Donald Trump accused Kamala Harris of embarking on a ‘regulatory jihad’ to shut down power plants across the country as he set out his own vision of an energy independent, ‘manufacturing dominant’ nation. Trump was speaking in Pennsylvania on Monday, his second visit to the state in two days, as he sets off on a tour
What’s for dinner? It’s a deceptively simple question, asked millions of times each day. But consider the myriad factors that go into answering it — from cost to convenience to climate change — and it’s no wonder we spend so much time thinking about the food we eat. And that doesn’t even account for breakfast,
Domestic energy prices are expected to rise in the run-up to winter, according to consultancy Cornwall Insight. The forecaster, which is widely regarded for its accurate predictions, said a household using a typical amount of gas and electricity would pay £1,714 a year from October. That compares with a current annual bill of £1,568, the
WASHINGTON — He wears a small black-and-white checked kaffiyeh-patterned pocket square in his jacket’s breast pocket. His hair is grayer than when we last met more than a decade ago. Mustafa Barghouti, West Bank-based cardiologist and reluctant politician, for years has been considered one of the region’s smartest and most moderate Palestinian leaders, with an easy
A multi-billion pound ‘superhighway’ transporting electricity between Scotland and England has been given the green light. A 315-mile-long subsea cable, called Eastern Green Link 2, will move clean energy from Peterhead in Aberdeenshire to Drax in North Yorkshire. Meanwhile, a smaller subsea cable about 100 miles long between Torness near Edinburgh and Hawthorn Pit in
The government is set to significantly raise the budget for this year’s renewable energy auction, following calls from industry for more support. Energy Secretary Ed Miliband announced on Wednesday that the budget would be increased to £1.5bn, up by £500m from last year. The majority of the funding will be available to develop offshore wind