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Photo via Shutterstock Oil giants make an enormous amount of money, but that doesn't stop them from manipulating the law to yield additional profits. Last week the offices of Statoil, BP, and Shell were raided by officials...

Ed Davey tells conference that more than one-third of the UK's subsidies for wind, wave and tidal energy is spent in ScotlandEd Davey, the UK energy secretary, has warned that Scotland could lose billions of pounds in subsidies...

Ben Moxham, senior policy adviser and former aide to BP chief Lord Browne, becomes latest energy official to quitA key adviser to the prime minister on energy and climate change policies has resigned, in the latest of an...

Apocalyptic predictions are circulating about the size of electricity bills in 2030 if the move to green power goes ahead. There is no need for them to come trueThe UK's energy policy is not "plausible" and a "crisis" is...

Association for the Conservation of Energy wants the government to introduce an electricity efficiency 'feed-in tariff'An organisation representing some of Britain's leading industrial companies has warned the government...

PM brings coalition windfarm war to an end by appointing Michael Fallon to replace controversial Tory colleagueDavid Cameron has conducted a surprise mini-shuffle ahead of the Easter break, bringing a controversial rightwing...

PM brings coalition windfarm war to an end by appointing Michael Fallon to replace his controversial Tory colleagueDavid Cameron has moved his controversial minister John Hayes from the department of energy and climate change,...

The government says its policies will help to lower domestic energy bills by, on average, £166 by 2020. Leo Hickman, with your help, investigates

Energy secretary launches analysis showing that green measures could save householders around £166 a year by 2020The impact of rising household energy bills will be greatly reduced by climate change policies which could...

You say new nuclear reactors at Hink ley Point in Somerset could provide electricity for 5 million people (Hinkley Point go-ahead kickstarts nuclear drive, 20 March)...

Energy secretary Ed Davey grants EDF permission to build and run two reactors at Hinkley Point in SomersetPlans for the first new nuclear power station for nearly a generation in the UK have got the go-ahead from the energy...

Energy and climate change secretary tells London sustainable building show that loan scheme rates are not excessiveEd Davey, the energy and climate change secretary, defended the government's green deal loan scheme on Tuesday,...

If community energy schemes are part of the government's energy masterplan, why are there so many planning obstacles? Alison Cahn shares her frustrations with the current systemPoliticians of all hues love talking about community,...

  The Royal Society – founded 1660; former motto "Nullius In Verba" – this week strapped on a giant pair of waterskis and leapt over an enormous shark swimming in the pond in nearby St James's Park...

Ministers accept need for credible solution to waste storage as Ed Davey resumes mission to site £12bn waste repositoryPlans to expand the UK's nuclear industry are in disarray after the only area to show interest in hosting...