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James Murray

James Murray

Editor-in-Chief

James Murray is the editor-in-chief of BusinessGreen having launched the site in October 2007.

He is responsible for BusinessGreen's leading news, opinion and analysis, and also contributes to the brand's expanding events programme.

James is one of the UK's leading commentators on the low carbon economy, featuring frequently on radio and television.

He reports daily on a wide range of green business issues, with a particular focus on low carbon policy, economics and technology.

In March 2011, he was voted number eight in the Press Gazette's list of the top 50 environmental journalists in the UK. And in 2020 he was named Digital Editor of the Year at the annual AOP Awards.

Prior to launching BusinessGreen James spent five years as a technology journalist working on a variety of IT titles.

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Articles by James Murray

Management

Global Briefing: IEA raises alarm over pace of clean tech roll out

BusinessGreen brings you this week's green business headlines from around the world

clock 21 May 2018 • 3 min read

Solar

Premier Inn doubles down on solar roof roll out

Whitbread announces plans to add solar arrays to a further 70 hotels, as developer Anesco hails rooftop projects as 'still a viable option for businesses'

clock 21 May 2018 • 3 min read

Wind

Crown Estate fires starting pistol on new generation of offshore wind farms

Manager of the seabed publishes new paper on how the next wave of offshore wind farm zones could be leased to developers

clock 21 May 2018 • 3 min read

Policy

ONS: Environmental Goods and Services Sector growing nearly four times faster than wider economy

Official figures confirm sector grew nearly eight per cent in 2015, as industry contributed £63bn to UK economy

clock 17 May 2018 • 2 min read

Legislation

EU to take UK to court over air pollution breaches

France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Romania and the UK to all face European Court of Justice over failure to tackle air pollution

clock 17 May 2018 • 3 min read

Infrastructure

Fracking: Government promises 'faster and fairer' planning decisions

Written Statement sets out plans to accelerate fracking development, as critics accuse ministers of undermining green rhetoric

clock 17 May 2018 • 6 min read

Policy

NAO: Locking bigger biomass plants out of clean energy contracts to cost consumers £100m a year

Government hints cap on power plants to be dropped, as analysis of CfD auctions concludes rule changes for 'fuelled technologies' drove up costs

clock 16 May 2018 • 5 min read

Policy

European trade unions release climate transition guide

New report sets out series of recommendations for delivering a 'just transition'

clock 15 May 2018 • 2 min read

Risk

Study warns a fifth of global power generation assets at risk of stranding

New research suggests plants already in operation may have to shutter early to meet Paris Agreement goals, as separate study argues UK does not need new gas power capacity

clock 15 May 2018 • 4 min read

Legislation

Green watchdog: Is the Treasury trying to make it easier to break the law?

Why would anyone want regulatory enforcement mechanisms to be weakened, unless they expected to break the law?

clock 14 May 2018 • 7 min read