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Drax is Britain’s biggest power station (Anna Gowthorpe/PA)
ElectricityEmissionsEnvironmentNewsPoliticsRegulations

Miliband urged to end subsidies for firms burning wood for electricity

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband faces pressure to halt subsidies for wood-burning power stations like Drax amid environmental concerns.

The Energy Crisis Commission will make a series of high-level recommendations focused on ensuring the country is better equipped to withstand possible future energy crises (PA)
ElectricityFuelNatural GasNewsPolitics

Energy Crisis Commission launched to review impact in the UK

Energy experts will review the effect of UK crisis in the industry stemming from rises in the wake of Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The fluke of a sperm whale diving with Greenpeace sailing vessel, The Witness on the horizon (Christian Aslund/Greenpeace/PA)
BiodiversityClimateCritical MineralsMineralsMiningNews

Concerns for ocean biodiversity grow as wildlife found in deep-sea mining area

Greenpeace has found high levels of biodiversity in an area targeted for deep-sea mining, as concerns grow over the impact on ocean wildlife

This year’s Fashion Transparency Index has been published. (Andrew Milligan/PA)
BusinessEconomyEmissionsNewsPolitics

Big fashion brands urged to invest 2% of revenue into just transition

Fossil fuels aren't fashionable, but big clothing brands are facing calls to help fund transition in report that criticises industry's commitment to Paris...

The amount of UK electricity generated by wind, solar and hydro outstripped fossil fuels for the third time in four years (Gareth Fuller/PA)
ElectricityHydropowerNewsSolarWind

UK renewable power generation sets new records, government confirms

British wind, solar and hydro use outstrips fossil fuel electricity generation for the third time in four years.

The dramatic landscape at Marsden Moor (National Trust/David Preston/PA)
Carbon ManagementEmissionsInfrastructureNews

West Yorkshire moor found to store more than a million tonnes of carbon

Marsden Moor, a popular spot for tourists and walkers between Manchester and Leeds, is known for its blanket peat bogs stretching across the...

The Greenpeace ship Witness arrives at the harbour in Bergen, Norway (Daniel Muller/PA)
BiodiversityClimateCritical MineralsEnvironmentMineralsNews

Greenpeace to study marine mammals in Arctic area targeted for deep sea mining

Greenpeace has launched an Arctic expedition to survey whales and dolphins in an area targeted for deep-sea mining of critical minerals

Cars were held up on the M25 (Just Stop Oil/PA)
CourtsFuelNewsOilPolitics

Hundreds of celebrities condemn ‘injustice’ of Just Stop Oil sentences

Labour donor Dale Vince and broadcaster Chris Packham have written to the Attorney General about the jailing of the Whole Truth Five.

A tractor at work on Manor Farm in the Chilterns, part of the Chalk, Cherries and Chairs partnership (Oliver Dixon/National Lottery Heritage Fund/PA)
BiodiversityClimateEnvironmentNews

UK Nature recovery projects to receive £150m National Lottery funding

Projects that aim to boost nature recovery will receive a share of £150 million from the UK's National Lottery Heritage Fund

People caught in the rain on Oxford Street, central London. File photo. (Yui Mok/PA)
ClimateEmissionsEnvironmentIn-DepthPoliticsRegulationsResiliencyWeather

Preparing London for climate impacts is ‘non-negotiable,’ landmark review warns

The review found that government and businesses have not adequately planned for the disruption caused by severe weather.

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