Conservative MP Tim Yeo is heading a revolt within parliament over the lack of a decarbonisation target in the government’s energy bill. In a speech at...
The government revealed yesterday that the controversial gas extraction technique, hydraulic fracturing (or fracking), would be restarted in the UK. Reaction has been mixed within the...
The House of Commons environmental audit committee has tabled evidence that links common insecticides to the declining number of bees. An inquiry was arranged in order...
Energy secretary Ed Davey has revealed the government’s plans to allow hydraulic facturing (fracking) operations to restart in the UK, despite fears that the natural gas...
It’s been just over a week since the government unveiled the energy bill. The pantomime politics around its publication have made for an energy drama that...
In the renewables industry, it’s often the case that campaigners enjoy much of the limelight. But without firms to invest in, install and build the technologies,...
The Green Investment Bank’s (GIB) ability to borrow is set to be put back, after George Osborne confirmed that austerity measures will continue for at least...
The chancellor George Obsorne delivered his fifth set piece financial statement that we’ve covered. He opened with the bold statement that the economy is healing. While...
George Osborne has delivered his autumn statement to the House of Commons, which included an outline of the government’s gas strategy. His speech can be found...
Ahead of flying out to attend climate change negotiations in Doha, energy secretary Ed Davey has said there is still time to keep a global temperature...
Starbucks, Amazon and Google are among those to be criticised for avoiding tax in a report published by the House of Commons’ public accounts committee. The...
The political reaction to Lord Justice Leveson’s recommendations was predictable. The Liberal Democracts and Labour were in full support; the Conservatives against. We need real national...
Delivering a damning indictment of the culture and ethics of the press, more specifically the behaviour of a small minority of editors and journalists, Lord Justice...
The government has gone some way to provide investment confidence and certainty in the UK energy market, after publishing its long-awaited energy bill this morning. Energy...
The energy bill is due to be formally announced at 11:30am today, but the latest instalment of Ernst & Young’s Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Indices sees the UK...