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NIC chief Phil Graham: 'Highly renewable electricity system should be Plan A for UK'
National Infrastructure Commission chief executive Phil Graham's speech at the Clean Energy Infrastructure Summit
The Treasury is burning
Greta Thunberg is speaking truth to power, the CCC is about to report on net zero emissions, but, asks E3G's Ed Matthew, is the Treasury listening?
Government to Greta: We must continue to show climate action is a 'win-win'
Claire Perry defends government's decision to champion decarbonisation progress to date and confirms new Green Great Britain Week
XR Business: Green business leaders rally in support of Extinction Rebellion
As wave of protests enter their second week and Greta Thunberg backs calls for a climate 'general strike', leading green business figures welcome launch of XR Business
The sad and under-reported tale of UK energy efficiency gains and neglect
Andrew Warren takes a look at the latest figures on UK domestic energy efficiency improvements and finds deliberately weakened policies have led to plummeting installation rates
'Alarming': Report warns oil and gas investment plans blow a hole in 1.5C ambition
None of the $4.9tr forecast to be spent on new oil and gas fields in the 2020s is compatible with limiting global warming to 1.5C, a Global Witness analysis has warned
The five things you need to know about chemical recycling
Big brands such as Adidas, Unilever, P&G, Danone and Interface are already taking notice
Meet the entrepreneur putting wind power in the hands of the people
Sarah Merrick founded Ripple Energy to help people own a slice of a wind farm
'Wake-up call': World's leading central banks urge financiers to act on climate
Network for Greening the Financial System sets out key recommendations for world's central banks to address climate risk and spur green investment
What is green gas and where could it come from?
It could herald an end to fossil fuel heating and cooking, but can green hydrogen be sourced at scale? IMechE's Dr Jen Baxter mulls some of the options
SDG6: Top tips for delivering a sustainable water strategy
Water risks present a complex and escalating challenge for businesses, but there are best practices for supporting SDG6 and its vision of clean and sustainable water supplies for all
'Disappointing and unsurprising': No landlords 'named and shamed' for breaking fuel poverty rules
Concerns remain that MEES energy efficiency rules for rental properties in England and Wales are not being robustly policed
Growing greener: How to use values to spark small business action on the environment
Sam Hampton from the University of Oxford is researching how to get smaller companies to cut their carbon
Microsoft to double internal CO2 tax as it plots 'tech first' sustainability path
Software giant will also join corporate push for US carbon tax
Game of Thrones was about the horror of fossil fuels all along
Human civilisation is threatened by long-dead organisms, whether as White Walkers or petrol, argues Alf Hornborg from Lund University
Capitalism 2.0verthrown?
James Murray considers the business lessons from Extinction Rebellion's London takeover
In a world of accelerating change, fortune favours the brave
The ADE's Tim Rotheray has a message for governments and business
Are compostable plastics actually plastic?
Compostable plastics may not be the best way out of the plastics crisis, warns Bunzl's Joanna Gilroy
Does the UK have enough electricians to meet surging demand for green technologies?
Demand for green tech may mean the UK needs 15,000 additional skilled electricians over the next five years, the industry says - but are enough people being trained up?
Climate change: Yes, your individual action does make a difference
What can we do in the face of a climate emergency? Research suggests individual actions might be part of the solution
Global briefing: China emissions tipped to peak by 2030, as Asia drives energy transition
All the need-to-know green business news from around the world this week
Meet Samsonite's first global director of sustainability
The luggage maker discovered how to set its own benchmarks, using fashion leaders as a frame of reference
George Monbiot Q + A - How rejuvenating nature could help fight climate change
Lund University's Stephen Woroniecki talks to Guardian columnist and environmental campaigner George Monbiot about how natural solutions could play a key role in tacking climate breakdown
'The rules of the game have changed': Is oil demand about to plateau or peak?
Investment arm of Legal & General releases new research highlighting growing urgency of policy action to limit warming to 'well within' 2C
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