Solar panels, heat pumps & EVs are "not woke" but "common sense", UK energy secreatry Ed Miliband has said

In first major speech since Iran conflict/latest energy crisis, he rejected calls to extract more North Sea oil & gas

Instead vowed to "double down" on clean energy
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Taxpayer to fund £8m clean up of illegal waste site, including ~£2.5m just for landfill tax.

Govt promises to make the polluter pay; 4 arrests so far, criminal investigation is ongoing

It's just pledged pledged £15m/yr extra funding for EA.

But waste crime costing UK economy ~£1bn/year...

Who should pay to clean up massive illegal waste dumps? Climate reporter Victoria Seabrook takes in the scale of an illegal dump being cleaned up by the UK's environment agency, and asks if new funding will be enough to stop the booming business for crimin...

Taxpayer to fund £8m clean up of illegal waste site, including ~£2.5m of landfill tax

Govt pledges to recoup costs from the gangsters who dumped it, to "make the polluter pay"

It's also working to exempt such sites from the tax, but in the meantime...
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Iran war: Markets are plummeting as the conflict escalates - but some industries stand to benefit Mr Trump has always aimed to boost "US energy dominance". This conflict has nothing to do with it, but there's a handful of energy companies that stand to benefit.

A perverse effect of war is that some industries do well: right now, US LNG exports is one.

Donald Trump has always aimed to boost "US energy dominance".

This conflict has nothing to do with it, but there's a handful of companies that so far it's helping. Here's why:
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Battle of the wind farms: Can the 'blockers' beat the government? Some admit they're NIMBYs. Others say that word doesn't mean what you think it means…

Watch @rukcymru.bsky.social Director Jessica Hooper speak to @seabrookclimate.bsky.social on @skynewsrss.bsky.social, addressing concerns over new onshore wind farms in South Wales from 02:05 to 2:25 📺

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What really flipping winds people up?

Fly-tipping. I'm working on a piece about it... please send any CCTV/pictures you have!

Emergency appeal Provide essential clean water and hygiene supplies to people whose homes have been destroyed by the devastating flooding in southern Africa.

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Mozambique: Aid workers scramble to reach starving communities after devastating floods but it's a mammoth task Sky News' Africa correspondent reports from the country's Gaza province, where hundreds of thousands of people have been affected by the disaster.

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"This is what it looks like to start from scratch, mourning all that life once was"

Do watch this brilliantly reported but gut-wrenching piece on flooded Mozambique by Yousra Elbagir

and donate to WaterAid if you can.

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How woman's 'fairytale' home upgrade turned into a nightmare A new report by MPs warns the Energy Company Obligation scheme, which left more than 30,000 homes flooded, mouldy or cold, was so "catastrophic" it ought to be referred to the Serious Fraud Office.

How woman's 'fairytale' home upgrade turned into a nightmare

The ECO scheme has made some people's homes much better and others a lot, lot worse...

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Anyone in the UK left with dodgy home insulation via the Energy Company Obligation (ECO)? Hoping to speak to someone about their experience...

Inside the new breed of 'zero bills' homes where you pay nothing for your energy The government's long-awaited Warm Homes plan published on Wednesday is designed to upgrade homes to make them cheaper, better and warmer. Is this a realistic vision of the future?

Inside the new breed of 'zero bills' homes where you pay nothing for your energy

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'Nowhere to hide' for water companies, vows government in industry shake-up Water companies to be subject to "MOTs" under new government plans to preempt major failures, such as the recent water shortages in south-east England.

"Nowhere to hide" for water companies, vows government in shake up of the regulation

Following what environment secretary Emma Reynolds called "totally unacceptable" water disruption in Kent and Sussex

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Indian police raid home of environmental activists over anti-fossil fuel campaign Sarat Sampada founders Harjeet Singh and Jyoti Aswati say allegations are ‘baseless, biased and misleading’

Prominent Indian activists inc. Harjeet Singh have been arrested, property raided by police

Accused of jeopardising India’s energy security by campaigning against fossil fuels

The environmentalists call the allegations "baseless, biased, and misleading"
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'Breakthrough' blood test at home could help more people spot Alzheimer's, say scientists The new self-sampling method, which is done at home and the dry sample sent by post, could make Alzheimer's testing much more accessible.

'Breakthrough' pin-prick blood test at home could help more people spot Alzheimer's, say scientists

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Snow in London (and it’s daytime). How rare nowadays

2025 on track to be UK's warmest year on record, says Met Office The average annual temperature is tracking at 10.05C - ahead of the previous record of 10.03C set in 2022 - with a climate scientist describing the finding as "devastating and utterly unsurprising".

Why UK is in 'extraordinary times' over its climate

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2025 is the UK's sunniest year ever - with record levels for solar power There were long spells earlier this year when every time morning rolled around, it was another day of sun. The UK has in fact been getting sunnier since the 1980s, but scientists can't yet say why.

The UK is getting sunnier - and scientists aren't sure why

In keeping with that trend, 2025 was the country's sunniest on record

Driving a bumper year for solar power

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Stacked bar chart showing the number of reported natural disasters globally from 2000 to 2024. Disasters are categorized by type: drought, flood, earthquake, extreme weather, extreme temperature, volcanic activity, wildfire, glacial lake outburst flood, dry mass movement, and wet mass movement. The data source is EM-DAT (2025). The chart is licensed CC BY to Our World in Data.

📊 Data update: We’ve updated our charts with the latest data on natural disasters.

Tracking the occurrence of natural disasters can save lives by helping countries prepare for future ones.

In our work on natural disasters, we visualize data from EM-DAT, the most comprehensive disaster database.

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Govt reaction to a report on illegal dumping of waste was condemned as "complacent" and "deeply disappointing" by an environmental group of Lords yesterday:

"It will give succour to the organised criminal gangs who are profiteering from waste crime and inflicting misery”

'Hundreds of tonnes' of rubbish may have been illegally dumped and burned on green belt land, London council says The extent of the charred remnants of rubbish suggest that "hundreds of tonnes of waste may have been illegally disposed of", Bromley Council said.

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'Illegal, industrial-scale waste operation' suspected in London

Have you been affected by possible waste crime? Get in touch

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COP30: Climate protest in Brazil's city of Belem aims to hold governments' feet to the fire After a week of dreary negotiations at the COP30 climate talks, the streets were alive with the drumming of maracatu music and dancing to local carimbo rhythms on Saturday.

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Indigenous people have defined the image and sound of the climate talks in Brazil - and today was no different

COP30: Climate protest in Brazil's city of Belem aims to hold governments' feet to the fire

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COP30: Climate summit kicks off with plea to work together - despite Trump-shaped hole Outwardly, countries were unphased that the US president is skipping the talks on climate change - despite being the largest historical emitter.

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COP30 Climate summit starts with Trump-shaped hole and praise for China

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Britons still buying EVs, heat pumps and solar panels despite attacks on green agenda Fresh polling by YouGov, carried out exclusively for Sky News, finds that belief in and concern about man-made global warming remains as high as in their heyday in 2021, when the UK hosted the COP26 c...

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A lot of anxiety in politics about whether Brits have gone cold on going green.

Our analysis finds people are still concerned about and believe in climate change, and are buying climate tech - but not always for climate reasons...

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Here we go again… the annual UN COP climate summit, on the edge of the Brazilian Amazon this year.

It will hold a mirror up to how we’re doing on curbing by climate change.

The reflection won’t be very pretty

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Exclusive: Spain the frontrunner for Chinese carmaker BYD's third European plant, sources say China's No. 1 automaker BYD considers Spain to be its top candidate for a third car factory to serve the European market, two people briefed on the matter told Reuters, as the company seeks to grow sales on the continent.

"Spain is favoured by BYD because of its relatively low manufacturing costs and clean energy network." www.reuters.com/world/china/...

UK energy efficiency sector in crisis: New NAO report finds a staggering 98% failure rate for external wall insulation installed since 2022 under ECO scheme.

It's a tragedy for the households suffering from poor installs and a massive setback for public confidence in the insulation industry.

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Thousands of homes now need repairs after insulation fitted under government scheme

More than 30,000 homes face damp or mould due to ill-fitted insulation, with a handful facing immediate risks like fires, a government watchdog warned.
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Year's worth of British bread lost this decade as extreme weather… New analysis suggests that wheat production is down by the equivalent of over a year’s supply of bread for the UK, after extreme weather hits harvests

Year's worth of British bread lost this decade as extreme weather bites

New analysis suggests that wheat production is down by the equivalent of over a year’s supply of bread for the UK, after extreme weather hits harvests.
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Renewable energy produces more electricity than coal for the first time, experts say Solar and wind are now growing fast enough to not only meet the world's growing appetite for electricity, but to outstrip it.

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For the first time in history, renewable energy has produced more of the world's electricity than coal, finds new @ember-energy.org analysis

Renewables outstripped coal in China & India in H1 2025, but reverse was true in US & Europe

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