Politics
Reports: Government mulls plans for 'Green Investment Bank 2.0'
Energy and Clean Growth Minister Kwasi Kwarteng confirms there is 'an ongoing debate within government' about how to revive the Green Investment Bank
'Doubling down on fossil fuels': Is the green recovery opportunity being squandered?
New Energy Policy Tracker reveals support for fossil fuel industries has outstripped support for clean energy across the G20, but is there time to change course?
Zoom in on Net Zero with PRASEG's Bim Afolami, MP
VIDEO: Conservative MP and chair of the All Party Parliamentary Renewable and Sustainable Energy Group joins BusinessGreen editor-in-chief James Murray to discuss net zero, COP26, environmental taxes and delivering a green recovery from Covid-19
Power recovery with green jobs and infrastructure, top businesses urge Chancellor
Aldersgate Group of leading businesses sets out how Treasury can deliver on 'green recovery' promises through this autumn's Budget
'Let's get going'? Green economy urged to prepare for Brexit, but huge uncertainties remain
As government launches Brexit PR offensive and news emerges of new lorry parks in Kent, many questions remain unanswered on the future of green standards and governance
The Decarbonisation Dividend that is within our grasp
Laura Sandys of the Energy Data Taskforce explains how the energy industry and policymakers should learn from the food and IT industries and embrace a more consumer-centric approach to decarbonisation
Councils and mayors call on government to beef up energy efficiency funding
Following confirmation of new £3bn plan, local government leaders team up with Siemens to argue that government should bring forward £5bn of promised long term energy efficiency spending
New Trade and Agriculture Commission fuels green group's post-Brexit fears
Government insists new group will help ensure 'environmental standards in food production are not undermined', but big green NGOs appear to have been frozen out of influential body
MPs warn parts of England face 'serious risk' of running out of water within 20 years
Select committee delivers damning assessment of government's "lack of leadership" when it comes to managing England's water supply, warning that public awareness campaigns and better oversight over companies water leakage performance is needed
UN Secretary-General: Coal has no place in COVID-19 recovery plans
António Guterres warns governments risk squandering the opportunity to deliver a 'green recovery' that accelerates the net zero transition
Waiting for Rishi
The government's commitment to a green recovery is a big step forward, but impatience is growing as green businesses continue to wait for key policies and spending decisions that have been in the pipeline for months
A New Age of Radicalism
Freuds CEO Dr Arlo Brady reflects on new research that suggests the coronavirus crisis has sparked a new era of public engagement with the many challenges the world faces
The Chancellor's Green Jobs Plan: The Green Economy Reaction
'We hope that the forthcoming Budget, White Paper and National Infrastructure Plan will provide further momentum'
Chancellor: 'This will be a green recovery with concern for the environment at its heart'
Rishi Sunak confirms £3bn energy efficiency programme and promises to deliver green recovery, but fails to deliver wider stimulus measures
Net Zero: Government faces legal threat as calls for 'green recovery' build
Campaign group Plan B writes to Prime Minister and Chancellor warning legal action is imminent if stimulus package becomes a 'New Deal for Polluters'
Agriculture Bill 'on track', but Green Brexit plans face fresh challenges
Agriculture Bill takes a step forward, as a reports emerge of row between Holyrood and Westminster over the government's post-Brexit plans for environmental and food standards
Is £3bn a lot?
Chancellor Rishi Sunak's new £3bn energy efficiency programme is a welcome boost to the green economy, but its ability to catalyse the transformation of the UK's building stock depends on what happens next
The co-benefits of energy efficiency stack up; and they do for other low carbon options too
As UK energy professionals today add their voices to those calling for a green recovery, Dr Rob Gross attempts to decipher the white smoke emerging from the Treasury
Trade bodies push Chancellor to develop UK-wide hydrogen strategy
Alliance of trade groups that employs 100,000 people said it was read to invest up to £1.5bn in the sector
Green Recovery: Calls grow for a 'New Deal Roosevelt would recognise'
Ahead of Chancellor's summer update, MPs and business leaders step up calls for government to deliver sweeping green stimulus plan
A green recovery needs green money
E3G's Tom Burke sets out four tests the Chancellor's stimulus package must pass if the government is to deliver on its 'green recovery' promises
Let's pass a Green Recovery Act
Climate damage is morally wrong, argues Ewan McGaughey, and a Green Recovery Act could hold the key to averting a crisis even worse than the coronavirus pandemic
'Significant down payment': Chancellor to unveil £3bn green building upgrade package
Chancellor preps one year energy efficiency spending blitz, featuring £1bn to improve public buildings and £2bn to fund vouchers to help households pay for upgrade work
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