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Autumn Budget: Government axes gas standing charges, launches Warm Homes Loan Scheme
28 October 2026
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5 min read
Sizewell C: MPs warn nuclear project funding model represents 'terrible deal' for taxpayers
Public Accounts Committee warns taxpayers would be saddled with huge costs in the event of delays and budget overruns at the Sizewell C power plant
28 October 2026
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7 min read
Octopus Energy extends 'Happy Hours' electricity offer through winter
Scheme will continue to reward eligible customers with free power on the weekend, if they use less power during two one-hour sessions in the week
28 October 2026
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2 min read
New UK School Food Standards are a huge opportunity for caterers to serve more sustainable meals
With a greater focus on heathier, more plant-rich diets, the UK's new School Food Standards promise to slash emissions as well as costs, writes Martin Bowman from Foodrise
28 October 2026
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6 min read
'Climate climbdown': Campaigners warn Budget decisions could put emissions targets at risk
27 October 2026
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6 min read
European Commission unveils Climate Resilience Framework to prepare for 3C of warming
28 October 2026
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4 min read
Clean Energy Transition Partnership: Countries slash overseas fossil fuel finance 80 per cent
28 October 2026
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4 min read
Boiler Upgrade Scheme: Increase in heat pump grants drove 24 per cent rise in monthly installations
28 October 2026
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4 min read
Office for Environment Protection: Planning shake-up may not deliver promised gains for nature
27 October 2026
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3 min read
'Chronically underfunded': England's nature-friendly farming schemes face £2bn funding gap
27 October 2026
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4 min read
The Jackdaw gasfield passed the legal test for North Sea drilling - Rosebank will find it much harder
The Jackdaw and Rosebank are very different, and the latter has a much higher legal bar to clear if it is to secure approval
26 October 2026
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5 min read
Global Briefing: World's largest electric ferry enters service
Green shipping corridors, nature protection investment, and the first award from the UN Loss and Damage Fund, all feature in this week's BusinessGreen Global Briefing
23 October 2026
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5 min read
'Nature is infrastructure': Can new biodiversity credit standards unlock business investment in nature?
Proposed standards from the International Advisory Panel on Biodiversity Credits aim to give businesses, governments, and communities confidence in the benefits of investing in nature restoration projects
23 October 2026
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6 min read
When you're in a hole, you have to stop drilling
The Jackdaw gas field may be relatively small, but without a coherent and credible plan to accelerate decarbonisation efforts and build out carbon removal capacity it threatens to have an outsized impact on the UK's credibility
22 October 2026
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6 min read
'No longer a niche': How 'green' skills are becoming core to businesses worldwide
Workforce 2030: LinkedIn analysis of its users shows demand for green talent is growing rapidly worldwide, and is continuing to outpace the supply of green skills
22 October 2026
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6 min read
How a weakened ZEV Mandate would risk 'slamming the brakes' on the EV transition
Campaign groups stress 'profound disappointment' at proposals to water down EV sales targets, as government prepares to close controversial ZEV Mandate consultation
22 October 2026
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10 min read
When you're in a hole, you have to stop drilling
The Jackdaw gas field may be relatively small, but without a coherent and credible plan to accelerate decarbonisation efforts and build out carbon removal capacity it threatens to have an outsized impact on the UK's credibility
22 October 2026
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6 min read
In defence of heat pump grants
Government insiders are briefing they want to cut heat pump grants that disproportionately go to wealthier households, but there is a strong case for a universal roll out of a technology that cuts emissions and enhances energy security
13 October 2026
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6 min read
What does true pragmatism look like in an age of climate crisis?
Andy Burnham has promised a 'pragmatic' approach to North Sea drilling, but who gets to decide what that word even means?
01 October 2026
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8 min read
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