Green politics

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Is Science Museum’s green power gallery tainted by fossil-fuel cash?
Museum’s funding by Indian energy group sparks controversy – with activists calling for boycott of ‘tainted’ partnership but others in full support

Robin McKie Science editor

23, Mar, 2024 @12:00 PM

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Scottish grouse moors to be licensed in attempt to protect birds of prey
MSPs vote for controls as it emerges another hen harrier has vanished in area ‘notorious’ for persecution

Severin Carrell Scotland editor

21, Mar, 2024 @6:14 PM

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Scotland’s pledge to cut emissions by 75% by 2030 ‘no longer credible’
Climate Change Committee finds Scottish government has repeatedly failed to make cuts required by law

Severin Carrell Scotland editor

20, Mar, 2024 @8:43 AM

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Labour to make fighting global heating a priority for Bank of England
Shadow chancellor to use annual Mais lecture to set out plans to green the economy if party wins election

Larry Elliott

19, Mar, 2024 @5:00 PM

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Sunak and ministers stoking division over UK’s net zero target, warns Ed Miliband
Labour shadow energy minister will use speech to say Tory approach is also leading to higher bills

Fiona Harvey

18, Mar, 2024 @9:00 PM

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Climate activists across Europe block access to North Sea oil infrastructure
Blockades at facilities in Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden, with protests in Scotland and action expected in Denmark

Damien Gayle Environment correspondent

16, Mar, 2024 @3:43 PM

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Failure to insulate UK homes costing thousands of lives a year, says report
Analysis finds 58 people have died due to cold homes every winter day since 2013 Tory pledge to ‘cut the green crap’

Matthew Taylor Environment correspondent

13, Mar, 2024 @9:12 AM

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No big North Sea fossil fuel country has plan to stop drilling in time for 1.5C goal
UK, Germany, Netherlands, Norway and Denmark have failed to align oil and gas policies with Paris pledges, say campaigners

Ajit Niranjan

12, Mar, 2024 @9:00 AM

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Labour says it would aim for zero-waste economy by 2050
Shadow environment secretary says other similar countries have same target and it would save billions of pounds

Helena Horton

08, Mar, 2024 @12:46 PM

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Head of UK science body calls for ‘creative disagreement’ after Michelle Donelan libel row
Ottoline Leyser of UKRI says people in public eye should be able to debate better, with less polarisation and blame

Fiona Harvey Environment editor

08, Mar, 2024 @12:16 PM

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‘No drilling! No drilling!’: climate choir sings truth to power in Palace of Westminster
Voices of Climate Choir Movement fill St Stephen’s Hall in group’s most dramatic protest yet

Amelia Hill

07, Mar, 2024 @5:36 PM

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Budget fell far short on UK green investment, experts say
Green economists dismayed by failure to recognise one of the fastest-expanding areas of business

Fiona Harvey Environment editor

07, Mar, 2024 @6:00 AM

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