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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

Policy

Budget 2014: Critics claim increased flood defence spending fails to hit the mark

Osborne pledges £140m to help keep the tides at bay, but industry insiders warn it will fail to plug funding gap

clock 19 March 2014 •

Investment

Could the Bank of England offer "green" quantitative easing?

Governor Mark Carney tells Green MP Caroline Lucas that group of green assets purchased could potentially be expanded

clock 19 March 2014 •

R&D

GE deal boost prospects for UK energy storage startup

Companies sign agreement to collaborate on new liquid air energy storage technology being piloted in the UK

clock 19 March 2014 •

Biomass

Bernard Matthews embraces "bootiful" biomass boilers

£24.5m project will see 179 biomass boilers installed across 21 poultry farms in the UK

clock 19 March 2014 •

Policy

Ed Davey warns Scotland over energy independence: speech in full

The Energy and Climate Change's speech to the Scottish Renewables Conference in full

clock 19 March 2014 •

Management

Green leaders enjoying better pay and job satisfaction than the average British worker

New IEMA poll reveals sustainability professionals are happy in their jobs and continue to see pay packets rise

clock 19 March 2014 • 2 min read

Policy

Ed Davey: Scots independence would push up low carbon costs

Energy and Climate Change Secretary rejects SNP claim England and Wales would continue to pay for Scottish renewables under independence

clock 19 March 2014 •

Climate change

Reports: Climate change could wipe trillions off world's economy

Draft IPCC report and American Association for the Advancement of Science study warns of increasing pressure on natural resources from global warming

clock 18 March 2014 •

Biomass

UK biomass heating industry 'far exceeding' sustainability standards

EXCLUSIVE: New industry report urges government to conduct more analysis into indirect land use change emissions

clock 18 March 2014 •

Solar

Women in Solar: SunnyMoney's Linda Wamune

Sunny Money's head of operations in Kenya explains how solar lamps are helping to transform people's lives

clock 18 March 2014 •