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- Water for Melbourne via pipe from Tasmania Fri, 13 Nov 09, 7:26amDiscussion over why its far better for the environment to pipe water from Tasmania to Melbourne than building the Wonthaggi desalination plant
- UK unveils ‘carbon budget delivery plan’ to get back on track for net zero targets Thu, 30 Oct 25, 1:45amEd Miliband says pushing for renewable energy and lower emissions will reduce household bills and boost economy
- Experts say Ed Miliband’s £1.1bn for new offshore wind projects not enough Tue, 28 Oct 25, 6:10amOne energy industry source says they expected an annual budget as high as £2bn to meet UK’s green energy targets
- Renewable energy investment should come from defence budgets, say retired military leaders Thu, 23 Oct 25, 9:00pmFormer European officers say spending on low-carbon power would make nations more resilient to threats from potential aggressors
- Keir Starmer prepares to miss key green target in effort to keep energy bills down Thu, 23 Oct 25, 7:47amExclusive: Promise to remove almost all fossil fuels from UK’s electricity supply by 2030 may be quietly abandoned over cost
- Ed Miliband’s new green jobs will bring Britain hope. I dare Reform to denounce them | Polly Toynbee Tue, 21 Oct 25, 4:00pmWhile Nigel Farage promotes retro plans to reopen coalmines, will he really tell thousands of clean energy workers to leave their well-paid, local jobs?
- Mass media trickery and deception about protests they don’t like Mon, 20 Oct 25, 6:04amBy Jo Nova The information war goes on This is just another public service announcement so nobody misses out on finding out just how far the media will prostitute themselves to trick the voters.
- Government aims to create 400,000 jobs through UK national green energy plan Sun, 19 Oct 25, 10:01amScheme will offer training for plumbers, welders and carpenters as well as promoting trade union recognition
- Labour ministers met fossil fuel lobbyists 500 times in first year of power, analysis shows Thu, 16 Oct 25, 9:50pmLobbyists attended 48% more meetings than Tories, as Labour accused of giving them ‘backstage pass’
- UK must prepare buildings for 2C rise in global temperature, government told Wed, 15 Oct 25, 3:00pmClimate advisers warn that current plans to protect against extreme weather are inadequate
- Ed Miliband approves UK’s biggest solar farm at Lincolnshire site Wed, 15 Oct 25, 2:25amTillbridge solar farm will be built in county where Reform UK’s anti-renewables agenda has rising support
- Academic axed from Labour conference panel for criticising energy policy Wed, 15 Oct 25, 12:26amSustainability expert was told panellists discussing North Sea oil and gas were meant to ‘agree entirely’ with each other
- Richard Tice has 15-year record of supporting ‘net stupid zero’ initiatives Fri, 10 Oct 25, 9:19pmFirms led by deputy Reform UK leader since 2011 have shown commitment to saving energy and cutting CO2 emissions
- Nearly two thirds of Tory members want pact with Reform, poll suggests, with close to half supporting full merger – as it happened Tue, 7 Oct 25, 4:16amHalf of Tory members also want Kemi Badenoch to be replaced as Conservative leader. This live blog is closed
- Tory plan to scrap green energy measures called ‘contradictory nonsense’ by environment groups – UK politics live Tue, 7 Oct 25, 1:23amShadow energy secretary’s plans dismissed as ‘dead wrong’ by environment groups
- As Tories vow to scrap ‘failed targets’, how do their climate claims stack up? Fri, 3 Oct 25, 4:00pmWe fact check Kemi Badenoch and her party after she promised to repeal Climate Change Act if they win power