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Jessica Shankleman

Jessica Shankleman

Deputy Editor

Jessica Shankleman joined the company as a reporter in 2010 and left December 2015. 

She regularly took responsibility for BusinessGreen's leading news and analysis as well as managing the site's content hubs.

Jessica is a leading commentator in the low carbon sector, writing for the Guardian as well as appearing on BBC World News, Radio 4 and Al Jazeera to discuss business and environment issues.

She produces a wide range of news and analysis for BusinessGreen, focusing on issues including project finance, energy, technology and supply chain management. She also contributes to much of BusinessGreen's multimedia and data visualisation content.

Jessica is an award-winning journalist who prior to joining BusinessGreen worked for renewable energy industry magazine reNews.

She qualified from Cardiff University in 2009 with a postgraduate diploma in newspaper journalism. While there, she won an NCTJ Top Scoop Award for Excellence in Journalism for an exclusive story on the discovery of an unencrypted memory stick containing confidential child protection information.

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Articles by Jessica Shankleman

Wind

BusinessGreen's most read stories of 2015

Which green business stories piqued readers' interest the most during 2015?

clock 31 December 2015 • 2 min read

Transport

Government revs up another £400m for plug-in car grants

Department for Transport confirms scheme will run until at least 2018 as it seeks to boost electric and hydrogen vehicle market

clock 21 December 2015 •

Supply chain

Can new sustainable palm oil study revolutionise efforts to protect rainforests?

HCS+ study rejects 'zero deforestation' approach while advocating for 'carbon neutral' palm oil - But will it just confuse companies committed to sustainable supply chains?

clock 18 December 2015 •

Policy

ClientEarth to drag Defra back to court over 'inadequate' air quality plans

New government plans will launch Clean Air Zones in five cities, but NGO says more needs to be done

clock 17 December 2015 •

Policy

Government softens feed-in tariff blow to solar and wind industries

UPDATED: Government predicts up to 18,700 solar jobs could be lost as a result of changes to popular incentive scheme

clock 17 December 2015 • 6 min read

Investment

Mining giants Anglo American and Glencore urged to disclose climate risks

Coalition of shareholders to file resolution demanding mining giants better explain how they would be hit by a carbon-constrained world

clock 17 December 2015 •

Wind

Donald Trump loses Supreme Court offshore wind farm battle

Five judges dismiss tycoon's case against Scottish Ministers who he said did not have the authority to grant consent to wind farm

clock 16 December 2015 •

Investment

Has the Paris Agreement moved markets already?

In wake of Paris climate deal, coal giant Peabody sees share price fall, while renewables stocks enjoy an encouraging day

clock 15 December 2015 •

Policy

EU Climate Commissioner: How we formed the High Ambition Coalition

Miguel Arias Cañete's speech in full after the COP21 climate conference yesterday

clock 15 December 2015 •

Investment

Paris Agreement: Seven key takeaways for business

What are the main elements of the Paris climate deal and why do they matter for businesses?

clock 14 December 2015 •