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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

Biomass

Updated: RES shelves £300m biomass scheme

Renewable energy developer blames government for creating uncertainty over support for dedicated biomass

clock 06 March 2014 •

Risk

Bank of England warned over 'carbon bubble' risk

MPs urge Bank to investigate threat as UN climate change chief accuses some oil and gas majors of neglecting their fiduciary duty

clock 06 March 2014 •

Policy

Trade associations accused of failing to deliver climate change message

Christiana Figueres, head of the UNFCCC, urges businesses to take their message directly to heads of state

clock 06 March 2014 •

Wind

UK wind beats storms to supply 11 per cent of power in February

Industry says new figures demonstrate stability of wind power against a backdrop of political uncertainty

clock 05 March 2014 •

Supply chain

Is the EU set to crack down on conflict minerals?

European Commission poised to propose a new voluntary scheme that green groups fear will be too weak to drive industry change

clock 05 March 2014 •

Wind

DONG Energy's Westermost Rough offshore wind farm surges forward

Construction starts at 210MW project that will be the first to use Siemens' 6MW turbines

clock 04 March 2014 • 1 min read

Efficiency

How manufacturers can use brain scanning technology to slash their energy use

Scientists at Cambridge University use MRI scans to help chemical engineers develop more efficient reactors

clock 04 March 2014 •

Automotive

Britain urged to tackle costly traffic congestion

New study reveals London drivers wasted 83 hours in traffic last year, up nine hours from 2012

clock 04 March 2014 •

Supply chain

Is Staples right to reward Asia Pulp and Paper's forest protection pledge?

One year on from APP's commitment to zero deforestation, corporate clients are starting to return

clock 04 March 2014 •

Policy

UK backs EU-wide green energy goal

But renewable energy industry calls for individual binding targets for member states

clock 03 March 2014 •