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Citizens Advice says silence on energy efficiency plans will mean households lose out

By declaring all sources of oil and gas in limestone and sandstone as ‘conventional’, writes Kathryn McWhirter, the government and oil companies are hoping the controversy over fracking will go awayThe threat that you...

Director of Third Energy, which wants to frack in North Yorkshire, is Conservative donor

Director of Third Energy, which wants to frack in North Yorkshire, is Conservative donor

The strategy ignores a critical issue: the more our economy grows, the more we’ll inevitably consumeIt’s as if it were written with an angel on one shoulder and a devil on the other...

Sarah-Jayne Clifton says countries such as Antigua and Barbuda need debt cancellation, and assistance to help them rebuild should be grants, not loans, while Ian Tysh tears into Theresa May’s domestic climate change policiesFor...

It’s all very well for Michael Gove to act as if the Tories love animals but they need to see the bigger picture on fracking, renewables and ecologyUp to their necks in Brexit chaos and with Corbyn’s Labour snapping at...

Chair of policy committee also points to action to extract more North Sea gas and oil, suggesting support for shale gas is cooling

Government’s clean growth strategy unequivocally states that tackling climate change and a prosperous economy go hand in hand

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MPs say leaving European nuclear treaty without replicating benefits could lead to ‘economically crushed’ communities

Tory rebels are fighting over the UK’s participation in the European atomic energy community. What happens if Britain does quit?

Government considering ‘associate membership’ of group that governs movement of radioactive material across Europe

Guardian experts give their view on the main parties’ public service manifesto pledges. Here, our environment editor looks at energy, pollution and recycling

Nationalising rail and energy, protecting the NHS and education and tighter regulation of big business are exactly what Labour should be focusing on, say readersThe leaked release of the Labour party election manifesto (Report,...