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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 Trading

Renewables industry hails EU vote on early carbon market fix

Lawmakers agree to launch Market Stability Reserve in 2019 to reduce glut of allowances in Emissions Trading System

clock 06 May 2015 •

Politics

Conservatives will protect the environment as part of our economic plan

Writing exclusively for BusinessGreen, Amber Rudd says the Tories will continue to back the Climate Change Act as part of its long term economic plan

clock 06 May 2015 •

Marketing

Greenpeace slammed over anti-fracking ad

Advertising watchdog upholds complaint after NGO said experts agree that fracking would not cut energy bills

clock 06 May 2015 • 2 min read

Politics

Amber Rudd invokes Thatcher to promise Tory action on climate change

Climate Change Minister says Tories remain committed to Thatcher's 1989 call for action on climate change

clock 06 May 2015 •

Politics

Climate change climbs up political agenda days before election

Ecotricity backs Labour's decarbonisation target as Lib Dems hint they could accept Tory onshore wind farm ban

clock 05 May 2015 •

Marketing

Why eBay doesn't want to shout about its green credentials

BusinessGreen talks to eBay's Lori Duvall about green marketing and the upcoming PayPal split

clock 05 May 2015 • 3 min read

Policy

Greenhouse gas pledges still fall short of 2C target, warns Lord Stern

New paper calls for largest emitters to step up ambition for global deal on climate change

clock 04 May 2015 •

Investment

Church of England to divest from coal and tar sands assets

Growing concern over tightening climate regulation and stranded asset risks prompts investors to look again at fossil fuels

clock 01 May 2015 •

Wind

Deepwater Wind breaks ground on USA's first offshore wind farm

Block Island scheme off Rhode Island expected to be completed in late 2016

clock 01 May 2015 •

Infrastructure

Tesla unveils Powerwall battery in 'critical step' for low carbon economy

Elon Musk's new energy storage system allows businesses and homes to save solar energy and balance demand on the grid

clock 01 May 2015 •