"More than 100 companies ... urge governments to make electrification central to economic strategy"

"However, making the shift would depend heavily on clear and predictable government ​policy and reforms, including improving electricity market design, investing in grids and speeding up ​permitting"

I hope Andy Burnham and Ed Miliband take note.

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/cop/global-business-leaders-back-faster-electrification-shift-2026-06-22/

France: A nuclear power reactor had to shut down because the river that cools it is too hot (28C!), the Louvre shuts early because its climate control can't handle the afternoon heat from its patrons, and people are drowning in rivers trying desperately to cool off.

I wish I was reading these things in a Michael Crichton novel, not the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/23/heatwave-france-spain-italy-europe