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Removing CO2: Is the UK's vision for a thriving carbon removals market starting to take shape?
The government has presented further details of its plan for scaling up direct air capture, CCUS, and BECCS technologies in the coming decade
06 July 2022
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10 min read
One-stop-shop: Octopus launches EV package featuring car, charger, and clean energy tariff
Monthly bills to cover car, tyres, charger, clean energy tariff, and repair and breakdown services
06 July 2022
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2 min read
Cash may be king, but people are clean tech firms' biggest asset
Hyperion Executive Search CEO David Hunt offers his take on how clean tech firms can survive – or even thrive – in a recession
06 July 2022
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5 min read
Wildlife Trusts warn radical steps required to help UK nature adapt to climate change
06 July 2022
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3 min read
Charities call on government to back urgent scaling-up of climate solutions
06 July 2022
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3 min read
Study: More than 230,000 tonnes of business electricals thrown away every year
06 July 2022
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3 min read
LGIM launches new 'net zero' fund to drive investment in green economy
06 July 2022
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2 min read
In-depth
Trees are the answer, but carbon isn't the question
Industry Voice: Rebekah Braswell, co-CEO at Land Life, explains why patience is fundamental in nature restoration and reforestation
05 July 2022
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3 min read
The clean tech consensus: Why the world's top economic think tanks want bolder action on renewables and efficiency
OECD latest influential body to call on governments to marry cost of living measures with net zero strategies, as new BP data points to bright future for renewables
05 July 2022
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8 min read
'New vision': Why economists are raising the alarm over the UK's green finance plans
Calls mount for government to take more ambitious action to work with private sector to bring UK's financial system into line with climate goals
05 July 2022
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5 min read
From bug hotels to plastic-free strawberries: Is Wimbledon's environment positive agenda serving up a breakthrough?
Panel hosted at SW19 last week raises questions about whether continued use of single-use plastic throughout tournament is compatible with group's wider sustainability plans
04 July 2022
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5 min read
Net Zero Innovate Podcast: 3. Octopus Energy and the renewables revolution
LISTEN: Octopus Energy Generation CEO Zoisa North-Bond chats to James Murray about disrupting the renewables sector with smart technologies such as its Kraken grid platform
01 July 2022
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1 min read
Global Briefing: NATO confirms carbon neutral mission
Military alliance announces target to cut emissions 45 per cent by 2030, Australia explores carbon pricing plans, and all the big green stories from around the world this week
01 July 2022
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6 min read
Most read
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This is the future climate hawks want to see
30 June 2022
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7 min read
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'Inherently inefficient': Too much UK farmland used for livestock, WWF warns
01 July 2022
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4 min read
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Ofgem unveils £20bn green grid investment plan for local power networks
30 June 2022
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4 min read
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Amazon ends use of plastic pillows in UK fulfilment centres
01 July 2022
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2 min read
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Survey: Cost of living 'a barrier' to greener lifestyle choices
04 July 2022
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4 min read
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A New Frontier: Google and Facebook-backed carbon removal initiative announces first six projects
30 June 2022
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3 min read
Editors blog
An interest(ing) idea
The clean energy transition is, among many other things, a financing challenge. As I've argued many times before clean technologies often cost a bit more upfront than incumbent technologies,
05 July 2022
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2 min read
This is the future climate hawks want to see
The latest CCC report may paint a bleak picture but it also again highlights how a cleaner, healthier, and more prosperous economy can be built
30 June 2022
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7 min read
The green peace deal
The opening speech from this year's BusinessGreen Leaders Awards - in full
23 June 2022
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3 min read
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