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EU executive proposes eighth batch of sanctions against Russia

The European Union executive proposed on Wednesday an eighth round of sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, including tighter trade restrictions, more individual blacklistings and an oil price cap for third countries.

Reuters · Sep 28, 2022

Orsted signs 'industry first' wind farm contracts with SeAH and Spanish fabricator for Hornsea Three

Monopile manufacturing goes to UK arm of South Korean steel giant SeAH and Bilbao-based Haizea Wind Group

Birmingham Post · Sep 28, 2022

Labour is right: it’s time for Britain to profit from its own renewables

The proposals would ensure the power of our wind and waves is harnessed for everyone – not just foreign governments and multinationals, says Mathew Lawrence of the Common Wealth thinktank

The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2022

Revealed: 5,000 empty ‘ghost flights’ in UK since 2019, data shows

Exclusive: A further 35,000 flights have operated almost empty, with climate campaigners calling the revelations ‘shocking’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2022

Trump asks to head up group to negotiate with Putin in response to Nord Stream leaks

The former president claimed that the Russian invasion of Ukraine would not have happened if he were in the White House

The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2022

Gas prices rise in Europe as fears grow Russia may halt supplies via Ukraine

Threat of sanctions from Gazprom adds to turmoil caused by damage to Nord Stream pipelines in Baltic Sea

The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2022

Smart Australian technologies that will help us reach net-zero emissions by 2050

Australia has signed up to the challenge of reaching Net Zero emissions by 2050 and to achieve that we will need to do things differently

The New Daily · Sep 28, 2022

Cuba slowly begins to restore power after Hurricane Ian knocks out grid

Cuba had restored power to at least some consumers in the majority of its provinces, the state electricity provider said Wednesday, after Hurricane Ian caused the country's grid to completely collapse, turning off the lights for 11 million people.

Reuters · Sep 28, 2022

Great British Energy Company: Sir Keir Starmer’s plans for a nationalised energy company

Sir Keir Starmer’s key promise at his Labour Party Conference address was to create a nationalised energy company

Evening Standard · Sep 28, 2022

How Vladimir Putin could have carried out Nord Stream pipeline sabotage attack

Gas is gushing into the Baltic Sea after three explosions on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines - which run gas supplies from Russia to Germany - in what appears to be sabotage

Daily Mirror · Sep 28, 2022