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For those worried about rising energy prices, one solution may be to install solar panels and a storage battery according to a two-year study by the London-based Centre for Net Zero.

A plan to get 60 per cent of children walking or cycling to school by 2035 is a good move in the battle against climate change, says Midlands green energy expert Ron Fox. He was commenting on the government’s new £4.5bn investment strategy to allow millions more five-to-16-year-olds to travel [...]

With energy prices for millions of households rising to the highest level for three years in a few days’ time, many are asking why is Britain’s electricity among the costliest in Europe.

It is a “scandal” that the average annual household energy bill could rise by £100 a year by the end of the decade – to pay to switch off wind farms because of the failure to upgrade Britain’s power network.

With this year’s hot summer many owners have installed air conditioning in their homes to try and stay cool. According to the UK Green Building Council, 55 per cent of British homes have overheated this year and using air conditioning has increased over the past two years. But still only [...]

With energy prices for millions of households rising to the highest level for three years in a few weeks’ time, Ron Fox has called on the government to raise the Warm Home Discount to £200 for this winter.

With the August bank holiday this week, now is a good time to look back at four more of this year’s amazing but true green stories. Midlands energy expert Ron Fox, of Noreus Ltd on the University of Keele Science Innovation Park, picks four more of his favourite recent environmental tales.  1 [...]

With the August bank holiday a few days away, now is a good time to look back at four of this year’s amazing but true green stories.

There is good news on energy bills for householders living close to new upgraded electricity pylons and sub-stations. The first locations have been revealed this month for residents who will receive a £250 annual discount on their bills.

Holidaymakers are finding out at first hand the cost of fighting climate change and achieving net zero as they discover drop-off fees at the UK's major airports have risen by a third on average since last summer.