LONDON — The Labour Party will introduce a controversial “boiler tax” if it gets into power at the next election, the shadow energy secretary said on Tuesday.Ed Miliband, speaking at an event in London, said that Labour would “support the Clean Heat Marke...
6 months agoLONDON — Former Prime Minister Theresa May's announcement that she'll leave Westminster at the election creates a vacancy for a climate leader at the top of the Conservative Party. Nobody is in a rush to apply.The Tories have had a rocky relationship with...
6 months agoLONDON — Keir Starmer's Labour Party U-turned on its green investment plans after months of speculation.The party on Thursday ditched its totemic pledge to spend £28 billion a year on green policies — slashing those spending plans by nearly 75 percent.In...
6 months agoHANNOVER, Germany — In world politics, just as in life, some partners are more attractive than others. In its bid to diversify away from China in the race for green technologies and raw materials — all while guaranteeing a stable energy supply — the Europ...
5 months agoLONDON — It will take a “Herculean effort” for Labour to reach its key net zero target of clean power by 2030 if it wins power, the U.K. government’s chief climate adviser has said.Chris Stark, who steps down as chief executive of the Climate Change Commi...
5 months agoBRUSSELS — Stefan Borgas already runs a multibillion-dollar Austrian company that supplies iron and steel factories. But that’s not exactly why he was in Brussels. Borgas was in the capital of the European Union seeking millions for a pet project that doe...
4 months agoToday, we proudly announce the launch of a new public institution in Great Britain – the National Energy System Operator (NESO).NESO is built on the strong foundations of the Electricity System Operator, formerly part of the National Grid group. It now st...
5 days agoThe EU is struggling to get Gulf countries on board with a series of pro-Ukraine commitments ahead of a leaders’ summit on Wednesday in Brussels, according to a draft statement seen by POLITICO. The EU-Gulf summit, the first of its kind, is meant as a sho...
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