Energy

The government has asked the developers of the Norfolk Vanguard offshore wind farm to provide more information about how it will impact nearby European protected sites in combination with other projects

Utilities burning fossil fuels could lose 43% of their value due to policies designed to combat climate change, according to an international network of investors

The Labour Party has come out on top of an assessment of manifesto pledges to respond to the ecological and climate crisis, with the Conservatives bringing up the rear, according to research by Friends of the Earth

A judge has rejected a challenge to the UK government’s decision not to support an oil and gas company affected by the suspension of its free emissions allowances for the EU emissions trading system in the run-up to Brexit

The Cabinet Office has belatedly complied with a court order to publish a secret report on fracking written in 2016 that shows industry actors were more pessimistic about large-scale fracking in the UK than they had said in public

Replacing Drax’s two remaining coal units with four natural gas turbines “is asking the public to face a carbon budget blowout”, according to ClientEarth

There are at least 17 gas-fired power stations pending possible construction in the UK, potentially threatening attainment of future carbon budgets

The government wants to lead the world on climate action and attract younger voters, but competing forces within the party will not make the transition a simple one. Simon Pickstone reports

Important deadlines relating to plastics production and pollution, costs protection for environmental claims, environmental permitting, nitrates action, environmental damage reporting, waste management, water use and restriction of chemicals are coming up in October

The Labour Party conference saw the opposition set out new policies on net zero, offshore wind, electric vehicles and ‘battery gigafactories’. Here are 10 things you need to know