Earth recorded its hottest year ever in 2024, with such a big jump that the planet temporarily passed a major climate threshold, several weather monitoring agencies announced Friday. Climate Change (Image: Tumisu/Pixabay) Last year’s global average temperature easily passed 2023’s record heat and kept pushing even higher. It surpassed the long-term warming limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius
Incoming US president Donald Trump, whose campaign ran on the slogan “drill, baby, drill”, has already reopened a quarrel with the UK’s offshore wind development in the North Sea and is unlikely to stop there. Perhaps in anticipation of this, current American president Joe Biden has rushed through legislation banning offshore oil drilling across the
The UK's EV charging infrastructure had a record year of growth in 2024, official figures have confirmed. The number of charge points installed in the UK over the course of the calendar year was the highest annual level seen on record, with tens of thousands of new chargers added as the Government and industry pushes
British roadside assistance company AA has taken delivery of 15 battery-electric Ford Transit Customs and 15 plug-in hybrid variants. The new vans now have to prove themselves in the "real world." According to AA, the vans will hit the road in cities such as Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, Nottingham, Liverpool and London. Moreover, they will
Environmental groups urge government to keep tougher green targets despite industry claim they are unsustainable Carmakers sold a record number of electric cars in the UK last year, prompting environmental groups to urge the government to stick to tougher green targets even as the industry argues they are unsustainable. The number of new cars sold
Investing in the latest energy tech for your home comes with a big upfront costs, but brings chunky savings for years to come. Here's the easiest way to take the plunge and grab a new heat pump Linda Karlsen took the plunge and invested in a new heat pump and solar panels for her home
It’s fair to say that the good times are back again for the solar industry. Expectations are that more capacity will have been added this year than any other since the end of subsidies – and the policy wins have been tremendous. As secretary of state for energy security and net zero, Ed Miliband has
Recently I’ve seen a stirring in the solar marketplace. Big solar systems are great but the trend to giant oversized panels must be nipped in the bud. Please read on while I explain why commercial and industrial products don’t belong on domestic roofs. Commercial and industrial (C&I) size power systems use megawatt hours of battery
As the new price cap comes into force this year, energy consultancy Cornwall Insight has predicted further increases for the year ahead. The April cap, which will be officially announced in February, is now expected to be £1,785 a year for a typical dual fuel consumer. This is a 3% increase on January’s cap of
Number hits record level but rate of growth slows as installers face delays to government funding The UK installed a record number of public electric car chargers in 2024, although the rate of growth slowed as installers contended with delays to government funding. Numbers rose by more than a third to reach 73,421 by 20