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Study: Cleaner air could net the UK a £1.6bn economic boost
Study: Cleaner air could net the UK a £1.6bn economic boost

New analysis suggests three million working days a year are lost to air pollution

  • Risk
  • 08 September 2020
Government faces fresh legal threat over clean air targets in wake of Covid-19
Government faces fresh legal threat over clean air targets in wake of Covid-19

Clutch of campaigning organisations seek judicial review of Defra's refusal to investigate reported links between pollution and Covid-19 health outcomes

  • Legislation
  • 08 September 2020
'Well off track': Institute for Government warns UK's net zero efforts are slipping behind schedule
'Well off track': Institute for Government warns UK's net zero efforts are slipping behind schedule

Major new report warns government urgently needs to set out credible strategy for decarbonising transport, buildings, agriculture, and industry

  • Policy
  • 07 September 2020
MPs table fresh legislation to 'close gaps' in UK Climate Change Act
MPs table fresh legislation to 'close gaps' in UK Climate Change Act

Proposed Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill would see international aviation, shipping, and consumption fall within the UK's 2050 net zero target, while putting climate assemblies on a formal standing

  • Politics
  • 02 September 2020
California shows us how to phase out petrol and diesel cars
California shows us how to phase out petrol and diesel cars

The UK government should introduce a California-style Zero-Emission Vehicle Mandate to clean up road transport, argues Policy Exchange's Ed Birkett

  • Automotive
  • 12 August 2020
Power and planning
Power and planning

The government's new planning reforms could unleash a new wave of essential green infrastructure or scar the UK with car-dependent suburban sprawl – and it is too early to tell which

  • 06 August 2020
James Bevan: Environmental regulations remain key for post-Brexit success
James Bevan: Environmental regulations remain key for post-Brexit success

Environment Agency chief executive argues 'good regulation is what gets you green growth and a blue planet'

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  • 04 August 2020
'Let's get going' - Great, but where to?
'Let's get going' - Great, but where to?

  • 14 July 2020
Government to ease energy storage planning woes
Government to ease energy storage planning woes

Ministers hope that move to cut red tape and streamline planning processes could help treble UK energy storage capacity

  • Legislation
  • 14 July 2020
EAC: Transition to independent post-Brexit chemicals body suffering from 'fundamental issues'
EAC: Transition to independent post-Brexit chemicals body suffering from 'fundamental issues'

Committee chairman Philip Dunne asks Defra whether government will reconsider associate membership to EU REACH and European Chemicals Agency, an outcome ruled out earlier this year by Environment Minister Rebecca Pow

  • Legislation
  • 07 July 2020
Let's pass a Green Recovery Act
Let's pass a Green Recovery Act

Climate damage is morally wrong, argues Ewan McGaughey, and a Green Recovery Act could hold the key to averting a crisis even worse than the coronavirus pandemic

  • Policy
  • 07 July 2020
'Time is running out': Green groups issue dire warning on post-Brexit environmental safeguards
'Time is running out': Green groups issue dire warning on post-Brexit environmental safeguards

Environmental standards 'likely to be weaker' from 2021 under current government plans, Greener UK warns

  • Legislation
  • 19 June 2020
Energy firms to face 'ambitious' new annual smart meter targets
Energy firms to face 'ambitious' new annual smart meter targets

Government sets out plans to accelerate smart meter rollout across UK homes and businesses, in bid to boost post-Covid-19 recovery

  • Infrastructure
  • 18 June 2020
'The war is definitely not over': New front opens up in the battle of the chlorinated chicken
'The war is definitely not over': New front opens up in the battle of the chlorinated chicken

Government steps up efforts to assure farmers it will not allow an influx of products made to lower US standards, but experts fear major loopholes remain

  • Policy
  • 08 June 2020
World Ocean Day: Government welcomes call for new Highly Protected Marine Areas
World Ocean Day: Government welcomes call for new Highly Protected Marine Areas

Benyon Review sets out plans for significant strengthening of marine protection in UK waters, as new study highlights how ocean habitats can help boost climate resilience

  • Supply chain
  • 08 June 2020
Zoom in on Net Zero - with Green Alliance's Shaun Spiers
Zoom in on Net Zero - with Green Alliance's Shaun Spiers

VIDEO: Green Alliance executive director joins BusinessGreen editor-in-chief James Murray to discuss net zero, COP26, Brexit, and delivering a green recovery from Covid-19

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  • 08 June 2020
Government confirms it is to defer covid-related clean power contract costs for energy suppliers
Government confirms it is to defer covid-related clean power contract costs for energy suppliers

Response to consultation confirms Ministers will delay increase in Contract for Difference costs for energy suppliers by longer than originally planned

  • Energy
  • 05 June 2020
Government debuts plan for world's first net zero-aligned Emissions Trading Scheme
Government debuts plan for world's first net zero-aligned Emissions Trading Scheme

Response to consultation confirms government plans to press ahead with development of post-Brexit UK carbon trading scheme

  • Carbon Trading
  • 02 June 2020
Plans for controversial Cumbrian coal mine back in the balance
Plans for controversial Cumbrian coal mine back in the balance

Council to consider changes to planning application following highly critical report that argued a new coal mine in the UK was not compatible with the country's climate goals

  • Infrastructure
  • 02 June 2020
Leaked EU green recovery plan targets building efficiency, hydrogen, transport, and renewables
Leaked EU green recovery plan targets building efficiency, hydrogen, transport, and renewables

  • Politics
  • 21 May 2020
British supermarkets threaten to boycott Brazilian products over proposed land-grab law
British supermarkets threaten to boycott Brazilian products over proposed land-grab law

Bolsonaro-backed bill – scheduled to be decided today – could lead to the deforestation of an additional 16,000 square kilometres of the Earth's largest rainforest, according to NGO Imazon.

  • Supply chain
  • 20 May 2020
Legal challenge launched against government's 'outdated' energy planning policies
Legal challenge launched against government's 'outdated' energy planning policies

Campaigners hope precedent set by high profile Heathrow ruling could force government into a rethink over continued support for new fossil fuel projects

  • Policy
  • 19 May 2020
Green Brexit: Fears rise over 'back-door regression' on environmental standards
Green Brexit: Fears rise over 'back-door regression' on environmental standards

Key review measures have been stripped from most of the EU green laws transferred onto UK statute books, study suggests

  • Policy
  • 12 May 2020
EU urges member states to attach green conditions to State Aid, after revamped rules omit mandatory climate conditions
EU urges member states to attach green conditions to State Aid, after revamped rules omit mandatory climate conditions

Revised State Aid rules published by the European Commission on Friday require that large companies report on how they use public funds in line with national and EU green goals, but falls short of mandating climate conditions for stimulus packages

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  • 12 May 2020
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