Britain's leading Conservative blog for news, comment, analysis and campaigns, edited by Paul Goodman. Conservative Party News
ConservativeHome Newslinks for Thursday 19th May 2022
  • Newslinks
  • ToryDiary
  • Columnists
  • Comment
  • MPs ETC
  • Local Government
  • Majority
  • LeftWatch
  • Think Tanks
  • Audio
  • Video

Posts Tagged: Carbon capture and storage

Tony Lodge: Heath, Thatcher, Major, Blair – and the litany of errors that left us dependent on gas imports

We must extract more domestic gas, stop importing more untaxed electricity – and turbo-charge new nuclear power.

By Tony Lodge | 22 February 2022

Tony Danker: Now is the moment for the Government to go for growth

Lumping more onto the UK’s tax burden – already at the highest sustained level seen in peacetime – cannot be the answer.

By Tony Danker | 3 February 2022

David Willetts: If we’re to have less migration into Britain – and more productivity – we must move around more within it

We are the party of mobility and enterprise. But we are also the party of community and belonging. What is it to be – roots or wings?

By Lord Willetts | 5 November 2021

Will Gardiner: The promise of Drax – a lower cost, Net Zero future to help level up the Humber

The project is uniquely placed to put Yorkshire and the Humber on the world stage.

By Will Gardiner | 14 October 2021

Benedict McAleenan: No, Greta, we don’t need Absolute Zero. We need Net Zero – with its negative emissions.

A recent report launching a new coalition explains why we need new technologies that will deliver these at scale.

By Benedict McAleenan | 8 July 2021

Sam Hall: How to help poorer people meet the costs of net zero

The first piece in a mini-series on ConHome this week on Net Zero and climate change.

By Sam Hall | 6 July 2021

Clive Moffatt: The Government should come clean – and explain that reaching the net zero target by 2050 may not be possible

It is about to embark on an ambitious plan for net zero carbon emissions when we can least afford it. There may be a more affordable option.

By Clive Moffatt | 4 June 2021

Sam Hall: Conservative lessons from Houchen and Street about how to respond to the Greens

By uniting behind Johnson’s plan, and replicating the approach of these two mayors, the the environment can become a winning issue for the party.

By Sam Hall | 11 May 2021

Chris Whiteside: Why Britain’s first new coal mine for decades should open in the ward I represent

The saga shows how vulnerable Britain’s planning system can be to high profile, articulate pressure groups.

By Cllr Chris Whiteside | 23 February 2021 | 15 comments

“We have been terrific at pure research, and useless at translational research.” What our industrial strategy should aim to change.

The best way of thinking about it isn’t to fix one’s gaze on direct subsidies, but to look wider – at our failure to turn British ideas into British prosperity.

By Paul Goodman | 12 February 2021 | 36 comments

George Freeman: The industrial strategy reforms I led helped to deliver Britain’s vaccine success. Now for the next phase.

I’m delighted to have been asked to help set up the new Taskforce for Innovation and Growth through Regulatory Reform.

By George Freeman MP | 1 February 2021 | 18 comments

Jerome Mayhew: The carbon proposal that the Government should put at the heart of its plan for COP26

Very rarely do the stars align in favour of a truly inspiring act of leadership. They are doing so for Border Carbon Adjustment. It just needs a catchier name.

By Jerome Mayhew MP | 12 January 2021 | 33 comments

Does the UK really have the political will or state capacity to hit Johnson’s ‘ambitious’ Net Zero targets?

Talk of a new industrial revolution is all well and good, but the spirit that delivered the last one seems long gone.

By Henry Hill | 4 December 2020 | 41 comments

Ed Birkett and Benedict McAleenan: Hydrogen holds huge potential for British industry – here’s how to achieve it

Not only is it a fuel of the future, but it can help the Government achieve its levelling up agenda.

By Ed Birkett Benedict McAleenan | 28 October 2020 | 33 comments

Alex Game: Students are the key to environmental progress – and we need to lose the tribalism in our debates

Extinction Rebellion has polarised discussions on climate change. Organisations like the British Conservation Alliance aim to bring balance back.

By Alex Game | 9 October 2020 | 37 comments

  • ← Previous
  • 1
  • 2
  • Next →
  • Highlights
  • Latest
  • Comments
  • TalkTV. A really, really expensive way to launch a YouTube channel? May 19, 2022
  • Stephen Booth: The deteriorating politics of Northern Ireland has left the Government with no option other than to act on the Protocol May 19, 2022
  • Ike Ijeh: We’re seeing a shift under Gove in housing policy from quantity to quality May 19, 2022
  • Hunt. Future leader, if Johnson falls and he returns…or future Chancellor? May 18, 2022
  • David Johnston: Don’t dismiss my constituents as NIMBYs. The areas they love are being blighted. May 18, 2022
  • Adam Hawksbee: Oldham shows that local, concrete action is the most effective route to levelling up May 19, 2022
  • Sarah Gall: This Saturday, the Australian election rests in the hands of the independents May 19, 2022
  • Henry Hill: Sturgeon abandons her flagship schools pledge as she touts separation in the US May 19, 2022
  • Rachel Wolf: We must learn from the New Schools Network, the charity that helped make education better May 19, 2022
  • Newslinks for Thursday 19th May 2022 May 19, 2022
ConservativeHome

Editors’ Blog List

  • 1828.org.uk
  • Adam Smith Institute Blog
  • Allister Heath
  • Andrew Bolt (Australia)
  • Andrew Kennedy
  • Archbishop Cranmer
  • Bagehot (Economist)
  • Brexit Central
  • Buzzfeed UK Politics
  • CapX
  • Centre for Policy Studies Blog
  • Change Britain
  • Chris Deerin
  • Cobden Centre
  • Comment is Free
  • Conservative Christian Fellowship
  • Conservative Friends of India
  • Conservative Friends of Israel
  • Conservative Friends of Pakistan
  • Conservative Middle East Council
  • Conservative Muslim Forum
  • Conservatives for Liberty
  • David Frum (The Daily Beast)
  • Douglas Carswell MP
  • Foreign Affairs
  • FT Westminster blog
  • Gary Gibbon (Channel 4)
  • Guido Fawkes
  • Harry's Place
  • Huffington Post
  • Iain Dale
  • Iain Martin (Reaction)
  • Institute of Economic Affairs Blog
  • James Kirkup (Telegraph)
  • John Redwood MP
  • Labour Uncut
  • LabourList
  • Left Foot Forward
  • LibDemVoice
  • Liberal Vision
  • National Review Online
  • Open Britain
  • Peter Hitchens
  • Policy Exchange Blog
  • PoliticsHome
  • Quilliam Foundation
  • Resolution Foundation
  • Spectator Coffee House
  • TaxPayers' Alliance blog
  • The American Conservative
  • The Freedom Association
  • The Guardian's data blog
  • The Staggers
  • The Times – Red Box
  • The Week
  • Think Scotland
  • Tory Reform Group
  • UK Polling Report
  • Weekly Standard

Britain’s leading Conservative blog for news, comment, analysis and campaigns, edited by Paul Goodman. We are independent of the Conservative Party but supportive of it.

Site Information

  • About ConservativeHome
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Comments Policy
  • Privacy Policy
  • ConservativeHome’s Daily Email
  • News feeds from ConservativeHome

What’s happening inside the Conservative Party?

ConservativeIntelligence has the answers. Regular high quality events and extended briefings providing unique insight and intelligence on the Party.

Website by Tjugo Tjugo

©2022 Conservative Home, All rights reserved

Get our free daily email

Start your day with all the latest Conservative news, insight and analysis.

Privacy policy