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Michael Holder

Michael Holder

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Michael Holder is BusinessGreen's Editor, providing news, features, analysis and videos for the site. He is particularly interested in politics, clean tech innovation, culture and behaviour change, regenerative agriculture, and the transition away from fossil fuels.

Michael has been covering environmental topics as an NCTJ-qualified journalist for over a decade, initially focusing on recycling, energy from waste and air pollution, and now covering the breadth of the burgeoning net zero economy with BusinessGreen.

He has reported on the climate and biodiversity crises from around the world, on issues ranging from cocoa farming in Ghana, carbon capture and storage in Norway, and the emerging hydrogen economy in Germany, in addition to covering six UN climate summits in Bonn, Madrid, Glasgow, Sharm El Sheikh, the UAE, and Azerbaijan.

As well as chairing panels and webinars, Michael has frequently appeared on TV and radio as a commentator on environmental and climate issues.

Michael posts on BlueSky @michaelholder.bsky.social, and can also be found on LinkedIn.

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Articles by Michael Holder

Wind

'Our seas hold immense potential': PM pledges to power all UK homes with offshore wind by 2030

Boris Johnson trails first stage in '10-point plan' for a green industrial revolution, as government confirms new £160m wind turbine manufacturing investment

clock 05 October 2020 • 6 min read

Technology

Amazon, Google, Microsoft and the climate cloud

US tech giants have faced criticism for continuing to work with fossil fuel giants such as Chevron and ExxonMobil, despite their own ambitious climate commitments

clock 02 October 2020 • 3 min read

BusinessGreen

Green Homes Grant: Demand expected to soar as energy efficiency scheme launches

The government's Green Homes Grant scheme opens for applications today, but demand from homeowners expected to outstrip 600,000 vouchers available

clock 30 September 2020 • 4 min read

Rail

All aboard: UK's first hydrogen train rolls onto the tracks in Warwickshire

Trials of the zero carbon HydroFLEX train kick off today in the Midlands as part of a government-backed project

clock 30 September 2020 • 3 min read

Investment

Zoom in on Net Zero - with NatWest's Solange Chamberlain and Simon Watson

Top figures from the leading banking group - formerly RBS - join BusinessGreen deputy editor Michael Holder to discuss NatWest's ambition to become a 'climate positive' bank by 2025

clock 30 September 2020 • 1 min read

Supply chain

Tesco targets major plant-based meat sales growth in UK first

UK retailer raises the steaks with major plan to scale up vegan and vegetarian alternatives across its stores over the next five years

clock 30 September 2020 • 5 min read

Buildings

Banks launch industry standards for financing green home retrofits

Green Home Retrofit Finance Principles spearheaded by Green Finance Institute aim to 'strengthen integrity of retrofit finance market'

clock 29 September 2020 • 3 min read

Wind

Seabed leases granted for 2.8GW of UK offshore wind farm extensions

Leases signed by The Crown Estate take the UK's total offshore wind operational, construction, and planning pipeline to over 40GW

clock 29 September 2020 • 3 min read

Net Zero Now

From China's stand to Walmart's wish list: A Climate Week news cheat sheet

An all-you-need-to-know guide to all the top green corporate announcements from a busy Climate Week in NYC

clock 25 September 2020 • 10 min read

Politics

Boris Johnson teases 'big bet' for UK on wind, hydrogen and CCS

PM touts 'green industrial revolution' as fix for climate and Covid crises as he urges countries to step up climate efforts

clock 25 September 2020 • 4 min read