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Can we expect a strong environmental watchdog for Christmas?
Can we expect a strong environmental watchdog for Christmas?

ClientEarth's Karla Hill warns new enforcement body will be 'hollow' unless more is done to beef up its powers

  • Legislation
  • 03 December 2018
'Significant gaps and weaknesses': Ministry of Justice in the dock for poor environmental performance
'Significant gaps and weaknesses': Ministry of Justice in the dock for poor environmental performance

Environmental Audit Committee slams Justice Department for multiple sustainability failures

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  • 02 February 2018
Budget 2017: Green announcements at a glance
Budget 2017: Green announcements at a glance

BusinessGreen brings you the definitive green economy guide to the Autumn Budget

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  • 22 November 2017
Is this simultaneously the greenest and dirtiest budget in recent history?
Is this simultaneously the greenest and dirtiest budget in recent history?

Pledges on EVs and plastic pollution are welcome, but Hammond has failed to accelerate a coal phase-out while gambling on further renewables' cost-reductions

  • Policy
  • 22 November 2017
Budget 2017: The green economy reacts
Budget 2017: The green economy reacts

BusinessGreen rounds up reaction from green businesses, NGOs and politicians following the Budget announcement today

  • Politics
  • 22 November 2017
Plastic bag use in England tumbles thanks to 5p charge
Plastic bag use in England tumbles thanks to 5p charge

New Defra data shows seven major retailers issued 83 per cent fewer bags in 2016/17 compared to calendar year 2014

  • Legislation
  • 24 July 2017
Does England need a new floods agency?
Does England need a new floods agency?

EFRA committee argues for whole new approach to flood risk, as MPs warns England's current efforts are 'fragmented, inefficient and ineffective'

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  • 02 November 2016
Businesses seek long-term climate and energy policy plan from BEIS
Businesses seek long-term climate and energy policy plan from BEIS

Survey of large business energy users by consultancy Inenco reveals mixed feelings over creation of new BEIS department

  • Policy
  • 09 August 2016
Renewables power past coal to generate quarter of UK electricity in 2015
Renewables power past coal to generate quarter of UK electricity in 2015

Strong growth for renewable electricity generation continues, although official statistics show UK remains net importer of energy

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  • 28 July 2016
'Green Tories' complete ministerial line-up at revamped Business and Energy Department
'Green Tories' complete ministerial line-up at revamped Business and Energy Department

Nick Hurd, Margot James and Baroness Lucy Neville-Rolfe will join new BEIS ministry headed by Greg Clark

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  • 18 July 2016
Clean energy sector: PM 'must stick' to EU climate targets for 2020
Clean energy sector: PM 'must stick' to EU climate targets for 2020

Letter from 30 energy and environmental groups urges new PM to commit to 2020 renewables target regardless of Brexit

  • Energy
  • 15 July 2016
Green groups should embrace, not bemoan, the merger of DECC and BIS
Green groups should embrace, not bemoan, the merger of DECC and BIS

Richard Howard at Policy Exchange argues that the decision to axe DECC opens up more opportunities than it closes down

  • Politics
  • 15 July 2016
DECC scrapped and cabinet reshuffle: the green economy reacts
DECC scrapped and cabinet reshuffle: the green economy reacts

Policy makers, green groups and businesses have their say on Theresa May's Whitehall changes and cabinet appointments

  • Politics
  • 14 July 2016
DECC scrapped as Greg Clark made Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Secretary
DECC scrapped as Greg Clark made Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Secretary

Clark emerges as head of new department in major cabinet reshuffle by prime minister Theresa May

  • Politics
  • 14 July 2016
Andrea Leadsom appointed environment secretary
Andrea Leadsom appointed environment secretary

Former DECC minister moves to head up Defra, while Chris Grayling becomes transport secretary

  • Politics
  • 14 July 2016
Green groups urge May to take control of food, farming and fisheries for public good
Green groups urge May to take control of food, farming and fisheries for public good

Environmental protections must be a 'bedrock principle' for Brexit negotiations, say civil society organisations

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  • 14 July 2016
May urged to 'safeguard' green economy, as Rudd and Hammond promoted
May urged to 'safeguard' green economy, as Rudd and Hammond promoted

Philip Hammond - a green economy champion as Foreign Secretary - appointed Chancellor as Amber Rudd leaves DECC

  • Politics
  • 14 July 2016
How green are the Tory leadership contenders?
How green are the Tory leadership contenders?

BusinessGreen takes a look at the green credentials of the Conservative leadership hopefuls

  • Politics
  • 01 July 2016
S&P Global: Brexit would not lead to 'environmental doomsday'
S&P Global: Brexit would not lead to 'environmental doomsday'

Brexit would put inward low carbon investment at risk, experts warn, but rolling back national climate commitments following 'leave' vote would be politically unacceptable

  • Investment
  • 15 June 2016
London's RE:FIT scheme has delivered big savings for councils - but will it continue under Mayor Sadiq?
London's RE:FIT scheme has delivered big savings for councils - but will it continue under Mayor Sadiq?

GLA-supported energy efficiency scheme has helped to retrofit hundreds of public buildings, creating big market opportunities - but how will the new administration build on its success

  • Infrastructure
  • 14 June 2016
Government hands £21m to local councils to promote green transport
Government hands £21m to local councils to promote green transport

Cash from Department for Transport will be used to back 23 greener transport projects across the UK

  • Transport
  • 25 May 2016
UK green economy worth £46.2bn, official stats reveal
UK green economy worth £46.2bn, official stats reveal

Office for National Statistics issues first update under new low carbon and renewable energy economy (LCRE) measurement regime

  • Work
  • 19 May 2016
Councils urge government to implement anti-flood measures for new houses
Councils urge government to implement anti-flood measures for new houses

LGA calls for more stringent requirements for homes built in high flood-risk areas

  • Policy
  • 03 May 2016
Five ways business and government can work together to drive green growth

Marks and Spencer's Mike Barry highlights five ways government can better drive business action on sustainable development

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  • 11 November 2015
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