Politics

The combination of performative hostility to environmental issues and contradictory decarbonisation policies only serves to undermine the economic goals the government purports to care about

Campaigners, MPs, green businesses, energy experts, and economists respond to the government's decision to press ahead with 100 new oil and gas projects

Prime Minister insists issuing hundreds new oil and gas licenses will not jeopardise net zero targets, as green groups slam latest 'cynical political ploy to sow division'

More than 50 groups including Green Alliance, the National Trust and the RSPB promise to mobilise more than 20 million supporters against 'any and all attacks' on net zero and environmental policy

Mayor of London's plan to expand the Ultra Low Emission Zone to cover the entireity of central London deemed lawful

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

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 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