Britain was forced to burn coal to generate electricity again this week after solar panel generation failed because it was too sunny. But the coal plant is due to be closed next year. What will we do then?
Gripped by a culture of climate catastrophism, society seems hell-bent on ripping up the energy system that is the foundation of our civilisation with only the vaguest idea of what might replace it, says Andrew Montford.
Paris police showed their U.K. counterparts how to deal with road-blocking eco-loon protesters as they used tear gas and baton charges to stop activists disrupting oil giant Total's annual general meeting.
Farmer rebellions in the Netherlands, Macron calling for an end to green EU laws, Germany returning to coal, the EU U-turning, new drilling in the North Sea – the signs are all around that we've passed Peak Green.
London's Metropolitan Police have finally shown signs of cracking down on the eco-loon Just Stop Oil protesters, who have been blocking roads in the capital for months.
If Scotland were to cease to exist tomorrow, the impact on global temperature, according to IPCC models, would be negligible. Undeterred, the Scottish Government is set on driving its energy supply into catastrophe.
Michael Gove has approved the UK’s first deep coal mine in more than 30 years after conceding that new green technologies are unlikely to replace the fossil fuel’s role in steel-making for many years.
It's time to face the fact that COP27 is an expensive exercise in futility as CO2 emissions climb ever higher and the technology just isn't there yet to replace fossil fuels, write Jordan Peterson and Bjørn Lomborg.
The Doom Goblin has come of age, and with maturity (don't scoff) has come a widening of her political vision. No longer is she merely the teenager who "sees CO2", but she wants to overthrow the "whole capitalist system".
With ambulances blocked by Just Stop Oil protestors from getting to hospital and motorists taking matters into their own hands, when are the police going to stop standing meekly by and do their job and clear the highway?
