly toward a zero-carbon future, as it erects windfarms, transforms its citywide heating systems, promotes energy efficiency, and lures more people out of their cars...

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Jeremy Grantham, environmental philanthropist: 'We're trying to buy time for...

You've probably never heard of him, and for years Jeremy Grantham liked it that way. But now the man who made billions by predicting every recent financial crisis is speaking outOne icy morning in...

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