9 h. ago PM backs ‘homegrown clean energy’ as Government pushes back on net zero critics

Sir Keir Starmer said clean energy is the only way to ensure energy security and drive down bills.

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10 h. ago Government plans to create 2,000 skilled jobs as part of clean energy initiative

It comes as part of the government's Plan for Change

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16 h. ago UK’s clean power push ‘route to energy security’, says Ed Miliband

The Energy Secretary also shared a message from King Charles which said green energy would make countries’ power systems ‘more resilient and secure’.

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27 h. ago UK seeks global green investors with windfarm cash and planning policies

Government is ‘setting up conversations’ as companies arrive in London for clean energy summit The UK is to woo global green investors, including those scared away from the US by the actions of Donald Trump, by offering cash and infrastructure improvements to encourage companies to set up manufacturing plants and supply chains.The government will bring forward £300m for offshore windfarms, an area in which the UK retains a lead, and has invited banks and major international companies to a 60-country summit in London this week. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago Keir Starmer sets out plan to boost jobs for welders and electricians at major summit

Keir Starmer will announce £300million in funding will be fast-tracked through the publicly owned energy company - Great British Energy - to invest in clean energy projects

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27 h. ago PM fast tracks £300m for offshore wind in push for clean energy investment

The announcement comes as the UK Government and International Energy Agency hosts a summit on the future of energy security.

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33 h. ago Xi contrasts China’s clean energy promises with Trump turmoil

Virtual meeting of leaders also hears UN’s António Guterres proclaim ‘no group or government’ can stop green revolutionChina will continue to push forward on the climate crisis, Xi Jinping has said while appearing to criticise the “protectionism” of Donald Trump’s tariff policies.The Chinese president was attending a closed-door virtual meeting with the UN secretary general, António Guterres, Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, and about a dozen other heads of state and government to discuss the climate crisis. Continue reading...

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35 h. ago UN chief: no group or government can stop clean energy future

Remarks by António Guterres follow virtual meeting with world leaders including China’s Xi JinpingNo government or fossil fuel interest can hold the world back from pursuing a clean energy future, the the UN secretary general has said, after a key meeting with the president of China.António Guterres held a closed-door virtual meeting with Xi Jinping of China on Wednesday, along with Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva; the EU commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, and about a dozen other heads of state and government, to discuss the climate crisis. Continue reading...

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58 h. ago R&A ‘would love’ the Open to return to Donald Trump’s Turnberry course

Scottish course last hosted event in 2009R&A says logistics, not politics, are a concernThe R&A would like to see Donald Trump’s Turnberry course in Scotland return as host of the Open but will first need to assess the feasibility of the venue, the governing body’s chief executive, Mark Darbon, said.Turnberry, a seaside course in South Ayrshire, has staged the Open four times – most recently in 2009 when American Stewart Cink edged past his compatriot Tom Watson to claim the title in a thrilling victory. Trump bought the property in 2014 and has spent £200m upgrading the resort’s courses. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago HS2 boss on £235k salary claimed £5.40 Tube journeys on taxpayer

Emma Head, HS2's chief railway officer and one of the highest-paid officials in government, filed the small claims for travel on the London Underground to attend external meetings last year

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4 d. ago This is how your dirty sewage waste could be used to produce clean energy

It's a world first and it's happening here in Greater Manchester

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5 d. ago Miliband in blistering attack on Farage’s UK net zero ‘nonsense and lies’

The energy secretary has accused Reform UK’s leader of peddling dangerous falsehoods about renewable power• Tories and Reform use the steel crisis to knock clean energy. They’re wrong: it will secure all our futuresEd Miliband has torn into Nigel Farage and the Tories for peddling dangerous “nonsense and lies” by suggesting the UK’s net zero target is responsible for destroying Britain’s businesses, including its steel industry.Cabinet ministers are determined to fight back against the way Reform UK and the Conservatives have unceremoniously lambasted the climate crisis agenda for what they believe are nakedly political reasons before important local elections next month. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Teaching union votes to ballot for action if pay offer not fully funded

The NASUWT could be ‘left with no choice’ but to ballot members if the Government does not fully fund a pay award, a union chief says.

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6 d. ago Government must ‘step up’ its response to youth violence – teaching union chief

More action is needed than just restricting pupils’ access to mobile phones, Patrick Roach, general secretary of the NASUWT, said.

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1 week ago Donald Trump feted with standing ovation as he enters UFC 314 in Miami

Trump and all the president’s men feted at UFC cardVolkanovski claims featherweight belt at UFC 314US president Donald Trump entered to a standing ovation and cheers from a crowd of thousands attending a UFC event on Saturday night, shaking hands with supporters against a backdrop of fans waving his trademark Maga hats.Just as Trump entered, he greeted podcast host Joe Rogan, who sat to the right of the president. On the other side of Trump sat Elon Musk, billionaire and chief of the Department of Government Efficiency. Trump, who accented his dark suit with a bright yellow tie, pumped his fist in the air, prompting cheers to strains of Taking Care of Business. Continue reading...

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1 week ago How Pakistan quietly became the world’s biggest solar importer

Pakistan’s quiet solar surge shows how clean energy transitions really happen, experts say

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1 week ago Will global climate action be a casualty of Trump’s tariffs?

Clean energy investors likely to pull back from US, but other countries may seize opportunity to speed transitionDonald Trump’s upending of the global economy has raised fears that climate action could emerge as a casualty of the trade war.In the week that has followed “liberation day”, economic experts have warned that the swathe of tariffs could trigger a global economic recession, with far-reaching consequences for investors – including those behind the green energy projects needed to meet climate goals. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago 'At last bobbies on the beat change we've demanded for years is happening'

Neighbourhood Watch chief John Hayward-Cripps has welcomed the Government's neighbourhood policing plans - but said there's a lot of hard work ahead

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2 w. ago Lego opens a factory in Vietnam it says will make toys without adding emissions to the atmosphere

Lego has opened a $1 billion factory in Vietnam that it says will make toys without adding planet-warming gas to the atmosphere by relying entirely on clean energy

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2 w. ago Connecting the United Kingdom through sustainable infrastructure

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