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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

Carbon Accounting

Can you resist the lure of the CRC league table?

Jessica Shankleman says the Environment Agency website crash today suggests plenty of firms remain interested in the Carbon Reduction Commitment

clock 08 November 2011 •

Carbon Accounting

CRC policy blamed as 800 firms fail to take energy efficiency action

Lowest ranking firms could save 100,000 tonnes of CO2 and £12m by installing smart meters under Carbon Reduction Commitment

clock 08 November 2011 •

Carbon Accounting

Updated: Manchester United tops CRC league table

Carbon Reduction Commitment performance rankings show 60 per cent of firms installed smart meters or gained Carbon Trust accreditation

clock 08 November 2011 •

Wind

Wind power sector slams 'flawed' KPMG energy report

Forthcoming study by accountants will argue UK can save £34bn by ditching renewable energy plans

clock 07 November 2011 •

Buildings

Councils could save £15bn by sharing buildings, says Eric Pickles

Cross-parliamentary report report finds local authorities could save billions and cut carbon by co-locating services

clock 07 November 2011 •

Solar

Green leaders urge Cameron to intervene in solar subsidy fiasco

Good Energy writes open letter to prime minister, backed by 18 social landlords responsible for 316,000 UK homes

clock 07 November 2011 •

Solar

Feed-in tariff architect slams "economically illiterate and ethically fraudulent" solar reforms

Former MP Alan Simpson to lead fight against solar subsidy review

clock 04 November 2011 •

Solar

Solar subsidy fiasco sparks panic buying

EvoEnergy says inquiries quadrupled this week from people desperate to beat the December feed-in tariff deadline

clock 03 November 2011 •

Policy

Cameron side-steps call to intervene in solar subsidy fiasco

Labour MP Alan Whitehead warns planned cuts to feed-in tariffs will have "devastating effect" on community schemes

clock 02 November 2011 •

Carbon Accounting

Official: Climate Change Agreements are working

Majority of energy-intensive firms with CCA agreements met efficiency targets, cutting emissions by 29 million tonnes

clock 02 November 2011 •