Politics
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
Zoom in on Net Zero - with the CBI's James Diggle
VIDEO: Head of energy and climate change at Britain's largest business body joins BusinessGreen deputy editor Michael Holder to discuss green recovery efforts, keeping net zero on track, and priority policy areas ahead of COP26
Poll: Energy efficiency, renewables, and nature restoration are 'people's priorities' for Covid-19 package
Survey commissioned by Conservative Environment Network reveals overwhelming majority of British public want next week's recovery package to back measures that tackle pollution and climate change
Government attaches climate conditions to Celsa Steel emergency loan
However, government declines to provide further details on precise nature of climate and net zero targets attached to firm's rescue support
Study: Climate change increasingly raised as a human rights issue in court cases
Global review of climate litigation highlights increasing instances of activists and governments using courts to force climate action from businesses and governments
Net Zero Festival: More top speakers confirmed
Bosses at BT, OVO Energy, Shell, Anglian Water, and many others have joined the line-up for the world's first Net Zero Festival
We want nature-based solutions to be a core part of the COP26 agenda
Environment Secretary George Eustice’s address at the COP26 Business Leaders Event hosted the Council for Sustainable Business
'Build, build, build': Government reveals plan for Direct Air Carbon Capture funding boost
Update provided alongside Prime Minister's speech on economic recovery, confirms plans for up to £100m of carbon capture innovation funding
Boris Johnson promises to 'build back greener', but can he deliver?
The Prime Minister again underscored his commitment to a greener recovery and hymned the UK's world-leading clean tech - but why then are businesses and campaigners so fretful?
Boris Johnson to pledge to 'build back greener'
Prime Minister to reaffirm tree-planting plans as part of £5bn 'New Deal' style recovery package, but green campaigners fear 'false start' as key funding announcements still yet to be confirmed
Virtual lobby leads latest call for jobs-rich green recovery
Ahead of Boris Johnson's speech on the government's economic stimulus plans, MPs will today take part in over 100 digital meetings with constituents to discuss the green recovery
Alok Sharma: 'The climate crisis has not taken any time off'
COP26 President Alok Sharma's video address for the COP26 Business Leaders Event, hosted by the Council for Sustainable Business in partnership with Defra
Our vision for a rapid, green economic recovery in London
City Hall has developed and refined green policies we know can be scaled up to aid London's recovery, argues Shirley Rodrigues, Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy
Project speed? UK infrastructure pipeline 'not net zero aligned', warn green groups
UK currently staring at a £14bn gap in the green infrastructure investment needed for net zero, warns Green Alliance
Green recovery can spur innovation, create jobs, and boost economy, argue senior MPs
Select Committee Chairs join wave of calls for a green recovery in letter to Chancellor that warns economic stimulus channeled towards carbon-intensive infrastructure projects would be a 'historic mistake'
No use crying over burnt carbon
The CCC's roadmap is hugely ambitious, but also entirely feasible and genuinely attractive - the time for government excuses is over
The government must follow the science by setting out a clear net zero policy plan
Decisions made during this Parliament on infrastructure and investment will be critical in delivering a net zero economy, argues EAC chair Philip Dunne MP
CCC Report: The green economy reacts
'The climate crisis is here but we are still walking when we should run'
'Go for it': Climate advisors urge government to deliver green recovery blitz
Covid-19 stimulus plan must prioritise green building upgrades, tree planting, fossil fuel taxes, and skills training, advises Committee on Climate Change
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