David Blackman

Minister with nuclear responsibilities resigns over Brexit row

Environment minister defends EA’s water demand warning

An environment minister has defended the chief executive of the Environment Agency over accusations that he has hyped up the threat that England could run out of supplies.

Celebrities object to EDF’s Sizewell C nuclear project

Bill Nighy heads a line-up of celebrities who have signed a joint letter objecting to EDF’s plans for a new nuclear power station in Suffolk.

Political Agenda: “The Treasury has accepted heat must be decarbonised”

But while Philip Hammond’s time in the political sun was cut short last week, he

Gove supports EA’s cut on Southern pumping from River Test

Michael Gove has backed moves by the Environment Agency to force Southern Water to cut the volume of water that it abstracts from the River Test by 40 per cent.

Ofgem rejects SSEN’s plan to ‘future-proof’ interconnector

Scrapped low-carbon projects ‘could have powered 20 million homes’

The opposition has calculated the potential energy from nuclear and renewables projects, which hit the buffers since the Tories won the 2015 general election.

Offshore wind deal negotiations ‘lengthy and confusing’

The offshore wind industry’s sector deal with the government was unveiled months after the industry said it was within weeks of signing it, according to a new report by the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) committee.

Water firms collaborate for water transfer from north to south

Trevor Bishop, organisational development director at the Water Resources South East (WRSE) group of regional industry stakeholders, outlined the water transfer plans at a meeting of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) select committee in parliament this week.

Gas heating in new homes to be banned from 2025