Policy

'Welcome shift in attitude': MPs and Ministers find common ground on 'unacceptable' water pollution

Policy

'Welcome shift in attitude': MPs and Ministers find common ground on 'unacceptable' water pollution

Environmental Audit Committee welcomes government's plans to boost research, enforcement, and investment to help tackle water pollution

clock 16 May 2022 • 3 min read
'Climate security is energy security': Alok Sharma urges world to 'break dependency on fossil fuels'

Climate change

'Climate security is energy security': Alok Sharma urges world to 'break dependency on fossil fuels'

In speech to mark sixth month anniversary of Glasgow Summit, COP26 President argues 'net zero means security, prosperity, and preventing the problems of the present from growing inexorably'

clock 16 May 2022 • 8 min read
World Green Building Council launches new Circularity Accelerator

Buildings

World Green Building Council launches new Circularity Accelerator

New programme aims to help global building industry achieve long term net zero goals

clock 16 May 2022 • 4 min read
'Inevitable and sensible': Public support builds for road pricing proposals

Automotive

'Inevitable and sensible': Public support builds for road pricing proposals

New report from Social Market Foundation argues shift towards road-pricing would prove more effective than fuel duty and could help tackle cost of living crisis

clock 16 May 2022 • 4 min read
'British Nuclear Renaissance': Government announces £120m fund to help innovators enter sector

Nuclear

'British Nuclear Renaissance': Government announces £120m fund to help innovators enter sector

The Future Nuclear Enabling Fund aims to support the government's ambition to approve eight new reactors by 2030

clock 13 May 2022 • 2 min read
UK battery storage sector requires £20bn boost by 2030, analysts say

Energy

UK battery storage sector requires £20bn boost by 2030, analysts say

Government should work to focus nearly a fifth of total energy technology investment on energy storage, Cornwall Insight modelling shows

clock 13 May 2022 • 2 min read
Government accused of seeking 'US-style' system of environmental regulation

Policy

Government accused of seeking 'US-style' system of environmental regulation

Long-awaited publication of government's environmental principles for policymaking triggers warnings from NGOs that green protections could now be watered down

clock 13 May 2022 • 5 min read
Global Briefing: European businesses call on EU to deliver bolder energy security plan

Management

Global Briefing: European businesses call on EU to deliver bolder energy security plan

Brussels considers strengthening clean energy plans, India ramps up offshore wind ambitions, and all the green business news from around the world

clock 13 May 2022 • 6 min read
Six months since the Environment Act was passed, there's still no sign of nature recovery

Policy

Six months since the Environment Act was passed, there's still no sign of nature recovery

Ministers must press ahead with bold biodiversity targets that can unlock much-needed investment for efforts to enhance nature, argues The Wildlife Trusts' Elliot Chapman-Jones

clock 13 May 2022 • 6 min read
'Missed opportunity': Ministers shelve sustainability disclosure rules, commit to binding environmental policy principles

Legislation

'Missed opportunity': Ministers shelve sustainability disclosure rules, commit to binding environmental policy principles

Draft Defra policy statement promises to embed the environment 'at the heart' of all policymaking on the same day as reports reveal key corporate sustainability rules have been delayed

clock 12 May 2022 • 6 min read