Bright Blue

Public supports 'greater and greener' development, poll reveals

Infrastructure

Public supports 'greater and greener' development, poll reveals

Bright Blue urges government to 'get building' after survey reveals high levels of support for green housing and clean energy development

clock 09 March 2024 • 4 min read
Planning reform: Government urged to scrap 'triple veto' over onshore wind farms

Energy

Planning reform: Government urged to scrap 'triple veto' over onshore wind farms

Think tank Bright Blue publishes new report setting out how to accelerate onshore renewables development

clock 11 December 2023 • 4 min read
'Rebate to renovate': Think tanks join calls for stamp duty cuts to encourage home energy efficiency upgrades

Incentives

'Rebate to renovate': Think tanks join calls for stamp duty cuts to encourage home energy efficiency upgrades

Proposal would see stamp duty rebate offered to homeowners making energy improvements within two years of buying a property

clock 27 October 2023 • 6 min read
Could steel decarbonisation policies help the next PM woo Red Wall voters?

Policy

Could steel decarbonisation policies help the next PM woo Red Wall voters?

Two separate reports this morning have set out the case for Ministers to press ahead with a raft of policies that can drive a shift away from the blast furnace method of steel production

clock 11 July 2022 • 9 min read
'This is a public safety issue': AI mapping lays bare torrent of UK disruption from floods

Climate change

'This is a public safety issue': AI mapping lays bare torrent of UK disruption from floods

AI mapping of flooding incidents across UK since 2007 lays bare worrying lack of resilience in face of heavy rainfall

clock 05 January 2022 • 5 min read
Why bi-directional charging can help accelerate electric vehicle uptake

Transport

Why bi-directional charging can help accelerate electric vehicle uptake

Bright Blue's Rebecca Foster calls for more support to scale up bi-directional EV charging technology in order to boost uptake and energy security

clock 17 December 2021 • 4 min read
Carbon Pricing: What is it good for?

Carbon Trading

Carbon Pricing: What is it good for?

Carbon pricing is no panacea to the UK's climate challenge, argues Viridor's Tim Rotheray

clock 03 August 2021 • 4 min read

Carbon Accounting

Government urged to overhaul UK's 'regressive' carbon pricing system

Per-mile road pricing and annual 'carbon budgets' among raft of proposals from think tank Bright Blue to make carbon taxes fair and effective

clock 29 July 2021 • 4 min read

Policy

Survey: UK public favours stronger policies to combat nature crisis

UK adults believe neither governments nor businesses are doing enough to protect and enhance natural world, according to a new poll from WSP and Bright Blue

clock 19 July 2021 • 3 min read

Taxation

The government must get serious with environmental taxes

Broad-based environmental tax reform can drive changes needed to put the economy on a pathway to net zero, writes Bright Blue's Sam Robinson

clock 28 June 2021 • 3 min read