UK energy secretary Ed Davey has called for a debate on forcing companies to disclose their exposure to fossil fuels so that investors know the risks they face as cleaner forms of energy are required.

Fire investigation officers are due to travel to the site of a gas-fuelled power station in England following a major blaze.

We need wind energy — just not so much hot air, writes Labour senator John Whelan.

Bill payers in Britain will be able to see how much they spend on gas and electricity and shop for cheaper prices using their smartphone, under new plans outlined by the British government.

Britain remains at risk of more flooding as rain continues to plague the south of the country and tidal surges batter the coast.

Fears are growing that the UK is running out of gas, meaning energy prices could continue to rise as Britain relies more on foreign suppliers.

The UK's Energy Secretary Ed Davey has hailed a landmark deal to build Britain’s first new nuclear plant in a generation which will double the market rate to be paid by customers.

Labour leader Ed Miliband yesterday accused David Cameron of going into a “panic” over energy prices, after Downing Street said that consumers “may wish to consider” wrapping up warm at home to help keep their heating bills down.

I see that Vicky Pryce, ex-wife of former UK Energy Secretary Chris Huhne, claims that “most women go to jail because of men” (Irish Examiner, Oct 7).

The full force of the law should be available against oil executives who are found to have fixed prices, UK Prime Minister David Cameron has indicated.

Oil companies will face the full force of the law if they manipulate prices, Britain’s energy minister said as the European Commission demanded that more firms provide information as part of its probe into oil pricing.

Downing Street has called for a speedy inquiry into allegations that Britain’s £300bn (€374bn) wholesale gas market has been “regularly” manipulated by some of the big power companies.

British Prime Minister David Cameron today arrived in Paris for a summit with President Nicolas Sarkozy which will focus on nuclear energy, defence co-operation and the crisis in Syria.

Britain's Energy Secretary Chris Huhne is to face prosecution over allegations that he asked his ex-wife to take a speeding penalty for him, the UK's Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer announced today.

RUPERT MURDOCH flew into a political storm over his BSkyB takeover plans as he arrived in Britain to take personal charge of the phone-hacking scandal.

Rupert Murdoch flew into the UK to take personal charge of the phone hacking scandal today as pressure mounted on the Government to freeze News Corporation’s proposed takeover of BSkyB.

BP has unveiled an “historic” agreement with the Russian government in a £10bn (€11.85bn) deal which will open up unexplored reserves in the Arctic.

Scottish MEPs this afternoon hailed a major victory when a call to end all new drilling for oil in European waters was overturned in the European Parliament.

BP froze activity on two key projects yesterday which were meant to choke off the flow of oil billowing from its broken well in the Gulf of Mexico, after days of moving confidently toward controlling the crisis.

Negotiations between the UK political parties over the shape of the next government were reaching a heightened pitch today, with some sources expecting a conclusion before the end of the day.

Gordon Brown tonight announced he will resign as Labour leader – but offered to stay on as British Prime Minister in a potential power-sharing government with the Liberal Democrats until his party has chosen a successor.

A SECURITY aide helping with arrangements during US President Barack Obama’s recent trip to Mexico became sick with flu-like symptoms and three members of his family later contracted probable swine flu, the White House said.

Insufficient oil production and not speculation is driving soaring crude prices, the US energy secretary said today.

Scientists at an American government weapons laboratory have built the world’s fastest computer capable of 1,000 trillion operations per second.

An influential panel of scientists urged US president George Bush to abandon plans for a billion-dollar push to expand nuclear power.

Wall Street rebounded today, rising moderately as crude oil surged more than two dollars a barrel and triggered a rally among energy producers.

Wall Street closed moderately lower today after worries about the impact of high oil prices on the economy triggered a late-day drop, erasing an earlier moderate advance.

Australia and the United States talked up nuclear power during a two-day Asia Pacific climate change conference, but the controversial energy source was conspicuously absent when meeting delegates issued a strategy for slashing greenhouse gas emissions.

The governments of 26 countries have agreed to release the equivalent of two million barrels of oil per day from strategic reserves to cope with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the International Energy Agency said.

TWENTY-SIX countries in an international energy consortium will release 60 million barrels of crude oil and petrol to relieve the energy crunch caused by Hurricane Katrina.

Officials inaugurated the first section of a 1,100-mile, US-backed pipeline today that will bring Caspian Sea oil to Western markets, a project seen as an economic and political boon for the troubled Caucasus region.

US national security adviser Condoleezza Rice will be nominated to succeed outgoing secretary of state Colin Powell, it emerged today.

COLIN Powell announced his decision to step down as US Secretary of State yesterday, marking the end of a period in office dogged by in-fighting.

WHETHER as loan guarantees for a shop in Ohio or a grant for a Florida power plant, the Bush administration is showering hundreds of millions of dollars in federal money on toss-up states in the presidential election.

The United States has removed from Iraq nearly two tons of uranium and hundreds of highly radioactive items that could have been used in a so-called dirty bomb, the Energy Department disclosed.

The Ohio power company under the spotlight following the biggest blackout in America’s history has said there were problems, including strange voltage fluctuations, in the Midwest power grid hours before its transmission lines failed.

ENVIRONMENT Minister Martin Cullen has demanded Britain allows a first-hand inspection of an aging storage facility at the Sellafield nuclear plant feared to be at risk of leaking radioactive material.

FRESH questions about the safety of Sellafield will dominate a meeting between Environment Minister Martin Cullen and Britain’s Energy Secretary Brian Wilson this morning following reports that massive investment is needed to prevent radioactive leaks from an ageing storage facility.