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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

Risk

Environment Agency accused of seeking to water down fracking rules

Green Party says plans to scrap local consultations for test drilling are 'reckless'

clock 15 June 2015 •

Climate change

IEA confirms global greenhouse gas emissions stalled last year

But new report warns world is still on track to comfortably exceed 2C temperature target

clock 15 June 2015 •

Wind

Amazon Web Services backs 80MW Virginia solar farm after coming under pressure from customers

Cloud computing giant was asked by Tumblr, Huffington Post and Upworthy to be more transparent about its shift to green energy

clock 12 June 2015 •

Marine

Wave power firms offered £2.4m to test out new devices in Scotland

EMEC and FloWave join forces to uncover best new technologies in marine energy sector

clock 12 June 2015 •

Automotive

Bolloré eyes up frisky 'inbetweeners' for London's electric car sharing revolution

French firm predicts young people want to 'make love' in battery-powered vehicles after a night out

clock 11 June 2015 • 2 min read

Policy

Bonn talks herald breakthrough agreement on deforestation

Surprise deal comes in final days of summit, paving the way for REDD+ to be included in any global agreement in Paris

clock 11 June 2015 •

Buildings

Dalston embraces green buildings trend with world's largest 'plyscraper'

Regal Homes says wooden tower blocks are recyclable and have significantly lower environmental impact than cement

clock 11 June 2015 • 3 min read

Investment

Uniting finance and sustainable agriculture

As the Global Landscapes Forum kicks off in London, Ed Targett of TMP Systems argues finance could hold the key to a new era of sustainable land management

clock 10 June 2015 •

Management

RBS clients offered energy makeover through new Mentor scheme

Utilitywise to provide new service as Tendril launches community solar offering to utilities

clock 10 June 2015 •

Wind

UK renewables smash energy share record

Wind and solar power provided at least 40 per cent of electricity supply last weekend, industry figures show

clock 10 June 2015 •