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My father, Gerry Foley, who has died aged 88, was an expert on energy use and conservation, first as a civil engineer and then as a senior research fellow at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)...

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New chancellor says she will make statement to MPs before summer recess about financial situation as she says UK economy has been ‘held back’

Exclusive: Peter Hain to table amendment in House of Lords to protect single energy market

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Much needed decisions on energy to retail taxes look likely to stall amid political chaos

Northern Ireland will need to lose more than 1 million sheep and cattle to meet its new legally binding climate emissions targets, according to an industry-commissioned analysis seen by the Guardian.

First legally binding climate act faces race against the clock before Stormont’s dissolution next month

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DUP had stopped attending meetings of the North South Ministerial Council in protest at the Northern Ireland protocol

Sir Keir Starmer suggests trade unions that support Labour have not yet backed his plans to change the party’s leadership election rules

Jonathan Van-Tam tells education committee Delta variant is 60% more infectious than Alpha variant circulating at the start of the year

Live updates: deputy PM stands in for Boris Johnson to take questions in House of Commons

Centuries of efforts to drain swamps to extend arable land in Ireland are being reversed, in an effort to trap more carbon.

Proposals to install low-energy devices in seven coastal beacons in the north and the republic have angered campaigners, who say the enchanting ‘loom’ of the beams will be lost