UK will ‘lead’ climate action over next 30 years, Leadsom says
Britain will lead the next 30 years of climate action, Andrea Leadsom has claimed, amid opposition warnings over the Government's "stop-start" policies.
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Slow progress on creating UK fracking industry, report finds
The Government's plan to establish the UK shale gas industry through the controversial process of fracking is taking longer than expected, a new report has said.
Labour pledge offshore wind farm boom, if elected
Thirty-seven new offshore wind farms will be built if Labour enters government, the party has pledged.
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.
Labour pledge ‘seven-fold’ increase in offshore wind at conference
Labour's shadow business and energy secretary, Rebecca Long Bailey, last night pledged that her party would look to create a "seven-fold" increase in offshore wind.
New UK nuclear plant thrown into uncertainty as Japanese giant files for US bankruptcy protection
The Government is being urged to give reassurances about a planned nuclear power station in the UK after Toshiba’s nuclear unit, Westinghouse, filed for bankruptcy protection.