Exclusive: Target is 81% emissions cut compared with 1990, but activists say it must be backed by plan of actionKeir Starmer will announce a stringent new climate goal for the UK on Tuesday, the Guardian can reveal, with a...
Read MoreJürgen Maier’s vision for company includes the potential to borrow its own money in order to rival multinationalsBritain’s new national energy company will eventually become a major power generator, running its...
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Read MoreScope of oil and gas influence underscores concerns technology will prolong demand for planet-heating natural gasThe UK government’s move to award £22bn in subsidies to carbon capture projects followed a sharp...
Read MorePrime minister suggests there will be more public money made available for new technologiesWhat is carbon capture, usage and storage?Keir Starmer has signalled his government will drastically increase its green investment plans...
Read MoreThis blog is now closed, you can read more of our UK political coverage hereJonathan Powell, who was leading negotiations for the new government with Mauritius over the Chagos Islands, offered a robust defence of the...
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Read MoreInvestment will fund two CCS clusters – but environmental campaigners have criticised plansRachel Reeves is paving the way for a multibillion-pound increase in public-sector investment at the budget after the government...
Read MoreClimate groups and MPs criticise proposals for consumers to foot bill to support biomass plant after existing scheme ends in 2027 The government has proposed plans to offer the Drax power plant extra subsidies to burn trees for...
Read MoreDiscovery of carbon-capturing organism in hot springs could lead to efficient way of absorbing climate-heating gasA microbe discovered in a volcanic hot spring gobbles up carbon dioxide “astonishingly quickly”,...
Read MoreCampaigners say Rosebank, with a potential yield of 500m barrels, would seriously undermine legal commitment to net zeroA single new oil and gas field in the North Sea would be enough to exceed the UK’s carbon budgets from...
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Politics Weekly UK is taking a break over Christmas.
A rise in the number of remarriages and a
Figure reached 4% in 12 months to 9 November,
Aircraft carrying 62 passengers and five crew was en
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Exclusive: Parliamentary committee set to endorse proposals to refer
Stephen Cottrell to deliver Christmas sermon in place of
Labour party divided on whether incoming US ambassador should
Exclusive: Labour Together urges government to ‘de-risk’ supply chains
Campaigners say consumption such as travel, gifts and food