The grim consequences of Sunak’s green scepticism
The UK’s progress towards a renewable future has been derailed.
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What has the energy price cap got to do with the climate?
The move to net zero is contributing to rising bills, but should ultimately also help lower them.
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We need to talk about China
The Asian powerhouse is often used as an excuse for inaction on net zero. Meanwhile, their push to renewables dwarfs…
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Corporate super-profits are not pensioners’ friends
Critics say windfall taxes will hit pension funds and negatively impact ordinary households. The evidence suggests otherwise.
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Is nuclear power the key to reaching net zero?
Despite recent breakthroughs in nuclear fusion, renewables remain the most important technology for reaching net zero.
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Dale Vince: “The unions don’t get it”
The green energy entrepreneur on why he funds Just Stop Oil.
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How to make energy savings in a cost-of-living crisis – with Honeywell
A special partnered podcast from the New Statesman.
My new smart meter offers more drama than anything on TV
I may now be too terrified to boil the kettle or use the toaster, oven or grill, but reader, I…
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Approving Rosebank would sink Sunak’s green credentials
Criticism of the government’s approach to climate change is growing.
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Labour promises a green energy revolution – but does it know how to make it happen?
We need to hear the party’s plan for a step-by-step withdrawal from oil and gas, and we need to hear…
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The opportunity cost of net zero
Great Britain has one chance to decarbonise the economy – let’s take it.
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How Britain’s biggest natural battery can help deliver net zero
SSE wants to double the nation’s flexible electricity storage capacity.
Outdated fiscal rules are the real threat to Labour’s green plans
Treasury orthodoxy threatens the transformative agenda the UK needs.
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Labour is trying to have it both ways on the climate – will it work?
Labour are signalling they can be ambitious on climate but cautious on the economy. Young climate-conscious voters may need more.
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How trailblazers are using smart meters to make the switch to net zero
Buildings can be retrofitted with technology to adapt them for the climate future.
Britain is not the sick man of Europe – that accolade goes to Germany
To survive in a modern, digital world, the German economy requires not a green transition but a full-scale revolution.
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Meet the oil and gas worker hoping for a just transition
We are not going to become the coal miners of net zero, says Cliff Bowen.
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A rising backlash against green policies is energising Europe’s far right
The spectacular blooming, then rapid wilting, of Germany’s Greens is a warning for progressives everywhere.
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How smart meters helped a business thrive
The Syrup Room used smart meter technology to control their rising energy bills.
Opec is in a battle with Green Britain
The founder of British energy company Ecotricity says that disputing oil’s impact on inflation distracts from its true cost.
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