Policy

Keir Starmer confirms fresh funding and new 'training guarantee' ahead of Grangemouth oil refinery closure

Reskilling UK fossil fuel workers is crucial to safeguarding the future of our economy, our energy sector and the communities that are key to it, writes Sam Payne from the Conservative Environment Network.

Data shows the UK's net zero economy continues to far outpace the wider economy, fuelling calls for further policy clarity and support for green investment

Plus Northvolt sells heavy industry battery business to Scania, China’s clean energy and fossil fuel funding gap narrows, and EU to loosen state aid rules to boost green projects, in our round up of the world's top green business news this week

Government proposes longer CfD contract terms and less stringent offshore wind eligibility criteria in order to boost investor certainty and accelerate the planning process for new clean power projects

Influential journalists on the right of British politics are responsible for egregiously misleading reporting on climate policy and the green economy - could the climate movement do more to defend itself?

Electricity network funding must increase at the same pace as demand, which is predicted to double by 2050, National Infrastructure Commission tells government

A major new report from the Tony Blair Institute argues green growth could provide a five per cent boost to GDP, but it warns Ministers will have to take tough decisions to prioritise the sectors where the UK is most competitive

Proven industrial electrification projects are being overlooked and underfunded compared to riskier options such as carbon capture and storage, claims Green Alliance

Leading green trade bodies join forces to call on Commission to deliver a robust framework that supports efforts to improve resilience of global supply chains