Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has been urged to use Wednesday’s Budget to “end the war against the motorist”. Former home secretary Priti Patel is at the forefront of calls for the Treasury to stop forcing the nation’s drivers to pay tax twice when
A devastating blaze has ravaged an Indonesian residential area, killing at least 17 people, including two children. The fire, which started at an oil depot on Friday in the highly populated Tenah Merah area of North Jakata, has also injured dozens more.
One in 10 households with an elderly member are unable to afford to heat their home to an adequate temperature. The shocking statistic means one million older households in England live in fuel poverty, according to official figures. Some 632,000 households with
A large fire broke out at a fuel storage depot in Indonesia’s capital Friday, killing at least 17 people, injuring dozens of others and forcing the evacuation of thousands of nearby residents after spreading to their neighborhood, officials said. The Plumpang fuel
The startup Air Company announced Tuesday that it had won a contract from the Department of Defense Innovation Unit and the U.S. Air Force for its AIRMADE “sustainable” aviation fuel. “This will enable the production of on-site fuel, reducing emissions [and] offering
The International Energy Agency on Tuesday accused fossil fuel industries of doing too little to curb methane emissions and undermining global climate goals to limit warming. Economic uncertainty, high energy prices and concerns over the security of supply — which should have
Vladimir Putin has been mocked by a top Ukrainian official after footage emerged of the Russian autocrat’s leg shaking uncontrollably during his meeting with Belarussian leader Lukashenko last week. Ukrainian internal affairs advisor Anton Geraschchenko suggested Putin was sending “Morse code” with
Virgin Orbit has announced the preliminary findings of its investigation into the failure of the “Start Me Up” mission which was launched from Spaceport Cornwall on January 9 this year. The firm is attributing LauncherOne’s failure to reach the target orbit to
Iran has enough highly enriched uranium to build “several” nuclear weapons if it chooses, the United Nations’ top nuclear official is now warning. But diplomatic efforts aimed at again limiting its atomic program seem more unlikely than ever before as Tehran arms
French state-owned energy giant EDF has slammed the breaks on seven nuclear reactors over the last few weeks as it scrambles to conserve power amid blackout fears. Data revealed on Thursday that the reactors with a total capacity of 6.3 gigawatts have