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- UK ministers scrap energy efficiency taskforce after six months Sun, 24 Sep 23, 12:31amGroup tasked with overseeing initiative to insulate homes and upgrade boilers was only set up in March
- Record number of Britons heading into winter with energy debt, says charity Thu, 24 Aug 23, 8:55pmNumber seeking help with debts in first half of 2023 up 17% compared with last year, says Citizens Advice
- The cost of living crisis can only be beaten by tackling the climate crisis | Ed Miliband Sun, 30 Jul 23, 3:00amInvesting in green jobs and energy is the best long-term way to tackle soaring bills
- Ed Miliband urges PM to close ‘Swiss cheese’ holes in windfall tax on energy firms Thu, 27 Jul 23, 6:44pmShadow net zero secretary attacks Sunak’s ‘perverse’ policy as Shell and British Gas report soaring profits
- Keeping UK energy bills down over winter cost almost £40bn, Treasury says Fri, 9 Jun 23, 2:26amGovernment publishes total of support to homes and businesses between October and March
- Little progress made on energy efficiency in UK homes, report finds Mon, 27 Mar 23, 10:01amNational Infrastructure Commission accuses ministers of ‘prevarication’ over installation of heat pumps
- Grant Shapps banned energy ministers from taking foreign trips Wed, 8 Mar 23, 6:34amExclusive: energy secretary issued edict to deal with ‘outrageous’ backlog of support for paying bills
- Why this town wants its coal mine back amidst the climate crisis – video Tue, 7 Mar 23, 10:13pmThe controversial decision to approve a new coalmine in Cumbria was met with dismay by UK environmental groups, with many wondering what it meant for a country that has pitched itself as a leader in the green energy revolution...
- Selfish or a godsend? Readers share their views on wood-burning stoves Mon, 27 Feb 23, 11:20pmDemand for wood stoves is soaring in energy crisis despite research showing their harmful effects
- Soaring fuel bills may push 141m more into extreme poverty globally – study Fri, 17 Feb 23, 3:00amResearchers say Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has driven up household energy costs by between 62.6% and 112.9%
- NatWest to end new business loans for oil and gas extraction Fri, 10 Feb 23, 4:43amBank also plans to phase out similar lending for existing customers under its first climate transition plan
- Greenpeace threatens legal action over UK failure to meet fuel poverty targets Thu, 9 Feb 23, 11:01amGovernment plans to upgrade energy efficiency of homes will help only 5.8% of fuel poor households by 2030, campaign group claims
- Labour’s Rachel Reeves aiming to be ‘Britain’s first green chancellor’ Sat, 21 Jan 23, 9:30amFrontbencher to call for more help with energy bills for householders and to promise massive green power programme
- King Charles redirects £1bn windfarm profits towards ‘public good’ Thu, 19 Jan 23, 11:01amEnergy agreements have generated windfall that would normally go towards monarchy
- Shops should try a closed-door policy to save energy | Letters Tue, 20 Dec 22, 5:34amMaggie Johnston wonders why doors are kept open while heaters blast away. Rev Dr John Caperon has faith in his trusty draught excluder