Tracking the coalition's progress with five key charts
The coalition government is half way through its five year term. Is it on track to fulfill its pledges? Check its progress in five simple charts• Get the data• More data journalism and data...
View ArticleLaos breaks ground in ceremony for contentious Mekong dam
Lao officials have played down the extent of work on the project, opposed by environmentalists and neighbouring countriesLaos held a ceremony on Wednesday for a $3.5bn (£2.2bn) hydropower dam on the...
View ArticleEuropean companies announce 10,000 job losses
Wind turbine manufacturer Vestas says 2,000 jobs will be cut with some of the losses coming from the UKLeading European companies announced job losses totalling more than 10,000 on Wednesday,...
View ArticleGeorge Osborne: make UK a world leader in energy storage
Chancellor gives strongest backing yet to low carbon growth in inaugural science speechChancellor George Osborne has said the UK must take a global lead in developing a series of low carbon...
View ArticleEnergy: arguments about gas and windfarms continue unabated | the big issue
The debate should not be about gas versus renewablesYour article "Huge scale of UK's 'dash for gas' revealed" (News) was highly misleading.Government policy has not moved in favour of a "dash for gas",...
View ArticleTory MP running Corby campaign 'backed rival in anti-windfarm plot'
• Covert footage reveals MP's links to independent candidate• Energy minister denies collusion with anti-wind campaignerThe Conservative MP running the party's byelection bid in Corby has been secretly...
View ArticleTory MP escapes discipline over anti-windfarm comments
Conservative party says it has no plans to discipline Chris Heaton-Harris for plotting with Telegraph columnistThe Conservative party has said it has no plans to discipline Chris Heaton-Harris for...
View Article'End of story' for wind farms and Tory green credentials | Damian Carrington
David Cameron's failure to discipline minister John Hayes or MP Chris Heaton-Harris for opposing government policy on wind turbines means the Conservative green dream is overThe time has come when...
View ArticleUnpicking John Hayes's response to the Corby byelection allegations
Is the Tory minister's reaction to claims he was involved in a rival candidate's campaign an example of the 'non-denial denial'?The Tory energy minister John Hayes is facing tough questions about the...
View ArticleLetters: Anti-green Tories
David Cameron must urgently address the serious issues raised by your report (Tory's plot to back anti-wind rival in byelection, 14 November) and the threat it poses to his promise to lead the greenest...
View ArticleLetters: Let's put an end to utilities milking the consumer
Downing Street is promising "swingeing fines" on energy companies if allegations of manipulating the market in wholesale gas prices are proven – a nice little earner for the Treasury (Davey warns...
View ArticlePolling day shambles for coalition over climate change policy
Tensions grow as George Osborne's father-in-law claims chancellor is behind campaign to dilute environment pledgesThe coalition's green policy is in disarray after an undercover film revealed George...
View ArticleLondon 2012 Olympics were 'greenest ever', report claims
Olympic Games watchdog, the Commission for a Sustainable London 2012, issues report highlighting record carbon savingsWhat does the city of Chelmsford have in common with the London 2012 Olympic...
View ArticleWind power: video reveals Tory MP's contradictory views
Undercover footage shows Chris Heaton-Harris admitting to having seen no research to support his anti-wind criticismsConservative MP Chris Heaton-Harris suffered fresh embarrassment on Thursday as...
View ArticleJohn Hayes must resign for the sake of all our futures | Caroline Lucas
Cameron's failure to discipline either Hayes or Heaton-Harris is not just about politics – it's about avoiding climate catastropheThis week we were again reminded of how fragile a grasp the prime...
View ArticleJohn Hayes' letter revealing the extent of his antipathy to wind technology
In a letter to the chief executive of South Holland district council, the energy minister reveals the extent of his misapprehensions about wind
View ArticleJohn Hayes: 'windfarms will not replace gas or nuclear'
The energy minister has revealed, in a letter seen by the Guardian, the extent of his misapprehensions about windWindfarms are "extremely inefficient and costly" and will not be able to replace gas or...
View ArticleAl Gore: nuclear power will play 'limited role' in future energy mix
Former vice-president says cost of nuclear power is 'absurdly high and still rising'Nuclear power will only play a limited role in the world's energy future because of its "absurdly high" cost, Al Gore...
View ArticleAreva to open wind turbine factory in Scotland
Deal with French nuclear power and renewables company is predicted to create up to 750 engineering jobsOne of Europe's largest wind power engineering firms has promised to open a turbine manufacturing...
View ArticleDesert solar power chief denies crisis
Desertec boss Paul van Son denies solar plan is in trouble as Siemens and Bosch pull out and Spain turns lukewarmReports of turmoil in a futuristic plan to generate 15% of Europe's energy from Saharan...
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