The number of households and businesses installing rooftop solar panels has reached its highest level in 12 years, while heat pump installations climbed to record…
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Labour’s energy advisers warn against watering down £28bn green investment
Labour’s independent energy advisers have warned the party against watering down its £28bn green spending plans in advance of its promise to create a zero…
View More Labour’s energy advisers warn against watering down £28bn green investmentZero onshore wind plans submitted in England since de facto ban was ‘lifted’
No new plans for onshore wind have been accepted in England since the government claimed it had “lifted” the de facto ban, new analysis reveals.…
View More Zero onshore wind plans submitted in England since de facto ban was ‘lifted’World behind on almost every policy required to cut carbon emissions, research finds
Coal must be phased out seven times faster than is now happening, deforestation must be reduced four times faster, and public transport around the world…
View More World behind on almost every policy required to cut carbon emissions, research findsOnshore wind projects in England stall as no new applications are received
The government has received no new applications for onshore wind farms in England since cabinet ministers eased planning rules earlier this year – in a…
View More Onshore wind projects in England stall as no new applications are receivedFormer fracking site could lead UK’s renewable revolution
A former fracking site in the North Yorkshire village of Kirby Misperton, once a lightning rod for environmental protests, may soon be a new frontier…
View More Former fracking site could lead UK’s renewable revolutionReport claiming net zero will cost UK trillions retracted due to ‘factual errors’
A report that hugely overestimated the cost to the UK of reaching net zero emissions has been retracted by the rightwing thinktank that published it.…
View More Report claiming net zero will cost UK trillions retracted due to ‘factual errors’‘Staggering’ green growth gives hope for 1.5C, says global energy chief
The prospects of the world staying within the 1.5C limit on global heating have brightened owing to the “staggering” growth of renewable energy and green…
View More ‘Staggering’ green growth gives hope for 1.5C, says global energy chiefHow Germany, France and Italy compare on net zero emission targets
Germany, France and Italy have pledged to hit net zero emissions around the middle of the century in a bid to stop weather from growing…
View More How Germany, France and Italy compare on net zero emission targetsNew fossil fuel projects ‘very unwise economic risk’ says global energy chief
Countries and companies planning to expand their fossil fuel production are taking “very unhealthy and unwise economic risks” as their investments may not be profitable,…
View More New fossil fuel projects ‘very unwise economic risk’ says global energy chief