Russian gas: EU will cut Russian gas imports by two thirds in 2022

The EU launched a new energy strategy to reduce the use of Russian gas imports just as the UK announced it would phase out such imports, and the US imposed a ban as well Environment 8 March 2022 By Adam Vaughan Pipes at a gas treatment facility in Russia Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images The … Read more

UK energy crisis: Why renewable subsidies will help avoid price shocks

Rising energy costs have seen wind farms substantially refund environmental levies for the first time, showing they are likely to be the solution, not the problem, to soaring bills Environment | Analysis 14 January 2022 By Adam Vaughan Clyde Wind Farm in South Lanarkshire, UK Simon Butterworth/Alamy Amid the UK’s increasingly heated debate about what … Read more

Energy bills: What can the UK government do to avoid a cost of living crisis?

By Adam Vaughan Protesters demand action on fuel poverty in London in November 2021 Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The shock of rising energy bills due to sky-high wholesale gas prices has already squeezed UK household budgets, disrupted industrial plants and triggered the collapse of 28 energy suppliers including Bulb. Now the issue is … Read more