David Blackman

Government risks missing carbon removal goal, MPs warn

The chair of Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee has expressed a lack of confidence that the government will meet its target for the roll out greenhouse gas removal technologies. Based on the current rate of progress, Philip Dunne MP said it requires a “leap of faith” to see how the government will achieve its goal to suck five megatonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere per year by 2030.

Energy efficiency is security strategy’s ‘biggest gap’- Carney

Demand reduction is the “biggest gap” in the government’s recently published energy security strategy, Mark Carney has said. The United Nations special envoy for climate action and finance also backed a suggestion by his Bank of England predecessor Lord King for a more widespread rollout of carbon taxes.

Rudd ‘surprised’ by ministers’ lack of fresh steps on energy bills

Former secretary of state for energy and climate change Amber Rudd has said she is “very surprised” that the government has not taken more action to tackle unaffordable energy bills, predicting the pressure to do will become “unstoppable” this autumn.

Net zero support up following outbreak of Ukraine war

Woes of fuel poor risk derailing net zero goal, warns charity boss

Moves by net zero sceptics to exploit the acute pinch facing fuel poor households risk becoming a “drag anchor” on the UK's decarbonisation drive, National Energy Action chief executive Adam Scorer has warned.

Energy strategy misses small steps in favour of giant leaps

Government signals move to cap soaring heat network bills

Six Avro bosses were paid £250k per month

Kwarteng accused of ‘caving in’ to backbench onshore wind critics

Looming bill rises too big for industry to handle, warns Anderson