Energy
Wave power is a really, really stupid idea. That’s why it’s getting so much taxpayer subsidy
Civil servants think wave power will transform the country. They’re wrong. You’re paying
The return of oil price anxiety is a timely reminder to get fracking
‘Iraq turmoil sends crude oil prices to nine-month high’ is the sort of headline that used to send shivers down…
Why can’t country views be protected from wind turbines?
City skylines are protected from careless building. Why should country views be different?
How green policies hurt the poor
How green policies hit the poorest hardest
Any other business: Britain’s chaotic energy policy puts us in Putin’s hands
To have written last month that the headline ‘Kiev in flames’ looked like a black swan on the economic horizon…
Why has Britain signed up for the world’s most expensive power station?
Britain is about to buy the world’s most expensive power station
You, too, can be a shale profiteer
Here’s how to get a slice of the fracking action
David Cameron on tax, coalition, ‘green crap’ and Team Nigella
He’d like to present you with single-party government and lower tax rates, among other things
Blackout Britain — why our energy crisis is only just beginning
Politicians, not the Big Six, have jacked up the price of power. And they’re only just getting started
The next election will break all the rules
Ed Miliband’s aides used to scurry around the parliamentary estate, their shoulders hunched. A look in their eyes suggested that…
This isn’t a property bubble – it’s a reason to improve London’s transport
Everyone —including me, if I’m honest — has been talking about a new property bubble. But is it for real?…
Think fracking’s bad for the countryside? Just look at farming…
I’m off to Balcombe this weekend. In fact I might even carry a placard and paint my face with a…
Mind your language: Frack vs frag
‘Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a frack,’ replied my husband unwittily when I asked how he’d feel if shale…
