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12 01 2022 | 16:17

Ocean Battery stores renewable energy at the bottom of the sea

As useful as renewable energy sources are, they need to be backed up by storage systems that hold energy for times when the Sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing. Ocean Battery is a new design…

12 01 2022 | 15:26

Indonesia awaiting coal supply assurance before ending export ban

Minister wait for utility to declare safe supply level Miners who met local market

11 01 2022 | 08:47

Here’s how to solve the UK energy crisis for the long term – store more power

Four storage solutions to help Britain keep the lights on deep into the future Soaring energy bills rooted in a global gas supply crunch have focused minds on the age-old problem: how can we better…

10 01 2022 | 11:05

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10 01 2022 | 07:31

Streets ahead? What I’ve learned from my year with an electric car

Record sales and now news of a battery that lasts hundreds of miles. It’s getting better, but going green was tough, admits a reluctant pioneer

10 01 2022 | 07:20

England’s farmers to be paid to rewild land

Nature recovery schemes are part of post-Brexit subsidies overhaul, but eco campaigners are sceptical

10 01 2022 | 07:15

Oil and gas companies operating in North Sea to cash in 'near record' income as energy prices skyrocket

The predictions, made by the energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie, come as UK consumers face a cost of living crisis driven in large part by huge increases in energy bills. Oil and gas companies…

10 01 2022 | 07:06

Why is support for nuclear power noisiest just as its failures become most clear?

The UK government and mainstream media agree we need nuclear to avoid the worst climate change. They’re wrong – so why aren’t we hearing that? At Edinburgh’s Haymarket station, on the route used by…

10 01 2022 | 06:50

Government invites oil companies to help write rulebook on whether new fossil fuel drilling is green

Environmentalists say ministers are living in a ‘fantasy’ by giving new fossil fuel production the green light Oil and gas companies have been invited by the government to help write the rules on…

10 01 2022 | 06:35

World’s largest coal port to be 100% powered by renewable energy

Port of Newcastle says move is part of plan to decarbonise the business by 2040 and ‘we don’t really have a choice’ The world’s largest coal port has announced it will now be powered entirely by…

04 01 2022 | 16:28

Severe Climate Risk Threatens 40% of World Fossil Reserves.

Nearly half of the world’s fossil fuel reserves are vulnerable to extreme weather brought on by climate change, according to an assessment published last month by risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft…

01 01 2022 | 13:39

The climate crisis spells both risk and opportunity for the financial world

How the next generation of solar, wind and EV companies will fare in the coming year is one of the most exciting parlour games in the City, on Wall Street and in Silicon Valley this holiday season…

01 01 2022 | 12:54

Companies race to stem flood of microplastic fibres into the oceans

New products range from washing machine filters and balls to fabrics made from kelp and orange peel From filters to bags to balls, the number of products aimed at stopping the torrent of…

01 01 2022 | 11:47

Floods, fires, freezes: how 2021 made Joe Biden a climate crisis president

The US president has made at least five disaster tours in the past year as his administration has tried to pass sweeping climate policies, with mixed success

01 01 2022 | 11:32

Before Australia’s climate wars: when a Coalition cabinet leaned towards positive action

Cabinet papers 2001: Despite fierce battles between senior Coalition members, work had begun in 2001 on a national energy policy John Howard still describes himself as “climate change agnostic” even…

27 12 2021 | 14:40

Engineering the future: meet the Africa prize shortlist innovators

Turning invasive plants into a force for good and powering healthcare with solar – here are three of the 2022 nominees From a solar-powered crib that treats jaundiced babies to fibre made from…

27 12 2021 | 10:15

Sharks in the Thames and renewable energy records: Ten positive environment stories from 2021

‘Lost’ species were rediscovered, rewilding projects flourished and progress was made in climate talks From the accelerating extinction of species worldwide to wildfires in Siberia and record-…

26 12 2021 | 17:30

Could crushed rocks absorb enough carbon to curb global warming?

A little-examined form of geoengineering takes what rocks normally do—lock up carbon—and spreads it through the oceans. Canary IslandsBefore sunrise in a quiet village in Gran Canaria, an island…

26 12 2021 | 17:21

Burning wood for energy is a 'scandal' that will worsen global warming, group of 50 MPs tell energy minister

Burning wood to create power is a ‘scandal’, 50 MPs warn the energy minister in a letter today. The letter – which has cross-party support – marks a major shift in political opinion over the burning…

26 12 2021 | 17:01

Wales coalmine extension may soon be approved despite Cop26 pledges

Conditional licence granted in 2016 at Aberpergwm has led to row between Whitehall and devolved administration Plans for the expansion of an underground coalmine in Wales could be approved…