Biomass

Big Nature Impact Fund: UK government announces COP27 funding boost for new public-private initiative

Biomass

Big Nature Impact Fund: UK government announces COP27 funding boost for new public-private initiative

UK government to provide £30m for new fund launched to mark 'Biodiversity Day' at COP27 Climate Summit

clock 16 November 2022 • 3 min read
'No appreciable progress': Government off track to protect 30 per cent of land and sea by 2030

Biomass

'No appreciable progress': Government off track to protect 30 per cent of land and sea by 2030

A new report from environmental NGOs concludes the government is failing to deliver on the 30x30 goal that it continues to champion on the global stage

clock 19 October 2022 • 5 min read
Is the government about to 'blow a hole' in the UK's net zero strategy?

Policy

Is the government about to 'blow a hole' in the UK's net zero strategy?

The government's 'attack on nature' and its opposition to new solar farms could have serious consequences for the UK's long-term net zero strategy

clock 11 October 2022 • 9 min read
B&Q partners with Woodland Trust for North Yorkshire nature recovery push

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B&Q partners with Woodland Trust for North Yorkshire nature recovery push

New partnership aims to turn a treeless landscape at a site in Snaizeholme in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales into native woodland

clock 06 October 2022 • 2 min read
Drax accused of using wood from carbon-rich forest in Canada to supply UK power plant

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Drax accused of using wood from carbon-rich forest in Canada to supply UK power plant

BBC Panorama investigation claims energy company's activities in Canada breach its sustainable sourcing commitments

clock 03 October 2022 • 4 min read
'We need to do everything we can': Drax sets out case for bioenergy and carbon capture and storage

Energy

'We need to do everything we can': Drax sets out case for bioenergy and carbon capture and storage

Opportunities, challenges, and controversies surrounding engineered carbon removals and corporate offsetting practices come under microscope on day two of the Net Zero Festival

clock 30 September 2022 • 5 min read
Fitch raises thermal coal price predictions as energy crisis deepens

Energy

Fitch raises thermal coal price predictions as energy crisis deepens

Influential ratings firm predicts rise in thermal coal prices over next few years as the energy crisis and global economic headwinds worsen

clock 21 September 2022 • 2 min read
IEA World Energy Jobs Outlook: Five key green takeaways

Skills

IEA World Energy Jobs Outlook: Five key green takeaways

The IEA has released its first ever evaluation of global energy employment both today and in the future - BusinessGreen takes a deep dive

clock 08 September 2022 • 9 min read
Government insists it is 'fully behind' biomass as it seeks views on BECCS plans

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Government insists it is 'fully behind' biomass as it seeks views on BECCS plans

BEIS touts biomass with carbon capture as crucial to its net zero agenda, despite fresh claims that Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng thinks importing wood pellets from US 'doesn’t make any sense'

clock 11 August 2022 • 5 min read
Hubbub and OVO launch search for Glasgow street to participate in energy efficiency trial

Energy

Hubbub and OVO launch search for Glasgow street to participate in energy efficiency trial

Project will explore which home improvements are most effective at curbing bills ahead of proposed £3,000 fuel price cap this Autumn

clock 11 August 2022 • 3 min read