Harry Boyle

British households brace for a record 54 per cent energy bill rise as the price cap is raised, and a new study finds many of the world’s biggest firms are failing to meet their own climate change targets.

Fossil fuel firms have received £13.6 billion in UK government subsidies since the Paris climate accord, new data reveals, as Bulb is backed by £1.7 billion in taxpayer money to keep it supplying energy. Meanwhile, a study shows that men’s meaty diets are responsible for 40 per cent more planet-heating emissions women’s, tidal power projects win a £20 million government funding pot, and BP is planning a large-scale green hydrogen plant in northeast England.