As Dale Vince (Ecotricity) points out, all that is required to reduce energy prices (specifically electricity) in the UK is to remove the requirement from the auction system that the price is dictated by the highest bid (nearly always that made by gas).

Breaking the link with gas prices (and allowing each energy source to be supplied at its actual bid price) would immediately reduce energy prices across the country.

Moreover the Govt. has the power to do this, they just don't!

#energy
h/t FT

"The Environmental Protection Agency has removed any mention of fossil fuels — the main driver of global warming — from its popular online page explaining the causes of climate change. Now it only mentions natural phenomena, even though scientists calculate that nearly all of the warming is due to human activity."

apnews.com/article/epa-climate…

#PublicHealth #environment #climate #FossilFuels #energy #EPA #USpol

So much for #StatesRights

#Trump signs #ExecutiveOrder to neuter #State #AI laws, a win for #tech companies & #billionaires that have #lobbied against #regulation of the #technology.

The order would create one federal regulatory framework for #ArtificialIntelligence, Trump told reporters.

#law #regulations #safety #labor #DataCenters #energy #climate #PublicHealth
nytimes.com/2025/12/11/technol…

Some reporting on excellent news about:

the physics professor who became Uruguay's energy secretary, and within five years had the country on 98% renewable energy.

and economically it was a smash hit

the cost of electricity production decreased by roughly half compared to fossil-fuel alternatives, and the country attracted $6 billion in renewable energy investments

Going forward,

He hopes to help 50 countries move to renewables over the next ten years. He said, "We want to prove that an energy transition can be possible in different geographies and can work in different national energy and political contexts."

mastodon.social/@rubenbolling/…

#goodNews #Uruguay #energy #fossilFuels #renewables #solar

Excellent

Federal judge throws out #Trump order blocking development of #wind #energy

A federal judge on Monday struck down Trump’s executive order blocking #WindEnergy projects, saying the effort to halt virtually all leasing of #WindFarms on federal #lands & #waters was “arbitrary & capricious” & violates US #law.

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #energy
apnews.com/article/trump-wind-…