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- Albert Manifold, ex-boss at buildings material company CRH, to take over from embattled Helge Lund
- Labour MPs challenge Richard Tice over Reform UK’s plan to scrap green projects Fri, 18 Jul 25, 8:52pmExclusive: Letter signed by 59 MPs criticises party’s deputy leader after his warning to energy firms over new contracts
- BP agrees to sell US onshore wind business as it shifts back to oil Fri, 18 Jul 25, 9:03pmCompany to sell business for undisclosed sum to LS Power as part of plan to offload $20bn in assets
- Reform’s anti-renewables stance ‘putting jobs and energy bills at risk’ Thu, 17 Jul 25, 7:22pmIndustry says party’s threat to strip wind and solar subsidies if it enters power undermines national interest
- Clean energy should be a priority, not wuthering 'Brontë country' nostalgia | Letters Thu, 17 Jul 25, 3:00amReaders respond to an article by Simon Jenkins about a proposed windfarm in the Pennines
- UK’s clean electricity growing too slowly to meet climate targets, report says Tue, 15 Jul 25, 2:56amUK’s energy system operator forecasts emissions a third over target by 2035, in second official warning in a month
- Trump promised to lower energy costs – his tax bill will raise them for people in red states the most Tue, 15 Jul 25, 12:00amHousehold energy bills in some Republican-leaning states could rise by more than $600 every year, analysis of the so-called ‘big, beautiful bill’ finds
- Zonal pricing is dead. Now Miliband should be less absolutist on his 2030 goals | Nils Pratley Fri, 11 Jul 25, 4:36amThe imperative ought to be to bear down on costs for consumers, starting with a more pragmatic approach to generation targets
- UK government abandons energy ‘zonal pricing’ plan Thu, 10 Jul 25, 6:04pmPlan to split country into pricing zones dropped in favour of ‘fair and affordable’ single national price
- Time for some straight talking on the cost of clean energy. It isn’t a free lunch | Nils Pratley Wed, 9 Jul 25, 1:30amUK ministers should update the public on the outlook for bills as the price of overhauling the system is adding up
- EVs could be key to cutting Australia's dependence on oil imports Sat, 5 Jul 25, 5:02amPolitical unrest in the Middle East highlights Australia's fuel insecurity, but electric cars powered by renewable energy could change that.
- ‘Legal bullying’: global protest rights on line in Dutch court case, say activists Fri, 4 Jul 25, 2:00pmAfter US jury said it should pay oil pipeline firm $660m, Greenpeace is hoping to reclaim funds via EU anti-Slapp law
- Met Office should name storms after fossil fuel companies, say campaigners Thu, 26 Jun 25, 11:56pmStorm naming competition raises idea to remind public of link between fossil fuels and extreme weather
- Reeves promised oil industry ‘quid pro quo’ over windfall tax in private meeting Thu, 19 Jun 25, 9:00pmGovernment accused of making ‘secret exchange deal’ with fossil fuel companies to compensate for tax hike
- The first North Sea oil is pumped ashore in Britain – archive, June 1975 Wed, 18 Jun 25, 2:30pmOn 18 June 1975, energy minister Tony Benn called for a ‘day of national celebration’ at a valve opening ceremony in the Thames estuary