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Almost 5,000 excess winter deaths caused by cold homes last year, MPs warned

Almost 5,000 excess winter deaths were caused by cold homes last year, a charity has warned MPs. Simon Francis, co-ordinator at the End Fuel Poverty Coalition, told the Commons Energy Security and Net Zero Committee that estimates suggested that ...

06 Sept 2023 at 12:02

UK renewables generated record amount of electricity in 2022, figures show

UK renewables generated a record annual amount of electricity in 2022, new Government figures show. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) published statistics on last year’s electricity production, which includes the ...

27 Jul 2023 at 16:16

Redcar locals call for vote on hydrogen trial after Ellesmere Port plans dropped

Residents of a Yorkshire town have called for an independent vote on hydrogen heating trials after proposals for the alternative location were called off. Redcar homeowners have written a letter to the Government to warn of the “lack ...

11 Jul 2023 at 17:24

Hydrogen heating trial called off in Ellesmere Port after local protests

Hydrogen heating trials have been called off in Ellesmere Port after local protests. The Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) confirmed on Tuesday that a trial will no longer take place in the Whitby area of the ...

11 Jul 2023 at 12:54

Just Stop Oil accused of criminal damage after spray-painting energy department

Energy Security Secretary Grant Shapps has accused Just Stop Oil protesters of “illegal criminal damage” after two activists filmed themselves spraying his department’s building with orange paint. Matthew Cunningham, 25, and ...

19 Jul 2023 at 10:30

UK risks losing £65m in exports without heat pump switch, analysts warn

The UK risks losing out on £65 million every year by the end of the decade if it does not speed up the rollout of heat pumps, energy analysts have said. Three-quarters of the UK’s boiler exports are to countries that have ...

24 Aug 2023 at 09:06

Pump price of unleaded petrol climbs to highest level this year

The price of petrol on UK forecourts has risen to its highest level so far this year, figures show. The average pump price of a litre of unleaded petrol stood at 151.7p as of September 4, up from 150.7p the previous week....

05 Sept 2023 at 13:00

Government acted unlawfully by approving climate plan, High Court told

The Government was “not even aware” of the risks involved with implementing its strategy to meet the UK’s climate targets, the High Court has been told. Three groups are taking joint legal action against the Department ...

20 Feb 2024 at 17:10

Government cannot prove biomass sustainably sourced, says National Audit Office

The Government cannot prove that biomass fuel is sustainably sourced and its assurance schemes are not good enough, a National Audit Office (NAO) report has found. Ministers and their advisers at the Climate Change ...

24 Jan 2024 at 11:20

Fuel retailers to be forced to share price change data within 30 minutes

Fuel retailers will be forced to share information on price changes within half an hour under Government plans to make it easier for drivers to find the cheapest petrol and diesel. This freely available data will ...

16 Jan 2024 at 00:01

Rishi Sunak accused of using climate as ‘party political football’

Alarm bells are ringing over the Government’s ambitions to tackle the climate crisis, MPs have warned as they criticised Rishi Sunak’s rollback of net-zero policies. The Commons Energy Security and Net Zero ...

28 Sept 2023 at 15:28

Government ‘should support households struggling with energy bills’ this winter

MPs have called on the Government to support under-pressure households ahead of an “inevitable” new energy crisis this winter. The Energy Security and Net Zero Committee said that ministers must make sure ...

23 Sept 2023 at 00:01

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