Policy

Government's reliance on rapid uptake of electric vehicles to decarbonise transport without reducing demand amounts to 'risky strategy', Transport Committee warns

The government should prioritise public climate engagement by setting up a 'Citizen Participation Service' service, writes Kathy Peach, director of the centre for collective intelligence design at Nesta

Tory MPs warn PM against green policy backsliding as poll demonstrates strong voter backing for stronger government efforts to grow the green economy

Following proposals first touted earlier this year, the government has today launched a consultation over planning system tweaks aimed at speeding up national infrastructure projects

As the fallout from the Uxbridge byelection shows, educating and engaging the public must be put on an equal footing with policy design and regulatory change, writes Rachael Orr from Climate Outreach

But the company claims market reforms governing long-duration energy storage are still needed for the pumped hydro project to be commercially viable

The full Extended Producer Responsibility regime for packaging waste is now not expected to be operational until 2025, which would be after next General Election

Good Law Project and Coal Action Network team up to launch legal threat against operation of opencast coal mine in Merthyr Tydfil

But Prime Minister refuses to rule out potential watering down of fossil fuel car sales phase-out as attacks grow on both Conservative and Labour green policy agendas

Conservatives lose two by-elections, but hold off Labour challenge in Boris Johnson’s former constituency by just 495 votes with London tax on polluting vehicles seen to have made the difference