45 h. ago Keir Starmer's attacks on Nigel Farage backfire: Labour plunges in polls as PM ramps up his war of words with Reform

Labour has seen a slump in support since Keir Starmer stepped up his personal abuse of Nigel Farage, a survey found yesterday.

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57 h. ago POLL OF THE DAY: Starmer blames Brexit for 'Farage boats' crossing the Channel. Is he right?

Sir Keir Starmer stepped up his war on Reform UK today by blaming Brexit for the English Channel migrant crisis and dubbing the small boats 'Farage boats'.

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69 h. ago Reform war on clean energy will ‘betray’ young people and ‘wreck everything’, Miliband to say

Miliband will use his speech to attack Reform leaders who said they would ‘declare war’ on green energy projects

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2 d. ago Reform war on clean energy will ‘betray’ young people and ‘wreck everything’, Miliband says

Miliband will use his speech to attack Reform leaders who said they would ‘declare war’ on green energy projects

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2 d. ago Reform will ‘betray’ young people by waging war on clean energy, Miliband to say

Miliband to announce more funding for solar panels on schools and hospitals.

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3 d. ago Keir Starmer wages war on Reform's toxic politics and vows to 'fight with every breath'

In his speech to Labour conference, the Prime Minister hailed a country that has the 'grit of the Lionesses, the swagger of Oasis, the strength of the Red Roses'

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4 d. ago Labour must fight rightwing billionaires undermining net zero, says Ed Miliband

Exclusive: Energy secretary will hit out at the Tory and Reform ‘culture war’ and unveil target of 400,000 new jobs in clean energyLabour is in a fight against “global network of right-wing billionaires” who want to undermine net zero for their “vested interests”, the energy secretary, Ed Miliband, has said.He said that the Tories and Reform UK were “importing a net zero culture war” and that accelerating the green transition would be key to winning the argument with the public. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Toxic waste could be next clean energy breakthrough, scientists say

Researchers says converting waste into high-value ‘bio-carbon’ can help cut emissions, generate profits and boost sustainability

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8 d. ago BP predicts higher oil and gas demand, suggesting world will not hit 2050 net zero target

Conflict in Ukraine and Middle East as well as trade tariffs are making states focus on energy securityBusiness live – latest updatesBP has raised its forecasts for oil and gas demand, suggesting the global net zero target for 2050 will not be met and highlighting a slowdown in the transition to clean energy.The energy company’s closely watched outlook report has estimated that oil use is on track to hit 83m barrels a day in 2050, a rise of 8% compared with its previous estimate of 77m barrels a day. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago The Guardian view on the climate crisis: green energy is booming – but fossil fuels need to shrink too | Editorial

The planet is nearing dangerous limits. Yet progress on clean energy shows what’s possible. With political will, cooperation can still avert the worst of the climate crisisAll is not lost, Simon Stiell, the UN’s climate chief, told the Guardian last week. But the latest planetary health check from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research is a brutal reminder of how close the Earth is being pushed beyond repair. Seven of the nine planetary boundaries are now breached, with ocean acidification added to the danger list. Yet the world has proved that cooperation works: the ozone layer is healing, air pollution controls are working. A decisive test looms at the end of the month, when governments must file new climate pledges, known as nationally determined contributions (NDCs). This is no time to ease off: the fossil-fuel era must end, and the clean‑energy transition must accelerate.There is real concern that big emitters, including China and the EU, will fall short of what is n...

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9 d. ago Trump delivered an embarassing performance at the UN general assembly | Mohamad Bazzi

This was Trump unfiltered and unleashed – as he has been since the start of his second term, with no restraint and no need for even the mildest nicetiesFor almost an hour on Tuesday, Donald Trump stood at the podium of the UN general assembly, where presidents, kings and statesmen have delivered some of the most important and moving speeches in modern history. But Trump delivered a long and humiliating rant, filled with personal grievances and attacks on the UN, European leaders, migration policies and clean energy.Trump set a low bar with his often rambling and incoherent campaign speeches, but it was still an embarrassing performance for the US president on the global stage. In his past appearances before the general assembly, Trump generally stuck to his prepared remarks and did not hector US allies sitting in the audience. But this was Trump unfiltered and unleashed – as he has been since the start of his second term, with no domestic or international restraint on his power and ...

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9 d. ago How Trump’s assault on US wind industry threatens jobs and power for nearly 5m homes

US president’s offshore wind crackdown targets nine projects, threatening jobs, homes and the clean energy transitionDonald Trump has jettisoned Republicans’ long-standing “all of the above” approach to energy by using the US government to aggressively stamp out clean energy projects – particularly offshore wind turbines.The scale of the intervention is remarkable – a total of nine already permitted offshore wind projects that were set to provide electricity to nearly 5m households and create around 9,000 jobs in the US are under investigation or have already been paused by the Trump administration. Continue reading...

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1 week ago 'Essential' radiator job Brits must do now to 'reduce energy bills' this winter

As the colder months approach, Britons are being urged to make sure their radiators are kept clean in a bid to reduce energy bills. Here are six key tips to follow

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2 w. ago ‘Sun day’: US climate activists to rally for clean energy amid Trump attacks

Some 200 events are planned across the US this Sunday to celebrate growth of solar power and energy efficiencyAs the Trump administration wages an all-out assault on climate protections and renewable energy, activists are gearing up for demonstrations this Sunday to hype up solar power and energy efficiency.The national “day of action”, called Sun Day, will be spearheaded by veteran climate activist Bill McKibben. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Australia sets ambitious 2035 climate target and pledges billions for clean energy

Plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 62-70 per cent over next decade falls just short of expert recommendation of 65-75 per cent

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3 w. ago In LA port, bobbing blue floats are turning wave power into clean energy

At the Port of Los Angeles on a site that once housed oil tanks, seven steel structures that look like small blue boats are lowered into the ocean, where they gently bob up and down with the waves to generate power

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4 w. ago India’s solar industry, aiming to compete with China, finds strength as US tariffs hit home

India’s clean energy appetite is helping the country’s solar power industry wean itself off imported Chinese parts and continue growing even as it faces a tougher sell to its biggest foreign customer, the United States

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4 w. ago East Ayrshire Council backs clean energy firm’s wind farm extension

Majority of planning committee members supported the plans, which would see the project have a capacity of over 100MW – enough to power around 128,000 Scottish homes

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4 w. ago Parents' constant battle to keep school uniforms clean is affecting energy bills

A new study has revealed just how much school uniforms get damaged and dirtied by kids in just one year - and the most common type of stain is food

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4 w. ago Clean energy developer Invenergy receives local council backing for Pencloe Wind Farm extension

Invenergy, one of the world’s largest privately held developers, owners, and operators of clean energy solutions, has received support from East Ayshire Council for the proposed extension to its Pencloe Wind Farm.

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