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- Audit office blames UK government for botched £1.5bn green homes scheme Wed, 8 Sep 21, 3:01pmSpending watchdog says home insulation drive was fatally rushed and missed chance to cut heating bills and create jobs
- Government reveals plans for £4bn hydrogen investment by 2030 Tue, 17 Aug 21, 9:01amLow-carbon hydrogen economy could also create thousands of jobs
- Millions of UK homes could be heated with hydrogen by 2030 Tue, 17 Aug 21, 9:01amGovernment sets out plan for low-carbon economy that could also create thousands of jobs
- Abandoned pits of former mining town fuel green revolution Tue, 10 Aug 21, 4:00pmProject in Seaham, County Durham, will use water from mine shafts to heat 1,500 new homes
- Green revolution brings fresh hope to north-east England Tue, 10 Aug 21, 4:00pmDogger Bank on course to be the world’s largest offshore windfarm in a region built on coal
- Hitting global climate target could create 8m energy jobs, study says Sat, 24 Jul 21, 1:00amResearchers suggest net increase would mostly occur in renewables sector, with decline in fossil fuels
- Trillions of dollars spent on Covid recovery in ways that harm environment Thu, 15 Jul 21, 3:00pmOnly 10% of $17tn global bailout directed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions and restoring nature, report finds
- Offshore wind sector in north-east England lifted by investments Thu, 8 Jul 21, 2:53amMore than 1,000 jobs created or safeguarded as SeAH and Smulders projects are backed by state funding
- Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey opposed plans to cut new home emissions Mon, 5 Jul 21, 4:00pmExclusive: firm also argued against heat pumps, which are proposed as a replacement for gas boilers
- Mining holds the key to a green future – no wonder human rights activists are worried Sun, 27 Jun 21, 10:03pmRenewable energy will rely heavily on an industry already berated for human rights violations
- ‘Our fight is more visible’: Goldman environment prize winners see shift in political winds Tue, 15 Jun 21, 5:30pmThis year’s winners include a Japanese coal fighter, a Vietnamese protector of pangolins and a Peruvian forest defender
- G7 nations committing billions more to fossil fuel than green energy Wed, 2 Jun 21, 3:00pmIn spite of green rhetoric, money has piled into aviation and car industries since start of pandemic, report finds
- Richest nations agree to end support for coal production overseas Sat, 22 May 21, 1:17amG7 countries reaffirm commitment to limit global heating to 1.5C after nearly two days of wrangling
- Biden administration approves first major US offshore windfarm Wed, 12 May 21, 3:18amThe 84-turbine site off Massachusetts will be capable of generating power for 400,000 homes and businesses
- Targets like 'net-zero' won't solve the climate crisis on their own | Mathew Lawrence Fri, 30 Apr 21, 8:00pmThere are ambitious new goals in the US and UK. But governments also need to decarbonise the economy and rethink how it’s planned