Secretive tribunals allow fossil fuel companies to sue governments for passing laws to protect environmentItaly could be forced to pay millions of pounds in damages to a UK oil company after banning new drilling near its coast.The case has sparked ou...
Households paying expensive standard tariffs for electricity and gas will be moved to cheaper deals, UK government saysHouseholds paying expensive standard tariffs for gas and electricity are to be automatically moved on to a cheaper deal as the gove...
Coal plants and nuclear reactors shut down while energy demand expected to rise after Covid restrictionsGreat Britain faces its greatest risk of blackouts for six years this winter as old coal plants and nuclear reactors shut down and energy demand r...
Greenpeace threatens to take government to court as approval risk undermining climate targetsThe government faces the threat of legal action over plans to allow exploration at the Cambo oilfield near Shetland after promising to put an end to new oil ...
New controller will be part of overhaul to make the energy system ‘fit for the future’The government plans to strip National Grid of its role keeping Great Britain’s lights on as part of a proposed “revolution’” in the electricity network driven by s...
Energy firms hope to produce world’s first large-scale floating turbines in north-east ScotlandRoyal Dutch Shell has joined forces with Scottish Power to develop the world’s first large-scale floating offshore windfarms in the north-east of Scotland....
The company allows customers at some of its petrol stations to park for a maximum of 15 minutesI have been sent a £60 parking penalty for spending more than 15 minutes in a Shell petrol station while I breastfed my 12-week-old baby.At the beginning o...
Appetite for shares in the profitable money transfer outfit shows the City can bring off a big tech listingBlink and you missed it. The UK’s biggest tech flotation happened on Wednesday to about a hundredth of the pre-publicity generated by the overh...
Chemicals company to invest at least £25m in HydrogenOne Capital Growth as it targets green economyThe chemicals company owned by Sir Jim Ratcliffe has agreed to become a cornerstone investor in a new “clean” hydrogen fund that plans to list on the L...
Reserves in storage facilities at record lows while cost of imports from global market continues to riseA gas supply crunch in Europe has reignited fears over winter energy costs after market prices for the fossil fuel climbed to new highs across the...
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