More than 12,000 people in 24 hours have signed a petition calling on energy giant EDF to drop a £5m civil claim against activists who occupied...
Discovering that you’re being sued for £5m by a gigantic, state-owned, multinational corporation is a pretty overwhelming experience; particularly when you realise that this is a...
No Dash for Gas – the protest group that halted operations at a Nottinghamshire power station during a seven-day occupation in October last year – is...
Over 35 organisations, from energy companies to membership groups, have signed a joint statement to MPs, calling for a decarbonisation target to be added to the...
Energy company E.ON, referring to a group of activists due to be sentenced for aggravated trespass at its Kingsnorth coal power station, has warned that sentences...
Energy regulator Ofgem warned yesterday that consumers will face higher bills because of the decline of gas produced in the UK – meaning more will have...
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has been criticised by environmental campaigners for a “short-sighted” approach to future economic growth in the energy sector,...
Environmental group Greenpeace is calling on individuals to tweet MPs, telling them to support an amendment to the energy bill that would see a 2030 electricity...
A new study by the WWF has said that a scenario in which the EU was 100% renewably-powered by 2050 was feasible if member states co-operated...
The Scottish government has brushed off claims that the country’s independence would jeopardise its ambitious renewable energy targets. According to a UK Economic and Social Research...
The Department of Energy and Climate Change’s (DECC) recent public attitudes survey brought to light some interesting – and encouraging – figures regarding the support for...
Scotland’s plan to produce 100% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020 is unlikely if the country becomes independent, according to an academic report. Energy...
A renewable energy co-operative in Newport, South Wales, has successfully installed its first solar panels on the roofs of fuel-poor houses in the area. The project,...
In January, years of planning finally came to fruition as Good Energy launched the UK’s first local tariff for those living near one of its wind farms...
Following the National Audit Office’s (NAO) November report on Sellafield and its running costs, Joseph Iddison takes a look at the history of nuclear energy and weighs up...