Budget for new clean power schemes gets boost to record £1.5bn
Energy Secretary Ed Miliband claims move will help UK boost energy independence, protect billpayers, and become a clean energy superpower.
Campaigners angry over bill rises amid ‘environmental carnage’ of sewage spills
Proposed water bill increases have been labelled unfair and insulting amid the ‘national scandal’ of sewage pollution in rivers and seas.
Labour takes a matter of days to ditch onshore wind ban
The move comes as part of a package of planning reforms announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves.
Labour wins fewer votes than it did under Corbyn in 2019
Labour has secured 63 per cent of the seats in the Commons with 34 per cent of the vote
Fresh row over water pollution after reports of sewage spilled into Windermere
Latest revelations come as bathing season starts – and analysis of last year shows beaches hit by thousands of hours of pollution.
Why underground heat networks are set to revolutionise how we heat our homes
Centralised networks take waste heat from data centres and disused mines to pump heat into homes, effectively removing the need for boilers.
London warned of ‘new reality’ as number of days above 30C increases
Analysis shows that more than half of the 116 days over 30C that London has experienced in the past three decades occurred in the last 10 years.
Europe hit by heatwaves, floods and wildfire in 2023 as climate crisis grows
EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service highlighted a ‘huge number’ of record climatic conditions and extreme events.
Farmer with thousands of acres of land underwater says he was not eligible for flood recovery funding
Farmers with 90 per cent of their land saturated or underwater have been told that they are not eligible for flood relief by the government.