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Government presses water firms to produce mandatory pollution-cutting plans
09 January 2026
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5 min read
NAO: 'Complex and outdated' regulations mean just nine of 43 nature targets likely to be met
Overly cautious culture within Defra, Environment Agency, and Natural England has restricted attempts to embrace new approaches for nature recovery, spending watchdog claims
09 January 2026
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6 min read
Carbon Literacy Project passes 150,000 certificate milestone
Charity says it is on track to have provided carbon literacy training to one million people by the end of 2030
09 January 2026
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3 min read
Powering progress: Insurance and the energy transition
Partner Insight: AXIS explores how specialist insurance is helping to make renewable energy viable, resilient, and ready for the future
09 January 2026
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1 min read
Analysts warn US bid to revive Venezuelan oil industry faces 'major constraints'
08 January 2026
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4 min read
BP teams up with agri-business group Corteva to launch biofuel venture
09 January 2026
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3 min read
ScottishPower urges New Year career changers to join the clean energy transition
09 January 2026
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2 min read
CDP 'A List': Investors with $127tr in assets pressed firms for environmental data in 2025
08 January 2026
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3 min read
The battle between petro-states and electro-states over the energy transition is on: Here's what to watch for in 2026
While wind and solar energy led in investments globally, liquefied natural gas is also booming - Germany's former climate envoy Jennifer Morgan offers hew view of what's coming and the countries to watch
08 January 2026
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6 min read
Amazon Soy Moratorium: As agri-giants quit, is the anti-deforestation pact at risk of splintering?
Despite being hailed by leading UK retailers as 'one of the most significant conservation measures this century', a number of global agri-giants have now abandoned the anti-deforestation pact
07 January 2026
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7 min read
Voluntary carbon credit market builds momentum, as focus shifts to 'higher-quality credits'
Vast majority of companies that are currently buying carbon credits expect to see volumes increase in the coming years, as confidence grows that Voluntary Carbon Market can complement corporate net zero strategies
07 January 2026
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6 min read
How National Grid is rewiring its workforce to power the grid's £30bn transformation
BusinessGreen's Workforce 2030 campaign speaks to Zac Richardson, chief engineer at National Grid, on how skills development is critical to the UK's clean power goals
06 January 2026
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8 min read
'Radical collaboration': How the UK retail industry plans to tackle stubbornly high supply chain emissions
The British Retail Consortium - which counts some 200 brands from Aldi and IKEA to McDonald's and eBay UK as members - has published its first temperature check on the sector's progress towards its net zero goals
05 January 2026
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8 min read
Can the UK boost food security when facing falling farming incomes and worsening climate impacts?
Independent Farming Profitability Review sets out 57 recommendations to the government, including making nature risk reporting mandatory for UK businesses
18 December 2025
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8 min read
Net loss? How green policy U-turns are never cost-free
In Brussels and Westminster environmental policies are being rolled back, loading yet more risks onto economies already under intense pressure from climate impacts and clean tech competitors
17 December 2025
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4 min read
We'll always have Paris
As the Paris Agreement marks its 10th anniversary it is under greater threat than ever before, but it has already helped lay the foundations for a net zero economy
12 December 2025
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7 min read
Can the government deliver its promised environmental improvements?
The government's new Environmental Improvement Plan is an impressive document, but big questions remain over whether Number 10 and the Treasury will give Ministers the tools they need to deliver
02 December 2025
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4 min read
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