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Burnham in danger of sleepwalking into climate disaster, say campaigners

Letter to PM argues series of wrong choices on North Sea oil, Heathrow, EVs and heat pumps will scupper net zero plans

The Guardian - UK · Oct 27

Thursday briefing: Will the government reform the system to bring down our energy bills?

In today’s newsletter: As UK households face another price‑cap rise, experts warn that years of political drift have left us with one of Europe’s most expensive power systems, but the tools to fix it already exist

The Guardian - UK · Aug 27

Defra breached law when it let farmers use bee-killing pesticide, watchdog says

Office for Environmental Protection finds failures by department when it granted emergency authorisation in 2023 and 2024

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2

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‘A long road ahead’: could community car-sharing help UK hit climate targets?

East Midlands electric car club helps residents and cuts emissions – but the need for a volunteer-led scheme reflects a much wider problem

The Guardian - UK · May 10

Incidents at English hazardous industrial sites ‘going unchecked’

Staff crisis at Environment Agency, which helps monitor 950 sites, means it is hearing about incidents later than normal, insider says

The Guardian - UK · Mar 11, 2025

‘It’s a temporary lifeline’: Drax decision is latest test of Labour’s green credentials

Mixed reaction from campaigners as ministers impose reduced subsidies and stringent conditions on Yorkshire wood-burning plant

The Guardian - UK · Feb 10, 2025

New subsidies for Drax that ‘halve’ payments for burning wood for power

New rules for the huge wood-pellet burning power station will also improve sustainability, Government says.

Evening Standard · Feb 10, 2025

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UK Eyes Third Heathrow Runway In Growth Takeoff Bid

Britain's finance minister Rachel Reeves is on Wednesday expected to announce controversial plans for a third runway at London's Heathrow airport as the Labour government seeks to kickstart economic growth.

International Business Times · Jan 29, 2025

Government overturns Tory measure and bans emergency use of bee-killing pesticide

Emergency use of Cruiser SB, a neonicotinoid pesticide highly toxic to bees, to be outlawed in UK in line with EU

The Guardian - UK · Jan 23, 2025

‘A viable business’: Rolls-Royce banking on success of small modular reactors

UK firm in vanguard of companies arguing SMRs are quicker and cheaper option than large Hinkley-sized nuclear plants

The Guardian - UK · Jan 15, 2025

‘My right side was paralysed, I was so sick’: the pesticide poisonings in Brazil that lead back to the UK

Investigation uncovers how chemicals like diquat, banned in the UK but legal to export, are causing health problems in the global south

The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2024

UK exported thousands of tonnes of banned pesticides in 2023, probe reveals

The UK shipped enough of a bee-killing insecticide overseas to spray an area bigger than England, a Greenpeace investigation found.

The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2024

Government advisers call for 81% cut in UK emissions by 2035

The Government is preparing to unveil plans for cutting emissions by 2035, under the global Paris Agreement to take action on climate change.

Evening Standard · Oct 25, 2024

Sunak to allow oil and gas exploration at sites intended for offshore wind

Exclusive: decision to grant licences condemned by critics as a stunt that shows Tories are ‘playing politics with climate’

The Guardian - UK · May 2, 2024

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The Guardian - UK · Jan 11, 2024

UK government sets out plans for ‘biggest nuclear power expansion in 70 years’

Ministers hope to build fleet of reactors to meet quarter of electricity demand by 2050 but critics highlight long delays and rising costs

International Business Times · Jan 2, 2024

2023 Set To Be UK's Second-hottest Year: Met Office

Last year is set to be the UK's second warmest on record, according to provisional figures released on Tuesday by the country's national meteorological service.

International Business Times · Nov 28, 2023

Virgin Pilots First Transatlantic Flight With Low-carbon Fuel

British airline Virgin Atlantic on Tuesday piloted the first long-haul flight powered entirely by Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), an event environmental groups labelled "greenwashing".

The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2023

Businesses rewarded for closing factories due to green carbon credits loophole, says Greenpeace

Some businesses have amassed millions of pounds worth of carbon credits for shutting down or idling plants, campaigners say

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The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2023

Blow for Sunak’s green energy plans as not a single offshore wind project commissioned

Government accused of ‘monumental failure’ after ‘complete flop’ at auction

The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2023

Tory tussles over energy bill put progress on net zero at risk

The party’s clashing factions table series of amendments supporting and opposing renewables development

The Guardian - UK · Jul 17, 2023

Shapps announces £157m in grants at launch of new UK nuclear body

Great British Nuclear created to deliver government’s commitment to boosting electricity generation, in part through smaller reactors

The Guardian - UK · Jan 24, 2023

Greenpeace accuses Treasury of distorting its stance on biomass burning

Briefing notes obtained by FoI reveal minister meeting with Drax CEO was told Greenpeace supported practice

The Guardian - UK · Sep 20, 2022

Energy-saving measures could boost UK economy by £7bn a year, study says

Exclusive: Green home upgrades could also create 140,000 new jobs by 2030, analysis by Cambridge Econometric finds

The Guardian - UK · Sep 7, 2022

PM expected to reverse fracking ban as campaigners call for review’s release

BEIS has been sitting on report delivered in early July into possible effect of fracking in UK

The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2022

New North Sea drilling not the answer to current energy costs, critics warn

Greenpeace said ‘unleashing a North Sea drilling frenzy isn’t a plan to help bill payers, but a gift to the fossil fuel giants’.

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