With passenger numbers growing and time to slash emissions dwindling fast, the industry must tackle urgent stumbling blocks on fuel, frequent flyers and moreAviation tanked in 2020. The number of people taking flights fell by three quarters compared wi…
Electric cars: Ofgem plans easier way for drivers to sell energy back to grid
Proposal by Great Britain’s regulator is to help make the switch from fossil fuel cars more affordableOfgem plans to make it easier for electric vehicle drivers to sell the energy stored in their car batteries back to power grid as part of a move to he…
What are big oil companies sending to Hurricane Ida flood victims? ‘Thoughts and prayers’
Critics pillory big oil companies for cynical expressions of sympathy while continuing to block climate solutions Major oil companies are being pilloried on social media for sending “thoughts and prayers” to victims of Hurricane Ida while sidestepping …
Shell aims to install 50,000 on-street EV charge points by 2025
Oil firm sets out plans to provide a third of Britain’s network needed to hit climate targetsShell has announced its aim to install 50,000 on-street electric vehicle (EV) charging points in the UK over the next four years, in an attempt to provide a th…
Animal Rebellion paints Buckingham Palace fountain red
Group linked to Extinction Rebellion says Queen has ‘blood on her hands’ over hunting and animal agricultureAnimal rights activists linked to Extinction Rebellion have painted the fountain outside Buckingham Palace red, accusing the Queen of having “bl…
How can Britain be committed to net zero when it’s about to drill for millions more barrels of oil? | Greg Muttitt
Hypocrisy rules as we prepare to host Cop26 and Boris Johnson prepares to approve a new oilfield off ShetlandJust months before hosting the Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow, the UK government will decide whether to approve a massive new oilfield 75 mile…
Carbon from UK’s blue hydrogen bid still to equal 1m petrol cars
Government’s plan to use ‘blue’ fossil-fuel hydrogen alongside green version raises concern, say campaignersOpting for hydrogen that is made using fossil fuels rather than renewable electricity could create up to 8m tonnes of carbon emissions every yea…
Oil firms made ‘false claims’ on blue hydrogen costs, says ex-lobby boss
Chris Jackson believes companies promoted ‘unsustainable’ fossil gas projects to access billions in taxpayer subsidiesOil companies have used false claims over the cost of producing fossil fuel hydrogen to win over the Treasury and access billions in t…
Warmth from the earth and air: could heat pumps replace our gas boilers?
The fuels we use to warm our homes create a carbon burden. Systems that capture ambient heat could offer a solutionOne of the greatest contributors to pollution is such a part of everyday life it is easily overlooked: the fossil fuels used in our homes…
‘They said we were eccentrics’: the UK team developing clean aviation fuel
In the search for sustainable flying, Cranfield University might have found the answer in hydrogenThis row of brick sheds, locked away down overgrown country lanes in Bedfordshire, feels a long way from the glossy boardroom presentations about sustaina…