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The Royal Family’s carbon footprint associated with travel has virtually doubled in the last year. The Royal Household’s annual financial statement for the financial year 2018-19, published today, shows 3,344 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents were emitted as a result of ‘business travel’ in 2018/9 compared with 1,687 tonnes the year ...

Legislation to increase VAT rates for solar and battery storage technologies for households was put forward yesterday, despite strong opposition from industry. Under the new law proposed by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), the VAT for new solar and storage products will increase from 5% to 20% from October. The ...

Nevada utility flush for 1.8GW of solar-storage ...

The prototype of a solar-powered electric vehicle (EV) able to travel 450 miles on a single charge was officially unveiled in Katwijk, the Netherlands today (25 June). ...

The health and safety performance of the offshore wind sector is improving. A new report from the G+ Offshore Wind Health and Safety Organisation highlights despite offshore wind energy capacity continuing to grow, the total number of health and safety incidents among its members fell last year. There were no ...

Too many energy firms are still struggling to offer good customer service. That’s according to Citizens Advice, which has published its latest customer service league table – ten energy companies failed to achieve an average of even 2.5 stars, totalling a quarter of the firms in the rankings. The 39 ...

Treasury proposes rise from 5% to 20%, while the tax on coal will stay at lower rateHomes hoping to shrink their carbon footprints by installing a solar-battery system face a steep VAT hike from October under new laws proposed by HMRC.The Treasury put put forward legislation on Monday to raise ...

Climate change could make parts of Siberia habitable by the late 21st century. That’s the claim from researchers at the Krasnoyarsk Federal Research Center in Russia and the National Institute of Aerospace in the US, which studied temperature and climate forecasts across Asian Russia and calculated how they could affect ...

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell sets out plans to strengthen Bank of England toolkit to tackle climate risk and spur billions of green investment ...

Labour Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell's speech on the economy and his Party's plans to spur green investment ...