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Conservative MPs urge government to submit 'much more ambitious' 2030 climate plan
Conservative MPs urge government to submit 'much more ambitious' 2030 climate plan

More than 40 backbenchers and Lords call for new climate plan in line with CCC's recommendations backed by strong diplomatic resources to ensure successful COP26

  • Politics
  • 20 October 2020
'Opportunity to reboot': Moderate Conservative MPs serve up green recovery policy menu
'Opportunity to reboot': Moderate Conservative MPs serve up green recovery policy menu

One Nation Conservatives group of more than 100 MPs call for 2030 fossil fuel car ban, carbon tax and tree planting funding

  • Policy
  • 13 August 2020
Zoom in on Net Zero with PRASEG's Bim Afolami, MP
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

  • Policy
  • 15 July 2020
The Humber Estuary could help fuel a green recovery
The Humber Estuary could help fuel a green recovery

Partnerships between business and government to back green industries such as sustainable aviation fuels are crucial as we restart the economy, argue Conservative MPs Lia Nici and Martin Vickers

  • Politics
  • 01 June 2020
The Cummings affair and the climate angle
The Cummings affair and the climate angle

Trust in the government has been eroded, and tackling climate change becomes more daunting still when politics demeans itself

  • Politics
  • 28 May 2020
Turning to nature for solutions
Turning to nature for solutions

The government should put nature-based solutions at the forefront of its efforts to tackle the climate and ecological crises, argues Conservative Environment Network's Sam Hall

  • Policy
  • 15 May 2020
The decade-long inside story behind an onshore wind revival
The decade-long inside story behind an onshore wind revival

Former RenewableUK deputy chief executive Maf Smith reflects on the rollercoaster ride that has finally delivered a major victory for the onshore renewables sector

  • Wind
  • 03 March 2020
Reports: Number 10 planning to revive Department of Energy and Climate Change
Reports: Number 10 planning to revive Department of Energy and Climate Change

Minor reshuffle expected today as Boris Johnson prepares to replace Environment Minister Zac Goldsmith

  • Politics
  • 16 December 2019
The green winners and losers of the 2019 General Election
The green winners and losers of the 2019 General Election

Who's in and who's out following the historic Conservative victory

  • Politics
  • 13 December 2019
Conservatives secure landslide election victory, as calls build for fast-tracked climate action
Conservatives secure landslide election victory, as calls build for fast-tracked climate action

Boris Johnson leads party to historic election victory, with the Prime Minister facing immediate calls for government to deliver on promise of 'green industrial revolution'

  • Politics
  • 13 December 2019
Net Zero: Crucial election set to shape UK decarbonisation strategy
Net Zero: Crucial election set to shape UK decarbonisation strategy

Voters are going to the polls with a mandate for net zero assured, but key decisions on the UK's climate policies and 'Green Brexit' plans hanging in the balance

  • Politics
  • 12 December 2019
Election 2019: What the main parties' manifestos say about zero-emissions transport
Election 2019: What the main parties' manifestos say about zero-emissions transport

Sam Unsworth assesses whether Conservative and Labour Parties' manifesto go far enough to deliver net zero transport

  • Transport
  • 11 December 2019
Labour mulls lift off for Frequent Flier Levy
Labour mulls lift off for Frequent Flier Levy

Shadow minister admits frequent flier levy may be the 'best available option' to halt growth in aviation emissions

  • Aviation
  • 09 December 2019
Labour revs up plan for fully-electric bus fleet across England by 2030
Labour revs up plan for fully-electric bus fleet across England by 2030

Party pledges to invest £4bn in transforming all 35,000 buses operating in England to run on electricity, while expanding local bus services

  • Politics
  • 06 December 2019
'It is a very exciting industry to be in': Lord Barker on UK politics, Russia and net zero aluminium
'It is a very exciting industry to be in': Lord Barker on UK politics, Russia and net zero aluminium

Conservative peer and former Climate Change Minister is now on a mission to decarbonise the global aluminium sector at Russian giant EN+

  • Politics
  • 05 December 2019
Greens propose £12bn renewables blitz, as Tories unveil public transport plans
Greens propose £12bn renewables blitz, as Tories unveil public transport plans

Green Party says investment drive would create 75,000 clean energy jobs, as Tories announce plan for £4.2bn Local Public Transport Fund

  • Politics
  • 04 December 2019
From idea-stealing to systems-thinking: The many paths to net zero
From idea-stealing to systems-thinking: The many paths to net zero

Parties may all now agree UK must hit net zero emissions by mid-century, but disagree on how to get there. BusinessGreen reports from last night's debate hosted by the Aldersgate Group, where party representatives thrashed it out

  • Politics
  • 28 November 2019
The Conservatives need a plan to deliver Net Zero - but what should it look like?
The Conservatives need a plan to deliver Net Zero - but what should it look like?

Richard Howard sets out a centre-right blueprint for hitting net zero

  • Politics
  • 28 November 2019
Net Zero by 2050: Your need-to-know green guide to the Conservative Party Manifesto
Net Zero by 2050: Your need-to-know green guide to the Conservative Party Manifesto

Tory party promises to ramp up offshore wind capacity and roll out a comprehensive fast-charging network, but skirts demands for radical 'climate emergency' programme

  • Politics
  • 25 November 2019
Tory Manifesto: Boris Johnson promises to put 'British ingenuity' at heart of net zero mission
Tory Manifesto: Boris Johnson promises to put 'British ingenuity' at heart of net zero mission

Conservatives promise raft of new policies to create two million green jobs, but Labour counters that a lack of adequate funding pledges makes plan a 'blueprint for disaster'

  • Politics
  • 25 November 2019
Conservative Manifesto: Party promises green home upgrade drive in pursuit of net zero goal
Conservative Manifesto: Party promises green home upgrade drive in pursuit of net zero goal

Manifesto to reiterate support for net zero by 2050 target and deliver new £6.3bn fund to help improve energy efficiency of fuel poor households

  • Politics
  • 24 November 2019
The debate over the green industrial revolution will be televised
The debate over the green industrial revolution will be televised

A televised climate debate is democratically essential, but it is not without risks

  • Politics
  • 22 November 2019
To win a climate election, parties need ambition, not compromise with the fossil fuel industry
To win a climate election, parties need ambition, not compromise with the fossil fuel industry

It is turning into a 'climate election', but as Marc Hudson argues lessons from Australia suggests environmental campaigners may need to be careful what they wish for

  • Politics
  • 15 November 2019
 Greenest Government (N)ever?
Greenest Government (N)ever?

Boris Johnson promises a 'clean energy revolution' and the government deserves plaudits for its track record, but credibility is undermined by a refusal to reckon with the Tories' environmental failures

  • Politics
  • 13 November 2019
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