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What role can nuclear realistically play in the world's clean energy future?

Nuclear

Michael Holder

06 October 2026 • 11 min read

Energy

'Pivotal crossroads': Could a new generation of electric arc furnaces wean the UK off steel imports?

Scunthorpe and Port Talbot could lead a 'steel revival' enabled by electric arc furnaces and better use of British scrap metal -but time is running out to deliver green steel strategy, ECIU warns

Stuart Stone

06 October 2026 • 6 min read

Efficiency

Tory claims dropping the Future Homes Standard will save buyers £50,000 simply don't add up

Andrew Warren explains how the Shadow Chancellor's claim weakening building standards will result in more affordable homes is based on some deeply questionable assumptions and ignores the cost savings more efficient homes deliver

Andrew Warren

06 October 2026 • 6 min read

Management

Who Gives A Crap's Sapphire Jones: 'If nature falls down the rest of us will fall with it'

Who Gives a Crap's global head of sustainability explains why 'blue carbon' isn't getting the attention it deserves, and reflects on looking for the sweet spot between planet, people, and profit

Stuart Stone

06 October 2026 • 8 min read

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Energy

A new age of industrialisation needs a new approach to industrial energy

Partner Insight: As the UK looks to strengthen its industrial base, Madeline Lockyer, Markets Director at Carbon Shift, Equans UK & Ireland, explores why funding, flexibility and electrification need to be considered together.

05 October 2026 • 4 min read

Supply chain

'We need to build resilience': Inside the Duchy of Cornwall's 2035 regenerative farming vision

Executive director Matt Morris explains why the Duchy's push for a more nature friendly approach to farming its estate will benefit both tenant profitability and the land

02 October 2026 • 4 min read

Policy

Global Briefing: Australian government slammed over coal mine approval

Plus: New York hails building emissions progress; Singapore launches green levy for flights; and MEPs set out their COP31 priorities, in our round up of the top green business news from around the world this week.

02 October 2026 • 6 min read

Politics

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 • 8 min read

Carbon Accounting

Carbon finance 2.0: Navigating the new era of carbon neutralisation, insetting, and updated standards - On demand

WATCH NOW: Experts discuss how carbon markets are moving towards greater integrity, and how purchases can complement emissions reductions and credible net zero plans

30 September 2026 • 1 min read

Energy

npower Business Solutions: 'It's going to be a very expensive winter next year for businesses'

npower Business Solutions' Anthony Ainsworth joins BusinessGreen editor-in-chief James Murray to unpack the key findings from the company’s latest Business Energy Tracker

22 September 2026 • 1 min read

Opinion

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Editors blog

Politics

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?

James Murray

01 October 2026 • 8 min read

Politics

Change agent: Burnham's support for clean energy is welcome, but tough choices await

The Prime Minister is serious about climate action and has the political ability to sell his vision, but imminent decisions on North Sea drilling and electric vehicles could undermine his green ambitions

James Murray

30 September 2026 • 4 min read

Politics

The mystery of the missing vision

The Burnham administration's devolution and cost of living agenda has a lot to recommend it, but why is it not being clearly linked to the government's decarbonisation efforts?

James Murray

08 September 2026 • 4 min read

What role can nuclear realistically play in the world's clean energy future?

'Pivotal crossroads': Could a new generation of electric arc furnaces wean the UK off steel imports?

Tory claims dropping the Future Homes Standard will save buyers £50,000 simply don't add up

Who Gives A Crap's Sapphire Jones: 'If nature falls down the rest of us will fall with it'

Study: World is on track to reach net zero - but not until the 2090s

Zapmap: Charging installations grow nine per cent to 125,000 public EV charge points

Study: Commercial kitchens with gas stoves are exposing workers to dangerous air pollution

Report: UK has the potential to become a 'major' hub for low-carbon ammonia

'The wild west era is coming to an end': ISEP launches higher-tier carbon accounting qualifications

Liverpool City Region backs plans for 35,000 clean energy jobs by 2038

A new age of industrialisation needs a new approach to industrial energy

'We need to build resilience': Inside the Duchy of Cornwall's 2035 regenerative farming vision

Global Briefing: Australian government slammed over coal mine approval

What does true pragmatism look like in an age of climate crisis?

Carbon finance 2.0: Navigating the new era of carbon neutralisation, insetting, and updated standards - On demand

npower Business Solutions: 'It's going to be a very expensive winter next year for businesses'

What does true pragmatism look like in an age of climate crisis?

Change agent: Burnham's support for clean energy is welcome, but tough choices await

The mystery of the missing vision

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