Thanks to the HGV driver shortage, many refuse collectors are quitting to earn up to £30,000 more driving lorries. But what does this mean for our streets, as the rubbish and recycling piles ever higher? Andy Gee doesn’t mind when people call him a bin…
Government should have moved earlier to low-carbon, say industry experts
Energy crisis could have been lessened if more had been done to shift UK market towards renewablesRenewable energy and low-carbon heating could do much more to alleviate the gas supply problems of the future – and could have done much to reduce the imp…
UK gas supply robust and talk of three-day week ‘alarmist and misguided’, says business secretary – politics live
Latest updates: Kwasi Kwarteng makes Commons statement after talks with energy companies and watchdogNo 10 dismisses ‘winter of discontent’ warnings amid energy crisis talksJohnson defends trade secretary after climate crisis denial tweetsMeeting Cop26…
Climate activist injured and colleague killed in Highlands paramotor accident
Man supporting Sacha Dench’s bid to circumnavigate mainland Britain before Cop26 killed in incident on SaturdaySacha Dench, who was attempting a world-first circumnavigation of mainland Britain in a paraglider to raise awareness about the climate crisi…
Johnson defends trade secretary after climate crisis denial tweets
PM admits he used to be a climate sceptic and says Ann-Marie Trevelyan will do ‘outstanding’ jobMeeting Cop26 finance goals ‘going to be tough’, says Boris JohnsonBoris Johnson has acknowledged that he has altered his views about the climate crisis ove…
BP’s joint solar venture Lightsource BP to more than double expansion by 2025
Deal worth £1.3bn means operation will develop enough solar farms to power equivalent of 8.4m homes‘The potential for solar is huge’: future looks bright for Lightsource BPBP’s joint solar venture, Lightsource BP, will more than double its global expan…
‘The potential for solar is huge’: future looks bright for Lightsource BP
Founder Nick Boyle explains how Lightsource will help power one of the biggest corporate transformations ever attemptedBP’s joint solar venture Lightsource BP to more than double expansion by 2025Nick Boyle, the founder and chief executive of solar pow…
Climate crisis leaving ‘millions at risk of trafficking and slavery’
Droughts and floods forcing workers from rural areas, leading to their exploitation in cities, report warnsMillions of people forced to leave their homes because of severe drought and powerful cyclones are at risk of modern slavery and human traffickin…
Electric vehicles divide opinion as car-loving Germany goes to polls
Election has framed future of automobility as showdown between petrolheads and green zealotsThe second Steve Dumke spots a gap in the traffic on the road from Eggersdorf to Strausberg, his white Hyundai Ioniq lurches forward and nestles between two fas…
Meeting Cop26 finance goals ‘going to be tough’, says Boris Johnson
Prime minister estimates just 60% chance of securing $100bn in aid pledges before Glasgow conferenceBoris Johnson has said he fears there is only a 60% chance that the $100bn in climate finance viewed as key to securing an ambitious outcome to the Cop2…