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Exclusive: Number of cancer patients seeking heating support more than doubles
The number of cancer patients seeking support with heating bills has more than doubled in a year, according to figures from one of Britain’s largest cancer charities shared exclusively with Channel 4 News.
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Energy price: Millions hit by record energy bill rises amid cost of living crisis
Millions of households are feeling the impact of the unprecedented hike in the cost of gas and electricity
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Exclusive: Fears of social worker exodus with staff facing ‘impossible’ workloads
Britain is facing an exodus of social workers, the government has been warned, as a new report suggests staff are “utterly exhausted” by a soaring and more complex caseload.
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Warning energy bills could rise by up to 50% next spring
Household energy bills could rise as much as 50% in the spring, the industry has warned.
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2035: Breezy Britain: Fossil fuels ditched #OurClimateFutures
This video is part of Our Climate Futures – a project which takes real science to forecast what impacts and changes humanity may face as the climate crisis unfolds. This is not a news story. At least not yet.
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High wholesale gas prices ‘will feed through ultimately to customers’ bills’, Ofgem CEO says
We spoke to Jonathan Brearley, chief executive of Ofgem, the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets, and we asked if the energy market had allowed in too many unsustainable businesses which didn’t know what they were doing.
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Can hydrogen be turned into the fuel that helps save the planet?
Hydrogen is our most abundant element and emits just water when it’s burned, so it could well play a role in helping us to reach net zero.
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Millions of households face rises in energy bills of at least £139
Today’s announcement that energy bills are to rise, again, is difficult news for families already worried about their finances as autumn approaches.
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German floods: Merkel visits disaster zone, pledging to step up climate action
Angela Merkel has promised quick financial aid for the parts of western Germany devastated by flooding and has vowed to step up efforts to tackle climate change.
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Revealed: Fossil fuel companies lobby UK government for gas ‘compromise’ ahead of COP26
Some of the world’s largest fossil fuel companies have lobbied the UK government to support a gas “compromise” ahead of the COP26 UN conference, Channel 4 News can reveal.
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ExxonMobil lobbyist reveals company’s involvement with ‘forever chemicals’
A senior ExxonMobil lobbyist, captured on camera by Greenpeace UK’s Unearthed, has claimed that the company “manufactures” and “uses” controversial so-called “forever chemicals” and is working to delay a ban on their use.
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Revealed: ExxonMobil’s lobbying war on climate change legislation
A senior ExxonMobil lobbyist has been captured on camera revealing how the oil giant is using its power and influence to water down US climate legislation.
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Plans to build Europe’s largest gas power plant in North Yorkshire scrapped
The electricity generator Drax has scrapped controversial plans to build Europe’s largest gas power plant at its North Yorkshire site.
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FactCheck: Is this a green revolution?
Boris Johnson’s environment strategy has been billed as a “green industrial revolution”. But only a quarter of the £12bn of government spending announced this week is really new money.
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FactCheck Q&A: Boris Johnson’s offshore wind plans
The government has confirmed a previously-announced target to increase offshore wind capacity to 40GW by 2030.