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New plants to make UK 25% nuclear by 2025

09.11.09
Huge expansion of nuclear power was announced as Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband argued it was crucial in the fight against global warming... more

Ed Miliband challenges wealthy nations on climate change

05.11.09
Wealthy nations need to 'put their money where their mouth is' and promise finance for a global climate change deal, Ed Miliband said today... more

Short-term climate target to help deal

20.10.09
Hopes of a climate change deal rose after it emerged that rich nations were favouring short-term demands for cuts in greenhouse gases... more

Miliband discovers lost relative on Russian radio show

08.10.09
Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband was unexpectedly reunited with a long-lost relative during a trip to Russia... more

Wires crossed on electricity policy

15.09.09
Government Minister Ed Miliband went on the Andrew Marr show on Sunday to tell us that the electricity industry was safe in his hands... more

Climate Camp is now in town: come and join us

26.08.09
This morning, in between rooting around in my camping cupboard, hanging up the tent that never dried out post-Glastonbury and locating my vegan tanning lotion, I have been keeping an eye on my phone... more

Ed Miliband is right to push for green energy

16.07.09
The Government's ambitious plans for a green energy supply would have been necessary even without its legally binding target to cut greenhouse gas emissions by a third by 2020... more

The move to a low-carbon economy - you’ve been quangoed!

16.07.09
This latest Energy White Paper has the true New Labour stamp of more statistics than most mortals can comprehend and, yep, plenty of targets... more

Fuel bills to rise by £230 in drive towards green energy

15.07.09
Homes face higher electricity and gas bills under an expansion of wind power and home insulation programmes being announced... more

Green energy will push up bills by £92 a year, admits Miliband

15.07.09
Home energy bills will rise on average by £92 a year as Britain turns into a low-carbon economy, climate change secretary Ed Miliband admitted... more

Ed Miliband urges 'more ambition' in climate change battle

09.07.09
Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband calls for for "more ambition" in the fight against global warming... more

MPs’ adviser trained Haringey on media

26.05.09
A media consultant involved in MPs’ expenses scandal was paid £5,000 by Haringey council officials to advise them on their disastrous public response to the death of Baby P... more

National Grid makes a pitch to be a 'smart meters' leader

14.05.09
National Grid put in a plea to be placed at the centre of the country’s “smart metering” revolution — just a year after the company was found guilty of abusing its gas meters monopoly... more

Help me save Earth, Charles tells 150 business leaders

01.05.09
Prince Charles was due to lecture 150 London business leaders on the huge steps they must take to make their companies greener... more

Greens set to fight coal-fired power plants on Thames

23.04.09
Pioneering coal-fired power stations may be built in the Thames Estuary area under plans which will infuriate green campaigners... more

Get a move on, Ed, or sun will set on our wind-power dream

16.04.09
Energy analysis: Seen any sign of those 300 wind turbines the height of Nelson's Column going up in the Thames estuary for the promised London Array, "the world's biggest offshore wind farm"?... more

High hopes, but we're still blowing hot and cold over wind

19.02.09
Energy analysis: It is being billed as the next North Sea boom. This week the tentative go-ahead was given for the construction of up to 2000 giant turbines off the coast of Scotland... more

Cabinet row threatens to stall airport decision

13.01.09
A last-minute Cabinet row has threatened to delay the go-ahead for Heathrow's third runway... more

Green light will cost Labour seats across country, say MPs

12.01.09
Labour MPs warned that giving the green light to a third runway at Heathrow would ruin the party's green credentials for decades and lead to the loss of swathes of seats at the next election... more

Russian crisis could force up British gas bills, says minister

08.01.09
Gas bills could rise in Britain if the row between Russia and Ukraine drags on, a Cabinet minister admitted... more

Green fury at Labour power station plan

22.12.08
Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband angered green groups when he made clear Labour would not issue a blanket ban on new coal-fired power stations... more

You can’t build even bigger airports and still go green, Gordon

08.12.08
There are red faces at BAA after today’s Stansted protest but the real damage is to ministers’ claims about fighting climate change... more

Minister wants global mass protests on climate change

08.12.08
Millions of people need to unite in a global protest movement to force governments to tackle climate change, a Cabinet minister urged... more

Stansted chaos: learn the lessons

08.12.08
When Ed Miliband, the Environment Secretary, said that he hoped that millions of people would take part in global protests to force governments to tackle climate change, he probably did not expect Stansted airport to be occupied by environmental protesters... more

Miliband prepared to break pollution laws over Heathrow

25.11.08
Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband refused to rule out turning a blind eye to air quality laws to give the go-ahead for a third runway at Heathrow... more

Heathrow: MPs plot revolt against third runway

28.10.08
Plans for a third runway at Heathrow were threatened by a Cabinet revolt... more

Flights to be included in 2050 green targets

27.10.08
Green groups praised Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband after it emerged he would include aviation in proposed laws to tackle global warming... more

Fuel bills that fleece us all

21.10.08
THERE are some pertinent questions to be asked about energy prices and it is to the benefit of consumers that the Prime Minister is asking them. Gordon Brown has pointed out that while gas and electricity prices rose to take account of the increased price of oil, there have been no corresponding cuts in fuel bills as the price of oil comes down. Ed Miliband, the Energy Secretary, has met the six big energy retailers to tell them that the Government wants prices to fall. Meanwhile, the former head of Energywatch, Allan Asher, has said that consumers' annual bills of £1,200 could be reduced by up to a third if there were reforms to the wholesale market and greater competition between suppliers. He has a point: at a time when official inflation figures are just over five per cent, some suppliers have increased gas prices by a third.... more

Miliband toughens UK emission targets

16.10.08
Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband has committed Britain to much tougher pollution targets, pledging to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80 per cent by 2050... more

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