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Terminals near London and in Wales were 40% and 52% full on the day it was claimed the UK had six hours' worth of gas leftSome of Britain's biggest energy suppliers were holding back gas in storage tanks at a time when the...

Decision by two countries to join scheme exposing corruption in mining and oil industries represents significant breakthroughBritain and France have both announced they are to join a groundbreaking initiative to expose systematic...

The fuel could become a 'new North Sea' energy business, and create more than 70,000 jobs, according to a new reportInvestments in shale gas drilling could yield an industry worth nearly £4bn a year to the UK economy and...

Homeowners wishing to sell may find buyers are not prepared to take over Green Deal loan attached to the property's energy billHomeowners taking out a loan under the government's Green Deal energy efficiency scheme could...

Former senior official John Ashton attacks government for 'spooking potential investors' in energy infrastructureThe number of people employed by the government to work on the UK's adaptation to the effects of climate change...

Building programme advancing, says minister as expectations of timetable delay at Hinkley Point grow and Chinese 'lose interest'The government has insisted it was still optimistic about plans to build a series of nuclear...

Stephen Harper's administration has increased spend from $9m to $16.5m in the last yearThe Canadian government has nearly doubled its advertising spending to promote the Alberta tar sands in an aggressive new lobbying push...

Leaked papers show UK rejects proposal to classify oil from tar sands as highly polluting, a label that would deter EU countries from importing itBritain has given its clearest signal yet that it wants to allow European countries...

Despite their disruption, can dams help the organisation work towards ending poverty while keeping carbon emissions down?The World Bank is making a major push to develop large-scale hydropower, something it had all but abandoned...

EBRD chief Riccardo Puliti warns Europe not to be hasty in adopting 'ideological' policy on carbon intensity fundingOne of Europe's most influential government-owned investors in the energy industry has hinted it may expand...

We recently asked you for questions to put to British Gas. Its head of residential energy, Ian Peters, responded to them. Here is our pick of the bestIt has been a miserable winter for energy customers, and after a round...

Residents fear threat to drinking water supplies as Cuadrilla unveils 3,000ft exploratory oil drillThe only company to have fracked for shale gas in the UK, Cuadrilla, is to drill for oil in a West Sussex village from next...

Campaigners say the partnership undermines the university's credibility and conflicts with its work on climate changeStudents and alumni of Oxford University will protest this afternoon at the opening of a new lab in its...

Shaun Kingsbury says bank's scope must be expanded to bring forward renewable energy and environmental projects across UKThe chief of the UK's £3bn green investment bank is preparing to move the bank to borrowing and raising...

Company will drill almost two miles underwater in Gulf of Mexico as part of next generation of deep-water developmentsRoyal Dutch Shell is pressing ahead with the world's deepest offshore oil and gas production facility by...

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