Citizens Advice says consumers moved to new supplier likely to pay extra £30 a month Households are facing “desperate choices” this winter, with energy bills rising by £30 a month for those who have had to switch supplier owing to a wave of energy comp…
EU lawmakers vote to prolong fossil fuel gas subsidies until 2027
Campaigners voice dismay after rule permitting gas pipelines where energy is mixed with hydrogenEuropean lawmakers have voted to prolong subsidies for fossil fuel gas until 2027, opening a potential backdoor for pollution that campaigners said would be…
Britain’s leaky homes make the energy crisis worse. Why have governments not fixed them? | Max Wakefield
Our housing stock needs better insulation and low-carbon heating, or we’ll continue to suffer these shocksOver the past few days the country has been thrown into panic, as soaring gas prices threaten to plunge hundreds of thousands more households into…
How German coalition wrangling could affect Cop26 mood
Analysis: after Germany’s climate election, UN summit delegates will be watching to see what is agreed on coal phase-outIt was called Germany’s climate election. After deadly floods in July sharpened the focus on the climate emergency, all parties vied…
Welsh government calls on Westminster to help fund safety of coal tips
Rhondda valley residents fearful after recent landslip and UK government pushed to share responsibilityEvery time it rains heavily, Cllr Robert Bevan’s phone starts ringing and his social media feed is busy with people worried the coal tip that looms a…
The enormous challenges and abundant opportunities in climate tech
The decarbonization of the planet will be the next major disruption of the century, according to SOSV managing general partner Sean O’Sullivan and Carmichael Roberts of Breakthrough Energy Ventures.
In search of ‘Lithium Valley’: why energy companies see riches in the California desert
Firms say what’s underneath the Salton Sea could fuel a green-energy boom. But struggling residents have heard such claims beforeStanding atop a pockmarked red mesa, Rod Colwell looks out at an expanse of water that resembles a thin blue strip on the h…
Labour conference: ‘wrong time’ to change leadership rules, says Burnham – live
Labour party conference delegates debate Starmer’s proposed changesInfighting mars start of Labour conference as Starmer and Rayner clashStarmer: Labour would not nationalise big six energy firmsStarmer’s keynote speech aims to prepare school leavers f…
Why MPG should matter for electric vehicles
We already have a common denominator for the EV age: the kilowatt-hour. A familiar, tangible energy unit that gives us an apples-to-apples way to think about cost, efficiency and pollution.
We need to talk about ‘moderate’ Democrats
Why Are Moderates Trying to Blow Up Biden’s Centrist Economic Plan? [ungated] – “In attacking the Build Back Better Act, they are working against their own purported aims.” “This is why America as an experiment — the building of a society that is both…