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London pays households near pylons to stop fighting the gridHouseholds within 500 metres of new or upgraded transmission infrastructure will get up to £250 a year for a decade, a maximum £2,500, across the first 43 approved projects, with payments starting …Amazon's off-grid data centre could become America's biggest polluterRegulatory filings show the Pecos County, Texas gas plant backing Amazon's new data centre campus is permitted to emit 33 million tons of CO2 a year, which would make it the single largest source o…Gatwick's second runway clears its last legal hurdleCampaigners lost their appeal against Gatwick's expansion, meaning the airport can proceed toward using its existing standby runway for regular departures, effectively adding capacity without build…Wildfires are disrupting France and Spain travel as heat intensifiesRail and flight delays are already hitting routes near the affected regions, and UK holidaymakers with August bookings should check operator advisories before travelling rather than after arrival.Hormuz disruption is rewriting Asia's energy mix in real timeJapan is switching gas capacity to coal because LNG cannot get through a choked Strait of Hormuz, and that single operational decision tells you more about energy security than a year of policy pap…Airlines face a $127bn carbon credit bill. The cost lands on passengers whether they know it or not.A projected $127 billion shortfall in aviation carbon credits is not an abstract compliance problem. It is a cost that sits between airlines and their current ticket pricing, and the pressure will …Climate attribution science faces courtroom battlesIndustry-aligned actors are working to sideline climate attribution research that quantifies how human emissions increased specific extreme events, as it becomes central evidence in billions of dol…Amsterdam bans meat and fossil fuel ads from MayAmsterdam becomes the first world capital to ban both meat and fossil fuel advertising in public spaces starting May 1, following a 27-18 council vote. The prohibition covers billboards and bus sto…China revives coal-to-gas as energy security trumps climateBeijing is restarting mothballed coal-to-gas projects after years of pushing clean energy alternatives, marking the clearest sign yet that energy security now outranks climate commitments. The reve…Miliband emerges as Labour's real power brokerEd Miliband controls the biggest spending department, the most politically sensitive policies, and increasingly the government's entire economic strategy. His energy and climate brief now touches e…