Community-generated green electricity to be offered to all in UK
Power provided on new tariff to come exclusively from small-scale wind and solar farmsUK homes will soon be able to plug into community wind and solar farms from anywhere in the country through the...
View ArticleAvoid UK recession by kickstarting green economy, says thinktank
New Economics Foundation calls for £50bn to reboot economy on greener footingThe government fightback against the next recession should include pumping as much as £50bn into green projects, in a move...
View ArticleJust one new onshore windfarm started under current UK policies in 2019
Rollout of new turbines is in decline amid Tory subsidy cuts, jeopardising climate targetsThe government’s current energy policies have led to a sharp decline in the number of new onshore windfarms,...
View ArticleWorld's biggest fund manager vows to divest from thermal coal
BlackRock CEO says climate crisis will now dictate investments but environmentalists remain waryBlackRock, the world’s largest fund manager, has announced it will put sustainability at the heart of its...
View ArticleNew Cumbria coalmine 'incompatible' with climate crisis goals
Facility threatens UK’s aim to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, report saysBritain’s first new deep coalmine in 30 years is unnecessary and incompatible with UK climate ambitions, according to...
View ArticleUK could tap into Africa's $24bn market for off-grid solar power
Rapidly growing sector could prove lucrative as Britain seeks post-Brexit trade opportunitiesUK investors could seize a $24bn investment opportunity by helping to connect millions of people without...
View ArticleZero-carbon hydrogen injected into gas grid for first time in groundbreaking...
Blend of hydrogen and natural gas is being used to heat homes and faculty buildings at Keele UniversityZero-carbon hydrogen has been injected into a UK gas network for the first time in a...
View ArticleWeatherwatch: nuclear energy now surplus to needs
Baseload argument no longer true when large quantities of cheaper renewable energy availableSome myths are hard to kill, especially when they once contained a grain of truth, and keeping outdated ideas...
View ArticleUK must create 120,000 green energy jobs by 2030 to meet targets
National Grid report says target needs to be met if projects to cut greenhouse gas emissions are to go aheadThe UK must recruit more than 100,000 people to fill green energy roles within a decade if...
View ArticleEnergy firms face inquiry over £1.3bn green power cable
National Grid and Scottish Power project was two years late and has suffered outagesNational Grid and Scottish Power face an investigation by the energy industry regulator after repeatedly bungling the...
View ArticleFinding a way through the Overton climate window is the only way forward |...
Australia urgently needs political change. We must push for centrist, reasonable policies while still campaigning hard at the marginsWith their own sense of dark irony, the bushfires that have ravaged...
View ArticleTech giants power record surge in renewable energy sales
Amount of clean energy bought by companies triples in two years, with Google biggest buyerThe world’s biggest tech companies fuelled a record surge in the amount of renewable energy sold directly to...
View ArticleScott Morrison strikes $2bn deal with NSW to boost gas supply
Agreement will underwrite grid interconnectors and cut emissions, Australian prime minister saysScott Morrison has struck a $2bn deal with the New South Wales government to increase gas supply and...
View ArticlePM's energy plan isn't really a plan – but it's a step in the right direction...
Scott Morrison dressed it up as a gas deal and Gladys Berejiklian dressed it up as a green deal, but nevertheless it’s a watershed momentThere are real conceptual and practical problems with the energy...
View ArticleNarrabri farmers feel 'sold out' by federal-NSW energy deal that boosts gas...
NSW environment minister insists government will not ‘cut corners’ in assessing Santos’s controversial coal-seam gas project at Narrabri Farmers near the proposed Narrabri gas development in northern...
View ArticleScott Morrison is stuck in a time warp – more gas is not the answer | Simon...
Let’s come clean and let the public know that there’s no domestic case for increasing gas extraction. It’s better we leave it in the groundThe prime minister, Scott Morrison, surrounded by advisers out...
View ArticleScientists call on MPs to urgently reduce Australia's emissions amid bushfire...
Strongly worded appeal comes as new energy market analysis predicts Australia will hit 50% renewable electricity by 2030A group of more than 200 scientists will on Monday urge returning...
View ArticleOfgem sets out nine-point plan to prioritise climate crisis
Regulator aims to support investment in low-carbon technology while protecting households from price risesBritain’s energy regulator has said it will change how it governs the industry to help meet the...
View ArticleBritain must be a world leader in all forms of green energy
The UK must lead the ‘globalisation of the green new deal’ and a first step would be to build a Severn tidal barrageThe phrase “a stitch in time saves nine” dates back to the 18th century, near the...
View ArticleHot on the trail of cold fusion as a solution to the climate crisis | Letter
With well-funded research, cold fusion has the potential to provide us with a sustainable source of energy, writes ProfBrian JosephsonTim Flannery (The age of the megafire is here, and it’s a call to...
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