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Britain’s Labour Party has won the UK general election in a “landslide” victory. It was one of the biggest wins in the centre-left Labour’s history, as opposed to monumental losses for the Conservatives who have been in power for 14 years. In his first speech as Prime Minister, Keir Starmer said he plans to “restore service and respect to politics” and called his work “urgent”. But does he consider the climate crisis to be an urgent priority? Labour will be sharing Parliament with the Liberal Democrats who won 71 seats, bouncing back as the third-largest party in Parliament for the first time ...
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Three years ago, Google set an ambitious plan to address climate change by going 'net zero', meaning it would release no more climate-changing gases into the air than it removes, by 2030. But a report from the company on Tuesday shows it is nowhere near meeting that goal. Rather than declining, its emissions grew 13 per cent in 2023 over the year before. Compared to its baseline year of 2019, emissions have soared 48 per cent. Google cited artificial intelligence (AI) and the demand it puts on data centres, which require massive amounts of electricity, for last year’s growth. Making that elect...
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The European Investment Bank has earmarked €2bn in lending for over 100 cities that have signed up to an EU mission to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, and the European Commission has set up a financial advisory service as the huge cost of the exercise becomes clear. The von der Leyen commission launched the ‘Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities’ project in April 2022, selecting 100 cities in the EU and 12 in countries associated with the Horizon Europe research funding facility out of a total of 377 who had expressed an interest. The new Climate City Capital Hub was announced at a...
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After one of its warmest and wettest winters on record, a general election has been called in the UK for 4 July. Climate has been on the back burner when it comes to campaigning so far. There has been a greater focus on the cost of living, healthcare and security from most politicians. Pledges, policies and plans to tackle the climate crisis haven’t been easy to find. Though the consensus is generally that emissions need to be cut, renewables need to grow and pollution must be reduced, approaches from each of the different parties vary. We’ve taken a look at six of the most pressing climate is...
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Nucleo says it is aiming to take advantage of plans for nuclear power expansion in the UK and wants to build 20 mini reactors at various locations on six sites close to energy intensive industries. The plants would be powered by plutonium, a fuel not currently used in the UK and mainly associated with nuclear weapons, according to the Telegraph report. The company said it wanted to build near dense population centres, following the UK government's recent relaxation of rules restricting nuclear developments to remote locations. Newcleo's managing director for nuclear, Andrew Murdoch, told the T...
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With energy ministers expected to call on the European Commission next week to promote the development of Europe’s power grid, the electricity industry has warned that annual investment in local distribution networks will need to double to some €67bn or risk jeopardising the energy transition. In a report published on Wednesday (22 May) during its annual conference in Greece, the trade association Eurelectric has concluded that Europe’s transition away from fossil fuels, and its net-zero target, are at stake. Without investing a sum equivalent to 0.4% of the EU’s annual economic output (GDP) i...
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Investment in clean technologies such as solar photovoltaics (PV), batteries, wind power, electrolysers and heat pumps soared by 70% last year with China accounting for three-quarters of global investments, according to a report published today (May 6) by the International Energy Agency (IEA) assessing the pace of clean tech manufacturing. China houses more than 80% of global solar PV module manufacturing capacity and battery production and is the world’s largest exporter of EV batteries, accounting for about 70% of total exports in 2023. The Asian giant currently controls nearly 90% of global...
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There is an alarming gap between the current charging infrastructure and that of necessary to reach the climate targets of Europe by 2030, according to a study by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA). Electric cars sales have sped up in the past years, increasing 18-fold between 2017 and 2023 and three times faster than charging point installation in the same period, said the ACEA report. However, installing charging stations has to speed up if the EU wants to meet its climate targets, says the ACEA. "We need mass-market adoption of electric cars in all EU countries to ach...
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Companies operating in Europe renewable energy and other clean tech sectors are set to enjoy streamlined permitting and public procurement procedures and other policy support in line with the EU’s climate and environmental targets, following a decisive vote today (April 25) in the European Parliament. MEPs backed the Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA) in the last plenary session in Strasbourg before the EU elections by 361 votes to 121, paving the way for an acceleration of the green industrialisation of the bloc. The new legal framework is intended to boost the domestic production of technologies n...
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The company said in its latest financial update on 10 April that sales of all-electric vehicles declined by 24% in Europe, while sales grew by 91% in China, year-over-year. However, overall, the company said it increased its vehicle deliveries by 3% to 2.10 million vehicles with the main drivers being China, South America and North America. "Vehicles with combustion engines increased by 4% to 1.97 million units, overcompensating the slight decline of 3% to 136,400 all-electric vehicles (BEV). In this segment, strong growth in China (+91%) did not fully offset the decline in Europe (-24%). "How...
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