The loss of May’s fracking tsar illustrates a decaying will to govern

The Government’s combination of pro-shale rhetoric and highly restrictive regulation could almost be calculated to please nobody.

David Renard: How we are working in Swindon to save the planet

Running a unique waste to fuel facility, powered by solar energy, we are able to treat all of our municipal waste locally, creating a useful fuel for industry.

Kevin Hollinrake: So you think that energy bills have been going up? In which case, think again.

When we account for how much energy we use at home, British families are not facing ever-rising bills for gas and electricity.

Richard Benyon: Climate change is bigger than Brexit

The school strikers have a point, and we ought to listen – not least because we have a great story to tell about what Conservative governments have done.

Ben Roback: Is the “Green New Deal” fantasy or 2020 reality for the Democrats?

It is hard to see a Democrat who opposes the legislation courting the Left of the party and winning the Presidential nomination.

Rachel Wolf: On policy, it’s not the Independent Group that’s driven to the margins. It’s the Conservative Right.

The new group’s platform is not very inspiring. But its biggest problem is it they won’t be very different from the Conservatives’.

Wilf Lytton: Our dependency on natural gas will cost us if we don’t act swiftly

Ofgem should introduce a new ‘low-carbon gas obligation’ in the next price control framework from April 2021. This would enable the UK to decarbonise its heating sectorat the lowest possible cost.

Stephen Haraldsen: How smaller reactors offer a step forward for nuclear communities

The national network of large, infrastructure intensive projects has stalled, but there is an alternative.

Dan Watkins: Six reasons why the Conservatives deserved to win that no confidence vote yesterday

It’s not hard to find reasons to be frustrated with the Government, but we are still delivering for the British people.

Antoinette Sandbach: Lower bills, less waste and better health. Time to insulate UK homes.

Other countries manage to do this far better than we do; it is not right that Britain should fall behind on such a simple act.

Laura Sandys: We should support the Heineken of decarbonisation – Carbon Capture reaches parts that other technologies can’t reach.

Britain has a proud environmental record. Here is another opportunity to lead the world.

Mark Stockwell: The plastics ban. It may go down well at middle-class dinner parties. But it won’t tackle the real environmental issues.

The Government should resist Defra’s enthusiasm for bans and emphasise public education, plus the enforcement of existing anti-littering laws, instead.

John Penrose: Rebooting Capitalism 2) How to help give younger people a fair deal

In the second of three articles, the Weston-super-Mare MP sets out plans on tax, housing deficits and debt to help achieve inter-generational justice.

Simon Clarke: The UK is well-placed to lead the world in the fight against climate change

We have the technology. Being a world leader in carbon capture and storage attractive can make us a destination for inward investment in clean energy.

Rebecca Lowe: Nationalisation. Ask not only: would the state do it better? But also – should it be involved at all?

It was darkly funny to see Labour MPs claiming that nationalisation could fix signals failures when track infrastructure is owned and controlled by the state.