Britain’s coal addiction is fuelling social injustice
In Russia, Colombia and the UK, continuing demand for coal is hurting individuals and communities
Energy
Osborne’s aversion to renewables is frighteningly short-sighted
Britain’s energy economy is designed to benefit the existing big players, even when all the evidence recommends the opposite
After the Paris Agreement the UK must help protect developing countries
Those who have contributed the least to climate change are suffering the greatest impacts
Less than a third of UK public support Osborne’s nuclear power deal
The deal for a new power plant at Hinkley could be finalised this week
Lisa Nandy’s vision of energy democracy isn’t idealism – it’s already starting to happen
Labour is breaking with a dated consensus
Hinkley Point – a shockingly bad deal for the British taxpayer
The Alice in Wonderland economics of nuclear power.
Poll results: large majority of Left Foot Forward readers opposed to fracking
83 per cent of you are against fracking, according to our poll.
With the ‘big six’ set to double profits, what we actually need is a ‘small twenty’
With ever-rocketing bills, the time has come to break up the big energy companies.
Cities can take on the ‘big six’ energy companies
Politicians on all sides want to devolve power to the cities to boost economic growth. Energy should be central to this new agenda.
Fracking for shale gas: Hancock’s half-truths
The new energy minister calls shale “the holy grail” of energy policy. He’s probably right. It’s a mythical object that no-one’s found, and over time just has increasing comedy-value.