Legislation

DOE withdraws clean tech funding, as Meta inks 20-year nuclear deal and German asset manager divests from Exxon over emissions disclosures

Government confirms an estimated 99 per cent of new build homes in England will require rooftop solar panels, as Lib Dems celebrate 'Sunshine Bill' success

BusinessGreen Editor’s Briefing: June 2025

New law enters into force after water bosses awarded themselves more than £112m bonuses and incentives over the last decade

Report questions feasibility of decarbonising UK electricity system by at least 95 per cent by 2030 given pace and scale of change required

New report calls for the complete and permanent protection of the high seas from all industrial extraction including deep sea mining

Green economy calls on government to double down on promised Warm Homes Plan funding and take fresh steps to drive domestic heat pump and solar panel adoption

Major shake-up of air traffic control expected to reduce emissions per flight, but campaigners warn it will also enable more flights

Ruling makes legal history by confirming major emitters can be held liable for their share of emissions, while China ramps up overseas renewables investment and EU ratifies High Seas Treaty

The Planning and Infrastructure Bill creates an absurd false choice between nature or growth that will fail even on its own terms, writes the Wildlife Trusts' chief executive Craig Bennett