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Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Environmental groups condemned business secretary Grant Shapps for claiming wind turbines are “so big” they cannot be built on land. Mr Shapps defended Rishi Sunak’s de facto ban on new onshore wind development – claiming […] More
Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Labour today accused the government of “botching” its windfall tax on North Sea oil and gas companies by leaving loopholes which the party calculates will cost the public finances £17bn. In a challenge to Jeremy […] More
Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Ministers have been reported to England’s new environment watchdog for failing to meet a deadline to set new targets for clean air and water. Campaigners including the National Trust, the RSPB, Wildlife Trusts and Asthma […] More
Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Rishi Sunak is facing a Commons push to “name and shame” any oil and gas companies who are avoiding the windfall tax on profits and publish the precise sums collected by the government. Oil giant […] More
Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Rishi Sunak is believed to be close to a compromise to allow a new generation of onshore wind farms, as he battles to stave off a rebellion by Tory MPs including Boris Johnson and Liz […] More
Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Sadiq Khan is to push ahead with expanding London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) clean air driving charge to the whole of Greater London next year, he has announced. The Mayor of London said the […] More
Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email The British public overwhelmingly backs the construction of new wind farms and is increasingly hostile to non-renewable energy sources, a new poll has found. The survey, released as the world’s governments meet for the Cop27 […] More
Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email An extraordinary collapse in work to tackle the UK’s energy-leaking buildings over the last decade has been revealed, as the crucial Cop27 climate summit continues. Some 2.3 million measures were installed each year through government-backed […] More
