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- Drax denies use of subsidy loophole to avoid £639m payout to households Wed, 2 Aug 23, 11:07pmBloomberg alleges Drax idled an electricity generating unit and resold its biomass pellets rather than return money to bill payers
- Rishi Sunak reshuffle: ‘red wall’ MP Lee Anderson named deputy Tory chair – as it happened Wed, 8 Feb 23, 4:32amControversial MP appointed as Greg Hands’ deputy; Michelle Donelan becomes minister for science, innovation and technology. This live blog is closed
- Rishi Sunak reshuffle: ‘red wall’ MP Lee Anderson named deputy Tory chair – live updates Wed, 8 Feb 23, 1:54amControversial MP appointed as Greg Hands’ deputy; Michelle Donelan becomes minister for science, innovation and technology
- Rishi Sunak reshuffle: Greg Hands appointed Tory party chair while Grant Shapps made energy security and net zero secretary – live Tue, 7 Feb 23, 11:00pmMichelle Donelan becomes minister for sciece, innovation and technology; Kemi Badenoch made business and trade minister
- Poorly insulated homes may cost £1bn extra in energy bills Mon, 2 Oct 17, 5:01pmLegal loophole means landlords won’t need to comply with regulations aiming to protect tenants and cut carbon emissions
- Ed Davey warns Brexit would be bad for UK's green businesses Wed, 20 Apr 16, 8:35pmFormer energy and climate change secretary warns leaving EU would be ‘environmental madness’, reports BusinessGreen
- £18bn Hinkley nuclear power project is a good deal, says ex-minister Wed, 9 Mar 16, 8:42pmCoalition energy secretary Ed Davey says Tories would have accepted a much higher price as they were ‘gagging for nuclear’
- Green Investment Bank sell-off plans alarm MPs and peers Sun, 13 Dec 15, 11:04amMPs say a privatised Green Investment Bank won’t be obliged to fund eco-friendly projectsControversial plans to privatise the government’s Green Investment Bank (GIB) have run into serious trouble in parliament amid...
- UK has 'lost world climate leadership role' by axing domestic green policies Thu, 10 Dec 15, 8:27pmLeading scientists and former ministers say the country has undermined its record as a world leader on climate change and is ‘moving backwards’
- Ed Davey to advise law firm on renewable energy projects Tue, 15 Sep 15, 9:01amFormer energy secretary to work for Herbert Smith, but not advise on their Hinkley Point or Swansea Bay work
- Tories set to block Navitus Bay windfarm off Jurassic Coast Fri, 11 Sep 15, 9:01amEnergy minister Lord Bourne expected to bow to lobbying by local Tory MPs and veto plan for 121 turbines 10 miles off Dorset coast
- George Osborne accused of 'disastrous' assault on green agenda Fri, 4 Sep 15, 4:13amFormer minister Ed Davey says chancellor is pursuing ideologically driven campaign against renewable energy
- Keep it in the Ground divestment campaign attracts 200,000 supporters Thu, 7 May 15, 5:00pmGlobal movement picks up pace as more institutions divest, helping Guardian’s drive to push Gates Foundation and Wellcome Trust away from fossil fuels
- Coalition branded climate-change deniers over North Sea oil boost Fri, 20 Mar 15, 6:36amGreen party deplores budget’s £1.3bn handout to oil producers, as five-year plan for 120m more barrels is equated to extra 50m tonnes of CO2
- Britain can signal the beginning of the end for coal investment | Ed Davey Wed, 18 Mar 15, 2:00amWe have to face the facts: our vast assets in fossil fuels may become worthless. It’s yet another reason to keep it in the groundFor over 200 years, modern civilisation has been built on fossil fuels; now climate science...