Energy Department to Repeal Efficiency Rules for Appliances
Experts say the moves, which would apply to household appliances, will raise energy costs for consumers.
Energy Efficiency
Will global climate action be a casualty of Trump’s tariffs?
Clean energy investors likely to pull back from US, but other countries may seize opportunity to speed transitionDonald Trump’s upending of the global economy has raised fears that climate action could emerge as a casualty of the trade war.In the week …
Get the app, consider capacity and be ready for behavioural change: top tips on installing a home battery
Guardian readers share what they wish they had known before taking the plungeChange by degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help reduce your household’s carbon footprintGot a question or tip for reducing household emis…
Labor backs household batteries in bid to spark voters on cost-of-living and climate worries
Coalition energy efficiency package also on the cards as climate advocates urge better subsidies on solar and other alternativesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLabor is expected to flick the switch on a household battery ince…
Britain’s net zero economy is booming, CBI says
Green sector growing at triple the rate of the UK economy, providing high-wage jobs and increasing energy securityThe net zero sector is growing three times faster than the overall UK economy, analysis has found, providing high-wage jobs across the cou…
A penny per email could curb our enormous data use | Letters
Mike McClelland proposes a 1p charge for messages in response to an article on the downside of Ireland’s datacentre boom. Plus a letter from Sue Stephenson The long read (Power grab: the hidden costs of Ireland’s datacentre boom, 15 February) highligh…
Energy efficiency scheme for cold homes going at a glacial pace, says Labour
Government’s Energy Company Obligation has managed to upgrade only 65,000 homes since April 2022, figures showLabour has attacked the Conservatives over the speed of government efforts to upgrade Britain’s draughty housing stock, as analysis showed a l…
Hydrogen boiler push to continue despite verdict of UK watchdog
Government and gas-focused industry body resist conclusion that heat pumps are ‘only viable’ option for heating UK homesThe government and sections of UK industry will continue to back the prospect of using hydrogen for home heating, despite a clear ve…
Low income UK homes ‘should be given free heat pumps’ to meet climate targets
Advisers say government should cover cost of replacing gas boilers with pumps in more than 2m homesMore than 2 million low-income households should be given a free electric heat pump to replace their gas boiler if the UK hopes to meet its legally bindi…
How Tories’ green hostility will hinder a future Labour government
Experts say current policies will make it tougher for Keir Starmer to mend UK’s economy and climate goals The Conservative government’s hostility to net zero and environmental policy will make it tougher for Labour to pursue green growth and mend the d…