UK’s 142-year history of coal-fired electricity ends as turbines at Ratcliffe-on-Soar plant in Nottinghamshire stop for goodBritain’s only remaining coal power plant at Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire will...
Read MoreCourt rules against West Cumbria Mining’s fossil fuel development in Whitehaven The UK’s first new deep coalmine in 30 years will not be allowed to go ahead after a ruling in the high court.On Friday morning, Justice...
Read MoreCompany insists project should go ahead despite new government saying it had been unlawfully approvedThe company behind the first new coalmine in the UK for 30 years has argued in the high court on Tuesday that it would be...
Read MoreCampaigners hail judgment that planning approval bodies must consider full ongoing climate impact The climate impact of burning coal, oil and gas must be taken into account when deciding whether to approve projects, the supreme...
Read MoreLow-carbon electricity investment driven by solar projects but oil and gas spending still too high to meet climate goalsGlobal investment in low-carbon electricity will rise to 10 times as much as fossil fuel power this year due...
Read MoreIncrease of 2% last year driven by plant expansion in China and slowdown in US and Europe closuresThe world’s coal power capacity grew for the first time since 2019 last year, despite warnings that coal plants need to...
Read MoreMichael Gove said UK needed coal to make steel, but business department papers drafted around same time say it will notPreviously unseen documents have emerged that appear to contradict the government’s case for a new...
Read MoreExclusive: UAE’s Sultan Al Jaber says phase-out of coal, oil and gas would take world ‘back into caves’Cop28 live – latest updatesThe president of Cop28, Sultan Al Jaber, has claimed there is “no...
Read MoreFormer chair of climate change committee says UK’s decision has encouraged other countries to keep exploiting fossil fuelsThe UK’s decision to open a new coalmine in Cumbria was a “disaster” that...
Read MoreCoal must be phased out seven times faster and deforestation reduced four times faster to avoid worst impacts of climate breakdown, says reportCoal must be phased out seven times faster than is now happening, deforestation must...
Read MoreExclusive: Lack of confidence in ‘inconsistent’ government is huge barrier to investors, finds former energy minister Chris Skidmore Rishi Sunak has been criticised by his own net-zero tsar, who says the UK risks...
Read MoreExclusive: Lack of confidence in ‘inconsistent’ government is huge barrier to investors, finds Chris SkidmoreRishi Sunak has been criticised by his own net zero tsar, who says the UK risks missing its green targets...
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Deep divisions remain after high-stakes talks end with agreement
The deal was met with long applause, cheering, whistling
Traditional allies such as Diane Abbott and John McDonnell
Shabana Mahmood has written to her constituents saying she
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Court documents contain admissions by officials that they were
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