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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

Climate change

Greenland: Taking the drama of COP15 to the stage

Jessica Shankleman is left a little cold by Greenland's attempt to inject drama into the climate change crisis

clock 03 February 2011 •

Carbon Trading

Updated: EU confirms five carbon registries to open tomorrow

France, Germany, the Netherlands, Slovakia and the United Kingdom to resume spot trading tomorrow, but Greg Barker urges EU to tighten up security

clock 03 February 2011 •

Automotive

Fiat eco:Drive - A lesson in fuel efficiency

Jessica Shankleman tests Fiat's eco:Drive software and discovers efficient driving is easier said than done

clock 03 February 2011 •

Solar

Report: Global solar PV investment could double to €70bn by 2015

Industry claims solar sector "is on the brink of an economic breakthrough"

clock 02 February 2011 •

Policy

Huhne urges more action despite deep cut in carbon emissions

New figures show UK greenhouse gas emissions fell 8.7 per cent in 2009, as ministers seek to secure future of green investment bank

clock 01 February 2011 •

Investment

Technip rescue package keeps Subocean afloat

French engineering firm buys up Subocean Group after offshore wind outfit fell into administration last week

clock 01 February 2011 •

Investment

Cisco drives into EV market with ECOtality deal

Technology giant integrates electric vehicle recharging technology with smart meter system

clock 01 February 2011 •

Policy

MPs warn budget cuts could delay marine master plan

DEFRA urged to clarify if Marine Policy Statement will be held up by quango budget cuts

clock 28 January 2011 •

Infrastructure

Firms battle to own offshore wind grid links

Latest round of offshore wind transmission bidders announced as National Grid unveils £700m project to export Scottish renewable energy

clock 27 January 2011 •

Carbon Accounting

Carbon cutting mindset filters down supply chain

Carbon Disclosure Project sees responses almost double from supply chain firms but warns ambition still falls short of global targets

clock 27 January 2011 •