Hard data blows apart UK rhetoric on leading the way to a green economy
Even if the optimists are right and the picture is brighter than the ONS suggests, there’s still a long way to goThe government has big plans for the green economy. There are targets galore: 2m skilled...
View ArticleClean energy companies plea for government ‘not to get in the way’ of...
As Australia’s largest coal-fired plant announces an early closure, groups say government intervention in market ‘undermines confidence’Get our free news app; get our morning email briefingClean energy...
View ArticleThe Guardian view on Britain’s green economy: seriously underpowered | Editorial
New data exposes a strategic failure to drive growth in sectors that can provide the good jobs of the futureIn the lead-up to Cop26 in November, Boris Johnson was at his most panglossian as he extolled...
View ArticleMike Cannon-Brookes dismisses PM’s suggestion that coal plants should run to...
Tech billionaire bidding for AGL says ‘the private market is stepping up and providing replacement capacity exactly as asked’Get our free news app; get our morning email briefingMike Cannon-Brookes has...
View ArticleWhy is a tech billionaire trying to buy Australia’s dirtiest energy company AGL?
Mike Cannon-Brookes believes backing renewable energy over old coal power plants will keep electricity prices down, create jobs and slash emissions – is he right?It is, by any measure, an extraordinary...
View ArticleKenya to use solar panels to boost crops by ‘harvesting the sun twice’
Successful trials found growing crops beneath panels – known as agrivoltaics – reduced water loss and resulted in larger plantsSolar panels are not a new way of providing cheap power across much of the...
View ArticleThe power struggle over Australia’s dirtiest energy company
Australian tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes has made a multibillion-dollar bid to buy energy company AGL – Australia’s biggest greenhouse gas emitter – and speed up its exit from coal. In response,...
View ArticleSolar panels: a ray of hope as UK energy prices go through the roof
Demand is growing as more of us work from home. But does the £5,000 outlay for installation pay off?With energy bills on their way up again from April, homeowners are looking skywards to try and ease...
View ArticleThe Guardian view on the IPCC report: inaction has cost the world dearly |...
It is past time to take on the ‘arsonists’ of the fossil fuel industry which refuse to manage their own declineWhat are the chances of humanity avoiding a full-scale disaster, given that history...
View ArticleWill closing Australia’s biggest coal-fired power station early really cost...
If you follow the Institute of Public Affairs’s logic on job losses, a net zero target is bad for everyone working in renewables tooTemperature Check is a weekly column examining claims about climate...
View ArticleLight … or blight? Anger rises at plan for Britain’s biggest solar farm
£600m project is one of 900 in planning pipeline to provide green energyA proposed new £600m solar farm in eastern England – covering an area eight times bigger than Hyde Park in central London – faces...
View Article‘The good fight’: Roebuck Plains Station and its return to Indigenous owners
The Yawuru people have finally had 530,000 hectares of their traditional country returned to them. We also hear suburban tales of electrifying our homes and discovering treasure on council cleanup...
View ArticleRussia’s economy is under siege, but will the west break first?
Sanctions will take time and ‘Ukraine fatigue’ could blunt west’s resolve as cost of living crisis deepensRussia-Ukraine war – liveVisa and Mastercard to suspend operations in RussiaIt must have looked...
View ArticleUK should ‘mobilise army of volunteers’ to transform energy landscape
Campaigners say community energy groups can help reduce country’s dependence on Russian fossil fuelThe UK should “mobilise an army of volunteers” to transform the country’s energy landscape and reduce...
View ArticleSevern estuary tidal energy plan back on agenda amid Ukraine crisis
Michael Gove welcomes launch of commission to explore scheme that could meet 7% of UK’s power needsA major infrastructure project harnessing the vast tidal power of the Severn estuary is back on the...
View ArticleKeir Starmer says PM’s ‘failed energy policy’ is causing bills to rocket
Labour leader calls for investment in nuclear, renewables and insulation to cut reliance on Russian oil and gasKeir Starmer has accused Boris Johnson of presiding over a “failed energy policy” that is...
View ArticleNuclear option is not the best for energy transition away from Russian fuels...
Readers respond to George Monbiot’s article about moving away from oil and gas to nuclear power – and reflect on other ways to limit our dependency on Russia for fuelAgreed, Russian gas bad – but...
View ArticleSun Cable’s giant Northern Territory solar project gets $210m funding boost
Billionaires Mike Cannon-Brookes and Andrew Forrest’s investment accelerates company’s plans to explore similar plants in Australia and beyond Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest...
View ArticleTories plan big expansion of wind farms ‘to protect national security’
Planning rules to be relaxed so that renewables and nuclear power can boost energy independence after Ukraine invasionA massive expansion of wind farms across the UK is now needed for national security...
View ArticleWelsh solar farm exceeds expectations in powering Swansea hospital
Health board-owned Brynwhilach installation generates enough over 50-hour period to fulfil all of Morriston site’s energy needsThe UK’s first solar farm owned by a health board and linked directly to a...
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