Corbyn-backed tidal energy project needs more than £1m to survive
A project to bring a pioneering tidal power plant to Wales that was tossed out by the government plans to raise 1.2 million pounds ($1.5 million) to keep the plan alive.
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Scotland’s energy transition must be ‘fair’ and cannot ‘decimate jobs’, First Minister warns
The energy transition has to be “fair and just” and cannot "decimate jobs", Scotland’s First Minister said during a leaders debate last night.
Sturgeon: Oil and gas receipts should be put into ‘net-zero fund’
North Sea oil and gas receipts should go towards a "net-zero fund", according to Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
Labour Party pledges to make new homes ‘carbon zero’
All new homes would be "zero carbon" within three years under Labour plans to tackle the housing and climate crises at the same time, the party said.
Corbyn claims Labour Government would build 37 wind farms, create 67k jobs
Jeremy Corbyn has praised wind power as "the future" after announcing plans to create 67,000 jobs and 37 new wind farms.
Corbyn to call for creation of renewable energy jobs during Scottish visit
Jeremy Corbyn is to speak at a rally in Fife which is calling for a return to its "proud industrial history" through the creation of renewable energy jobs in the region.
Corbyn promises ‘green industrial revolution’ under Labour
Jeremy Corbyn has vowed to turn the Government’s “failed approach” to tackling climate change on its head with a “green industrial revolution” if he becomes prime minister.
Corbyn snubs boss of fracking firm Cuadrilla
Jeremy Corbyn has snubbed the boss of fracking firm Cuadrilla, meeting protesters instead at the gates of a shale gas exploration site and promising them his party would ban the practice.
Cuadrilla urge Corbyn to visit fracking site
Jeremy Corbyn has been invited to visit a shale gas exploration site rather than just meet anti-fracking protesters outside the gate.
Labour government would invest £3.5bn in tidal power, Corbyn says
A Labour government will invest £3.5 billion in a major project to harness the power of the River Mersey to generate electricity for hundreds of thousands of homes, Jeremy Corbyn has promised.
Corbyn hits out at UK Government for foreign fossil fuel investment
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has questioned the UK Government on its funding of fossil fuel projects in developing countries.
Corbyn promises thousands of ‘green’ jobs
Jeremy Corbyn has promised "ambitious" moves to tackle climate change and create hundreds of thousands of green jobs.
Corbyn hints at rethink on oil and gas taxes ‘linked to investment’ in North Sea’s future
Jeremy Corbyn has signalled that he could order a wide-ranging review of North Sea oil and gas taxes if he becomes the UK’s next prime minister.
Jeremy Corbyn’s energy polices naive and short-sighted, says Labour-backing GMB
Jeremy Corbyn’s policies on energy have been condemned as “naive and short-sighted” by one of Labour’s major union backers.
Jeremy Corbyn energy policy ‘for the 60 million, not the big six energy firms’
Jeremy Corbyn will pledge to create an energy policy “for the 60 million, not the Big Six” if he becomes prime minister, including the creation of 300,000 jobs in the renewables sector.
Corbyn “open-minded” on tax relief for North Sea
Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn has said he is “open-minded” on the issue of tax relief for the North Sea sector. He told Energy Voice's sister publication the Press and Journal yesterday he had not made a decision, adding: “I need to look at that.
Corbyn spotted with arm around three on, three off campaigner
A photograph has emerged of Jeremy Corbyn with his arm around a supporter of a campaign group which is protesting against changes to North Sea shift patterns. The Islington North MP was seen last weekend with the member of ‘3:3 it’s not for me’ at the annual Burston Union rally in Norfolk. The politician, who won the Labour leadership election on Saturday, is yet to speak in any depth about future policies regarding the offshore sector.
Argentina’s UK ambassador says Corbyn is ‘one of ours’
Argentina’s ambassador to the UK has reportedly described new Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn as “one of ours” and claimed he could “decisively guide“ British public opinion towards “dialogue” over the Falkland Islands. Alicia Castro said that she felt “joy, a great satisfaction” that Mr Corbyn - who she first met in 2002 - had been chosen as leader of the opposition. And she claimed that the Islington North MP’s victory was “without doubt” a sign of a “change of winds” in the UK over the Falklands.