Nicholas Earl
@nearlblog
Energy and Climate @POLITICOEurope, formerly energy editor @CityAM Views mostly stolen from smarter people.
. @CharlieCooper8 scoop on GB Energy scoping out its biggest renewables investments to date politico.eu/article/ed-mil…
Ed Miliband turned the air blue at Green Alliance's summer drinks yesterday, dropping an f-word in an impassioned rebuke of Reform and right-wing populism. More in our newsletter @POLITICOEurope
Sizewell C gets it FID (at last) Story by @nearlblog pro.politico.eu/news/202274
Delighted to discover that the first presidential campaign website - Dole/Kemp ‘96 - is still live here: dolekemp96.org/main.htm
The Liberal Democrats — the third-biggest party in the UK parliament — reckon they have found a winning political formula as they seek to hoover up Tory voters. It involves talking about the climate. A lot. politico.eu/article/uk-lib…
The Lib Dems hope to hold onto their 72 seats with a pro-climate message to win over disaffected progressives and liberal Tory voters. More here for @POLITICOEurope politico.eu/article/uk-lib…
Sounds familiar theguardian.com/business/2025/…
EXCL: Ministers are poised to announce they will scrap Ofwat next week Two people with knowledge of the planning tell me an announcement on ditching the water regulator is being lined up for Monday (A long-awaited independent report on the state of the industry drops at 7am)
NEW: GB Energy considering stakes in SIX floating offshore wind projects The taxpayer-funded firm has called in engineering consultants to advise Contract suggests GBE prepared to invest in the new tech despite "relatively high level of commercial risk" politico.eu/article/ed-mil…
4 days ago we announced Wasted Wind ticker on our homepage, adding transparency to energy costs. Already, over 100,000 people have clicked to find more- there's real interest. Less positively, £650m had been wasted so far this year - and it's already reached £690m :(
Macron zips into London ready to talk up Anglo-French nuclear cooperation. But how good a deal is it for Starmer & co.? Great story by @nearlblog @nicolas_camut politico.eu/article/uk-nuc…
Tomorrow's UK Politico energy & climate newsletter: 🇫🇷 Under the hood of Macron/Starmer nuke power deal 😬 How DESNZ annoyed the MPs who scrutinize ... DESNZ 🧟♂️ Let's kill zombies! Let's kill zombies! ⚡️ Interconnectors ftw (unless Brexit messes it up) politico.eu/pro-energy-cli…
Ed Davey's lot have a not-so-secret weapon. For POLITICO energy subscribers, by @nearlblog pro.politico.eu/news/201443
More turbines a-coming (and, once more, announced late on a Friday) Story by @abby_wallace3 pro.politico.eu/news/201410
NEW: Labour MPs raise concerns over major Whitehall gas deal with UK subsidiary of fossil fuel giant TotalEnergies The firm has been criticised for its Russia ties incl continued gas imports to EU FOI shows No 10, FCDO, DESNZ all get gas from the firm politico.eu/article/downin…
Very excited to say I'm going to be taking on a new gig covering foreign policy and defence from the lobby for @POLITICOEurope Apparently there are a few things going on and I can't wait to get stuck in. First up: NATO summit ✈️
Apply now to be the newest author of London Playbook. An incredible opportunity to help set the Westminster agenda every day (and have a lot of fun while doing it). Around to answer questions on the role - just get in touch! jobs.mpleo.net/en/politico/00…