Molly Lempriere
Policy Section Editor at Carbon Brief
Section editor for policy at @CarbonBrief [email protected] Views my own. She/her.
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1 week ago |
buff.ly | Molly Lempriere |Josh Gabbatiss
Reform UK’s local-election victories in May 2025 could put 6 gigawatts (GW) of new clean-energy capacity at risk, according to Carbon Brief analysis. The hard-right populist party took control of 10 English councils in last month’s local elections and has said it will use “every lever” to block new wind, solar and battery projects. Those 10 areas have jurisdiction over 5,076 megawatts (MW) of battery schemes, 786MW of solar and 56MW of wind, according to Carbon Brief’s analysis of industry data.
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2 weeks ago |
buff.ly | Molly Lempriere |Josh Gabbatiss
UK chancellor Rachel Reeves has unveiled the first spending review under the current Labour government, announcing funding for nuclear power, energy efficiency and carbon capture and storage (CCS). A spending review establishes each ministry’s spending limits and priorities for the rest of the parliamentary term.
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1 month ago |
carbonbrief.org | Simon Evans |Molly Lempriere
The UK’s high electricity prices have become intensely political, with competing claims over the cause of rocketing bills and how best to get them down. Prices spiked after Russia cut off gas exports to Europe, precipitating a global energy crisis alongside its invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The UK has been particularly exposed, as gas sets its wholesale power prices 98% of the time – and gas remains three times more expensive than before the crisis.
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1 month ago |
buff.ly | Simon Evans |Molly Lempriere
The UK’s high electricity prices have become intensely political, with competing claims over the cause of rocketing bills and how best to get them down. Prices spiked after Russia cut off gas exports to Europe, precipitating a global energy crisis alongside its invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The UK has been particularly exposed, as gas sets its wholesale power prices 98% of the time – and gas remains three times more expensive than before the crisis.
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2 months ago |
reccessary.com | Molly Lempriere
German coalition leaders brief the media after reaching an agreement between their parties on a new government. (Image: Friedrich Merz's facebook)Since the German election took place in February, which saw the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) win the most seats, parties have been negotiating to form a new coalition government. Earlier this week, the CDU reached a deal with the centre-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) to govern Europe’s largest economy and biggest emitter.
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