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David Cameron's plan feels more like an ambush than an attempt to woo a public that is still uncertain what it's being soldThe prime minister is going "all out" for fracking, the extraction of shale gas that is transforming...

Never mind loft insulation or electric blankets – there's only one cost-effective way for us to keep warm this winterLady Rawlings, who sits in the Lords (always warm) when she's not home in her 17-bedroom stately in Norfolk...

It is especially unfortunate the Hinkley Point overhaul is being done in a manner that demanded so much hagglingNpower stuck prices up by 10% on Monday, Ed Davey went for something more like 100%...

Constant tariff hikes are unsustainable. Privatisation must be reversedIn the short term, the question for many people is clear and urgent – how can less well-off Britons keep themselves warm this winter as fuel prices...

The need to reduce fuel poverty must be balanced against the dangerous surge of opposition to green leviesThe cost of energy has captured the political headlines this week...

Politically, the argument for a mix of energy sources is sensible but does not withstand much serious scrutinyHonest and informed people disagree passionately about nuclear power...

The disaster in 2011 has profoundly shaken confidence in the future of nuclear power – a situation exacerbated by rising costsThe long, dark shadow cast by the meltdown at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station...

The coalition government can't talk about energy without its audience remembering its record on renewablesThe worst time to try to sort out a difficult argument is after the fighting about it has begun...

The discovery of huge reserves of shale gas may signal an energy revolution in Britain – but no one should count on itIt is the kind of bonus politicians can usually only dream of: a source of energy capable of reliably...

Imagine what would have happened if the Liberal Democrats had actually stuck to their green promisesTuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock, MPs had a chance to make Britain a little greener; to nurture a world-beating renewable energy...

Would-be investors in gas, green power and nuclear look on with no confidence at what return they can expect, and walk awayIn warning of "very tight power station capacity", Alistair Buchanan of Ofgem provoked the headlines...

Is the warming glow of a real hearth the new sign of a Guardian-reader?Muesli and open sandals are so last century. According to a new book about patterns of consumption across the class system, the new descriptor of the...

A forecast issued this week predicts that net imports of oil and gas will fall next year to their lowest level since 1987The spotting of security threats and diplomatic tensions is a job usually left to intelligence services...

There is too much inconsistency in government over this vital source of renewable energyAnother week and another war of words is being waged over our green and pleasant land...

The legislation Ed Davey will publish later this week is probably as good as he was going to get, but it is not very goodThe politics of energy could come to define the relationship between the two coalition parties...