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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
- Ed Miliband says funding pledge means Britain within ‘grasping distance’ of ‘secure, clean, unlimited energy’
- Neso says ‘short pause’ will help ease logjam delaying vital green projects, as unfunded ‘zombie projects’ block queue
- National Energy System Operator says ‘short pause’ will help ease logjam that is delaying vital green projects
- Could Keir Starmer’s AI dream derail his own green energy promise? Wed, 15 Jan 25, 5:09amAs PM pins hopes on AI, what effect will building energy-hungry datacentres have on Labour’s clean power pledge?
- No 10 says Starmer does expect Reeves to stay as chancellor until general election – UK politics live Tue, 14 Jan 25, 5:19amDowning Street says prime minster has ‘full confidence’ in chancellor and will be working with her ‘in role of chancellor’ for the whole of this parliament
- No 10 says Starmer does expect Reeves to stay as chancellor until general election – as it happened Tue, 14 Jan 25, 5:19amDowning Street says prime minster has ‘full confidence’ in chancellor and will be working with her ‘in role of chancellor’ for the whole of this parliament
- Bring North Sea oil and gas under greater public control, report urges Sat, 11 Jan 25, 10:36pmCommon Wealth thinktank warns that communities and taxpayer may have to pick up pieces when production ends
- Why have Britain’s energy costs soared and what does it mean for Labour? Sat, 11 Jan 25, 3:17amClaims that power plants are gaming the system to charge huge sums to switch on in the UK’s cold weather
- UK government hires ‘nudge unit’ to help dispel heat pump myths Wed, 1 Jan 25, 9:06pmBehaviour experts say misinformation shared in media and by other stakeholders is impeding uptake
- Labour under fire over plans for 40 more ‘greenwashing’ waste incinerators Sun, 29 Dec 24, 5:00pmCommunities across the UK are fighting ‘catastrophic’ proposals to build new energy-from-waste plants
- China Begins Ban of Rare Earth Minerals to the US Sat, 14 Dec 24, 1:00pmThe escalating tit-for-tat economic measures by Washington and Beijing come weeks before the swearing in of President-elect Donald Trump for his second term...
- Miliband pledges no blackouts under Labour’s ‘unstoppable’ renewable energy shake-up Fri, 13 Dec 24, 9:48pm‘Clean power 2030’ plan will speed up planning and give energy secretary final say on major infrastructure projects
- Ed Miliband pledges ‘most ambitious reforms to UK energy system in generations’ Fri, 13 Dec 24, 4:00pmEnergy secretary to set out plan to boost renewable energy supply, such as building canopies of solar panels on outdoor car parks
- U.S. “Energy Dominance:” A Key to Trump’s Peace Bid Thu, 5 Dec 24, 1:00pmU.S. and European energy policies toward Russia are marked by striking inconsistencies. On the one hand, the Biden administration, flanked by its NATO counterparts, dispatches hundreds of billions of dollars in military aid...
- Move towards renewable energy is unstoppable, says Ed Miliband Sat, 16 Nov 24, 3:08amExclusive: UK energy secretary says at Cop29 that people see the economic advantages of making the transition