Rebellion has mounted among EU countries over an international energy treaty that gives multinationals the power to sue governments, as the Netherlands became the third country to announce plans to withdraw from a pact it says stymies plans to tackle climate change. The Netherlands joined a move last week by Spain, following in the footsteps of Poland, in preparing to exit the Energy Charter Treaty that was intended to protect international energy investments by foreign companies or individuals. Italy withdrew in 2016 but remains bound by a 20-year sunset clause. Campaigners say the pact, designed in the 1990s to encourage [...]

The UK has the second biggest tides in the world after Canada, peaking in the Bristol Channel, and along the coast of north Wales and northwest England – but it still hasn’t seized the use of tidal power. As per Sky News, the strong tides along Britain’s west coast could produce huge amounts of clean electricity for less than the cost of nuclear. The country has the second biggest tides in the world after Canada, peaking in the Bristol Channel, and along the coasts of north Wales and northwest England.According to experts, a network of seven tidal power plants could be built [...]