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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

Solar

Have anti-dumping measures helped or hindered Europe's solar industry?

European Photovoltaic Industry Association launches campaign to end tariffs on China, as figures show bloc installed just 7GW of solar last year

clock 28 April 2015 •

Climate change

Obama rages at 'short-sighted' climate deniers during White House Correspondents' Dinner

President hits out at elected officials throwing snowballs in Senate during hilarious sketch

clock 27 April 2015 •

Investment

Prince Charles and SOAS latest to reject fossil fuel investments

As divestment movement gathers pace, palace confirms Prince shuns oil, gas and coal investments

clock 27 April 2015 •

Wind

Portuguese floating wind farm gets green light from Brussels

25MW wind float scheme could be installed by the middle of next year

clock 24 April 2015 •

Solar

Government accused of undermining its own community energy strategy with massive subsidy cuts

Industry insiders issue warning as DECC confirms feed in tariff for ground mounted solar will fall 28 per cent in July

clock 24 April 2015 •

Policy

Obama seeks to put a lid on US farming emissions

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to unveil incentives to help farmers reduce methane emissions and reforest damaged areas

clock 23 April 2015 •

Risk

Are energy giants burying their heads in the sand over climate risks?

A series of new reports urges investors to beware of escalating stranded assets risks

clock 23 April 2015 •

Risk

Ocean's $24tr economy being eroded by pollution and overfishing

Ocean economy almost matches that of the UK, but is being harmed at an alarming rate, warns WWF

clock 23 April 2015 •

Supply chain

McDonald's serves up zero-deforestation pledge

World's biggest fast food giant to source only sustainable beef, pulp and paper packaging, coffee, palm oil and poultry

clock 22 April 2015 •

Politics

Election 2015: BusinessGreen's manifesto guide

From airport expanion to zero emission vehicles, BusinessGreen outlines the parties' main policies on protecting the environment

clock 20 April 2015 • 12 min read