7 September 2022
Jacob Rees-Mogg, who now oversees the UK government department responsible for energy and climate change, recently called to extract "every last drop" of oil and gas from the North Sea
16 February 2022
An analysis of BP, Shell, Chevron and ExxonMobil finds a mismatch between their rhetoric on low-carbon energy and their actions and spending
18 October 2021
Under the UK’s long-delayed Heat and Buildings Strategy, households in England and Wales will be encouraged to shift from gas boilers to heat pumps
13 October 2021
Some countries will spend less on power by 2100, but middle-income countries in the tropics and subtropics will spend more to keep buildings cool
13 October 2021
The International Energy Agency, a Paris-based energy watchdog, finds that a strong switch to renewables, energy efficiency and electric cars would cushion households against fossil fuel price shocks
6 September 2021
The fate of plans for the UK’s first deep coal mine in 30 years will be fiercely debated at a public inquiry starting tomorrow, in what is expected to be a landmark test case of what new fossil fuel projects should be allowed as countries act to hit...
16 August 2021
Production of hydrogen from fossil fuels with carbon capture and storage has been given the UK government’s backing, despite concerns that the technology doesn't capture all CO2 emissions, remains unproven commercially and perpetuates natural gas extraction
2 March 2021
As technology becomes more efficient, we tend to use it more often – an effect that is drastically underestimated in some energy models and that will make climate goals harder to hit
2 December 2020
The UK has embarked on a step to building the world’s first nuclear fusion power station, by launching a search for a 100-plus hectare site where it can be plugged into the electricity grid
18 November 2020
The UK’s new 10-point climate plan is the first big step towards meeting a target of net zero emissions by 2050, but it doesn’t have the funding to make new climate policies a reality
