George Osborne spoke with passion when asked by the BBC to give the “economic case” for HS2 yesterday. Alex Blackburne writes how the chancellor’s answer revealed...
Seventy per cent of people in the EU think renewable energy should be given priority in their country’s energy mix over the next three decades, according...
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...
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...
Energy secretary Ed Davey has delivered a clear signal over his views about the controversial shale gas extraction method, fracking, saying that the technique might not...
A collaborative appeal from three climate change groups has urged governments in oil and gas producing nations to challenge the current control of methane emissions. Rapidly...
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has warned that development in cheap gas techniques such as ‘fracking’ may terminate support for renewables. Developments in energy sources such as...
Ernst & Young’s latest Country Attractiveness Indices (CAI) has found that although investment in clean energy was at its lowest level since 2009 at the beginning...
The fracking industry has received an unwelcome boost after publication of a report that includes measures to control its negative impact. The independent study, conducted on...