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- UK ‘net zero’ project will produce 20m tonnes of carbon pollution, say experts Tue, 14 May 24, 3:00pmGovernment told Net Zero Teesside gas scheme will be massive polluter despite its carbon capture claims
- UK’s green power industry receives surprise £10bn pledge Thu, 7 Mar 24, 5:00pmPotential investment by NatPower would create largest portfolio of battery storage projects in Britain
- ‘What do Saudi developers know of Heathcliff?’ Brontë country up in arms over windfarm plan Mon, 8 Jan 24, 3:00amMooted project in West Yorkshire could cause ‘heartbreaking’ disruption for wildlife and harm local tourist industry, say critics
- Subsea project to bring renewable power from Scotland to England awarded £1.8bn Wed, 13 Dec 23, 12:16amEastern Green Link 1 has been designed to carry enough clean electricity to power 2m UK households
- King’s estate to transfer £100m into ethical funds after bona vacantia revelations Sat, 25 Nov 23, 9:00pmExclusive: Duchy of Lancaster changes investment policy amid questions over how money collected from dead people is used
- Labour says Sunak should take blame for soaring HS2 costs as they happened on his ‘direct watch’ – as it happened Thu, 28 Sep 23, 2:25amThis live blog is now closed, you can read more on this story here
- Cheshire villagers will not be forced to join hydrogen energy trial Thu, 30 Mar 23, 7:29pmBacklash prompts companies to give residents option of keeping natural gas rather than joining pilot project
- MP urges water firm to put more profits into upgrades after Sheffield gas outage Tue, 13 Dec 22, 3:03amOlivia Blake says not enough of Yorkshire Water’s £242m profits used for infrastructure after gas network flooded
- ‘We’ve got no choice’: locals fear life as lab rats in UK hydrogen heating pilot Mon, 21 Nov 22, 5:00pmIn Whitby, just outside Ellesmere Port, residents wait to hear whether their village will be chosen
- Year-round British summer time would not lower energy bills | Letters Fri, 28 Oct 22, 4:29amDr David Harper says keeping BST in winter would mean using more electricity in the mornings, and Guy Ottewell suggests changing business opening times instead
- Tory-led council votes to demand Truss stick to no fracking pledge Fri, 14 Oct 22, 12:15amFylde council, home to Preston New Road shale gas site in Lancashire, unanimously backs motion
- Cumbria coalmine decision delayed again as critics condemn ‘zombie’ No 10 Thu, 11 Aug 22, 8:47pmCampaigners told new deadline for decision on first new deep coalmine in more than 30 years is 8 November
- Undersea nuclear waste dump off Cumbria would imperil marine life, experts warn Fri, 29 Jul 22, 8:26pmUK looking for storage site for world’s biggest stockpile of untreated waste, including 100 tonnes of plutonium
- David Frost joins Tory MPs in calls for return of fracking in UK Sun, 13 Feb 22, 10:28pmLetter in favour of shale gas extraction is another indication of party battle over environmental issues
- 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