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The fossil-fuel lobby is threatened by public concern over the climate crisis. So it’s buying influence to get the results it wantsThe tragedy of our times is that the gathering collapse of our life support systems has...

Labour says fracking for gas will prevent Britain meeting carbon emissions target

Readers share their views on how to move global heating higher up the political agendaOur political system has been hijacked by a cabal of ideologically driven free marketeers with no democratic mandate...

Conservative party voters want to scrap block on new land turbines, survey findsPressure is mounting within the Conservative party to end its block on new onshore windfarms after evidence that Tory supporters overwhelmingly...

Labour accuses UK government of ‘actively dismantling’ solar power industry

Instead of hoping market forces solve the climate crisis, the government needs to stop giving tax breaks to polluters

Simon Richards says the science behind green gas manufacture is straightforward, we just need a government with guts. ffinlo Costain thinks energy companies should be more upfrontYour article (Energy: 1m British homes are...

Launching a new fossil fuel industry was a bad idea, and a coalition of localists and environmentalists appears close to defeating itLess than four months after what was supposed to be a new beginning for fracking in England,...

Lee Rowley says many colleagues have concerns as opposition builds to loosening of planning rules

Conservative MP says drilling and pollution are ‘alarming prospect’ for communities

Readers including Fawzi Ibrahim and Caroline Lucas MP discuss ways to combat greenhouse gas emissions and tackle climate changeThe “final tick box” to limit global warming is not just political (Global warming must not...

Uncertainty around Third Energy’s North Yorkshire project blamed for resignations

First fracking operation in seven years set to begin despite low public support

‘Disastrous decisions’ such as Heathrow expansion and rejection of Swansea tidal lagoon spark concern over government direction

Ministers’ decision to shelve a pioneering wave power scheme in Swansea Bay is based on evidence – but also ideologyThe UK government’s decision to shelve plans to build the world’s first tidal lagoon off Swansea...