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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

Energy

Ukraine cities seek to join forces with EU in energy saving push

Gunther Oettinger urged to establish town twinning programme amid escalating fears that security crisis will disrupt gas supplies

clock 09 May 2014 •

Marine

DECC poised to remove controversial Humber tidal device

Spokeswoman confirms Proteus device will be uninstalled "within the next few weeks"

clock 09 May 2014 •

Climate change

UN climate chief rallies faith groups to divest from fossil fuels

Christiana Figueres tells audience at St Paul's Cathedral that time is running out to 'bend the emissions curve'

clock 08 May 2014 •

Climate change

Christiana Figueres St Paul's Cathedral speech - in full

UN climate chief issues a rallying call to faith groups to help secure a global deal in climate change in 2015

clock 08 May 2014 •

Policy

WHO: Half of world's urban population breathing dirty air

New World Health Organisation (WHO) database shows British cities are among those failing to meet air quality standards

clock 08 May 2014 •

Climate change

Met Office to examine health impacts of climate change

Major new research project aims to help Brits adapt to and mitigate climate change risks

clock 08 May 2014 •

Carbon Accounting

Puma claws back thousands of Euros with solar rooftop arrays

Gucci, Puma and Stella McCartney owner details impressive progress towards ambitious 2016 sustainability goals

clock 08 May 2014 •

Carbon Trading

EU countries seek to protect more industries from 'carbon leakage'

European Commission unveils list of 175 industries that could receive carbon trading support through to 2019

clock 07 May 2014 •

Policy

Blue chips seek to 'redefine capitalism' with green growth campaign

Asda, BT, Cisco, M&S, and others join forces to lobby politicians for sustainable growth strategy

clock 07 May 2014 •

Climate change

US climate change report: At a glance

BusinessGreen outlines the key findings from the White House's groundbreaking report the on climate change threats the US faces

clock 06 May 2014 •