10 h. ago Major UK energy firm offering free electricity on Christmas Day

The firm is offering free electricity in exchange for customers reducing energy consumption at peak times

Science

4 d. ago Skechers offering 30% off for Black Friday and these are our five unmissable deals

Find out favourite Skechers on offer in the footwear firm's sale just below.

Economics

8 d. ago Canada minister resigns from cabinet over Carney’s controversial oil pipeline deal

Minister Steven Guilbeault says Indigenous nations were not consulted and the pipeline would have ‘major environmental impacts’Mark Carney has agreed an energy deal with Alberta centred on plans for a new heavy oil pipeline reaching from the province’s oil sands to the Pacific coast, a politically volatile project that is expected to face stiff opposition.The move proved politically damaging within hours, with the minister of Canadian culture, Steven Guilbeault, who is the former environment minister, announcing he would leave cabinet. Guilbault, a former activist and lifelong environmental advocate, said he strongly opposed the plan. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Campbell’s Soup executive called its products food for ‘poor people’, lawsuit alleges

Executive Martin Bally put on leave after alleged remarks were purportedly recorded and attributed to him in lawsuitA Campbell’s Soup Company executive has been put on temporary leave after he allegedly referred to the firm’s offerings as “shit for fucking poor people” – a remark purportedly caught on an audio recording and attributed to him in a former employee’s wrongful termination lawsuit.The lawsuit was filed last Thursday in Wayne county circuit court in Michigan by Robert Garza, who had joined Campbell’s New Jersey headquarters remotely in September 2024 as a security analyst. Garza alleges he was fired in January after he raised concerns about comments made by Martin Bally, Campbell’s vice-president of information technology – including referring to one of the company’s ingredients as “bioengineered meat” while going off on a racist tirade. Continue reading...

Society

1 week ago Eight hours of free electricity on Christmas Day for customers of energy supplier

Customers can get several hours of free electricity on December 25

Economics

1 week ago Brits use enough electricty on Christmas Day to watch Home Alone 183 times

The average household will use six to eight times more electricity on Christmas Day compared to the average day of the year - with the majority being used for our Christmas Dinners

Politics

1 week ago Free electricity on Christmas Day with energy supplier's eight

Customers who sign up for the Sunday Saver Challenge can get eight hours of free electricity

Science

1 week ago Energy supplier giving away free electricity for eight hours on Christmas Day

Customers can get several hours of free electricity on December 25

Science

1 week ago Octopus Energy to offer 'discounts' over eight days starting November 24

The firm is offering a range of deals

Politics

2 w. ago More than 100,000 Octopus Energy households could receive extra £116,500 energy support

The Octo Assist scheme is offered by the energy firm to some of its most vulnerable customers, helping them manage their bills and stay warm during the winter period

Economics

2 w. ago Martin Lewis sends major warning to millions of Brits over 'perverse' energy bills

Money saving expert Martin Lewis has issued a warning to Brits about 'perverse' and 'illogical' energy bills on GMB, predicting that they 'will continue to go up'

Events

3 w. ago Ukraine’s justice and energy ministers resign amid $100m corruption scandal

Ukraine’s justice and energy ministers have stepped down in relation to a major scandal involving the state nuclear power company

Politics

3 w. ago Ukraine’s justice and energy ministers submit resignations amid $100m corruption scandal

Ukraine’s justice and energy ministers submitted their resignations over major embezzlement and kickbacks scandal involving the state nuclear power company

Politics

3 w. ago Top Ukrainian ministers submit their resignations as the country is rocked by a corruption scandal

Ukraine’s justice and energy ministers submitted their resignations amid a major embezzlement and kickbacks scandal involving the state nuclear power company

Politics

3 w. ago Supply boom in cheaper renewables will seal end of fossil fuel era, says IEA

Watchdog’s flagship report says rise in low-carbon electricity will make transition ‘inevitable’, despite Trump’s calls to carry on drillingRenewables will grow faster than any major energy source in the next decade, according to the world’s energy watchdog, making the transition away from fossil fuels “inevitable”, despite a green backlash in the US and parts of Europe.The world is expected to build more renewable energy projects in the next five years than has been rolled out over the last 40, according to the flagship annual report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Ukraine's nuclear energy company says operations unaffected by $100M graft probe

Ukraine’s nuclear energy company says its operations remain unaffected by a major corruption investigation into the country's power sector

Events

3 w. ago Energy jobs: Scottish power firm SSEN Transmission launches 600 paid trainee roles in green sector

One major power firm is helping people turn their passion for clean energy into a career 🌱

Events

4 w. ago Orbán to visit US to try to broker another Putin summit but questions raised over motives

Hungarian PM also seeking exemption on US sanctions on Russian oil as he faces domestic challenge before electionsViktor Orbán will visit the White House on Friday as Hungary’s far-right prime minister tries to broker another summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin that Orbán’s advisers claim could help end the war between Russia and Ukraine.Orbán, who has proposed hosting the summit in Budapest, will also seek an exemption from US sanctions against Russian energy in what will be a major test of Trump’s tougher line on the Kremlin after he accused Putin of slow-rolling negotiations to end the conflict. Continue reading...

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