We urgently need to cut emissions – the good news is we can do it quickly and...
The IPCC finds that emissions could be halved globally by 2030 at affordable costs if action is taken right across the boardEnormous opportunities to cut emissions deeply are there, the time to act is...
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Premier criticises prime minister’s comments on close contact rules being state’s responsibilityFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app; get our morning email...
View ArticleBoris Johnson blows cold on onshore wind faced with 100-plus rebel MPs
Opposition in cabinet as well as on backbenches to expansion of turbines in England widely seen as an eyesorePro-green cabinet ministers are frustrated by Boris Johnson’s decision to back away from...
View ArticleAnti-onshore wind campaigner put in charge of council’s ‘green masterplan’
Lincolnshire county council’s Colin Davie has vowed to ‘restart old fights’ and oppose new onshore windCharity linked to UK anti-onshore wind campaigns active againA trustee of a group that campaigns...
View ArticleCharity linked to UK anti-onshore wind campaigns active again
Analysis: Renewable Energy Foundation says it does not see renewables as a large part of net zero strategyAnti-onshore wind campaigner put in charge of council’s ‘green masterplan’While the name of the...
View ArticleWhat might the UK energy strategy contain and how feasible are options?
On top of targeting net zero and high energy bills, UK aims to reduce exposure to Russian oil and gasThe way in which Britain is powered and heated could be dramatically reshaped by the government’s...
View ArticleTurbines are an eyesore? Sounds like a wind-up | Letters
If you think wind turbines are ugly, try living near a power station, writes Dr Michael Symonds, while Terry Leary wonders why tidal power is being overlookedSince when has something being an “eyesore”...
View ArticleUK to defy net zero targets with more oil and gas drilling
Pressured by Tory right, minister to announce gas-heavy energy strategy with little emphasis on insulationThe UK government is set to order more drilling for oil and gas in the North Sea in defiance of...
View ArticleScientists have just told us how to solve the climate crisis – will the world...
The new IPCC report offers not only hope, but practical solutions. Governments that have signed off on it must now actAmid the triple crisis of the war in Ukraine, the still-raging pandemic and...
View ArticleWhy is the UK government backing nuclear power when onshore wind is so much...
Using windfarms would be an easy, quick, cheap and actually popular way to solve the energy bill crisisAfter Friday’s huge jump in energy costs, millions of people across the UK face a frightening...
View Article‘Major misjudgment’: how the Tories got their energy strategy so wrong
Analysis: betting big on nuclear, hydrogen, oil and gas while passing over energy saving measures, Johnson’s plan is a huge missed opportunityGovernment industrial strategies are often derided as...
View ArticlePM to put nuclear power at heart of UK’s energy strategy
Plan will not please environmental campaigners, who say it fails to meet government’s net-zero targetsBoris Johnson is to put nuclear energy at the heart of the UK’s new energy strategy, but ministers...
View ArticleJohnson’s energy security strategy won’t bring down our eye-watering heating...
This plan could have ended dependence on Russian gas and tackled the cost of living crisis. Thanks to Tory backbenchers, it did neitherAt last, the energy security strategy has been published, after...
View ArticleWhat is Boris Johnson’s energy plan, and what is it missing?
Prime minister claims he has delivered ‘clean, affordable, secure power for generations to come’Boris Johnson claimed on Thursday that his energy security strategy had delivered “clean, affordable,...
View ArticleThe Guardian view on Boris Johnson’s energy strategy: missed opportunities |...
The government has failed to seize the moment and build on public enthusiasm for renewable energyA few weeks after the November Cop26 summit concluded in Glasgow, the Department for Business, Energy...
View ArticleWind energy company pleads guilty to killing at least 150 eagles
Turbine blades owned by ESI Energy hacked many birds to death, a violation of the Migratory Bird Treaty ActAn American wind energy company that pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges after at least...
View ArticleBritain was promised a bold and visionary energy plan. But we’ve been sold a...
One of Britain’s top scientists says the new power security strategy does little to help people or the planetThese are unsettling times. As scientists have issued ringing warnings about the dangers we...
View ArticleThree-quarters of Britons back expansion of wind power, poll reveals
Survey suggests even Tory voters are unlikely to support Conservatives’ nuclear-first energy policyMore than three-quarters of the public are in favour of windfarms being built in the UK. That is the...
View ArticleQueensland advances green hydrogen and ammonia project to be powered by...
Deputy premier says Gladstone, the proposed location of the project, is on the way to becoming a ‘clean energy powerhouse’Get our free news app; get our morning email briefingFollow our Australia news...
View Article‘Historic’: global climate plans can now keep heating below 2C, study shows
But goal of limiting global heating to 1.5C will fail without immediate action, scientists warnFor the first time the world is in a position to limit global heating to under 2C, according to the first...
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