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How best to solve a problem like carbon pricing?
How best to solve a problem like carbon pricing?

A new OECD report weights up the pros and cons of a host of carbon pricing options, from cap and trade systems to flat fuel taxes

  • Carbon Trading
  • 22 June 2020
'No shortage of investors': Zouk Capital raises £80m in second close of Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund
'No shortage of investors': Zouk Capital raises £80m in second close of Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund

The government has matched a £40m investment anchored by the Church Comissioners for England, bringing the fund's total deployable capital to £150m.

  • Automotive
  • 21 April 2020
'Fearful for the future': Environmental charities urge government to beef-up £750m aid package
'Fearful for the future': Environmental charities urge government to beef-up £750m aid package

The Wildlife Trusts and Green Alliance among groups warning aid package not enough to protect the struggling sector amid urgent climate and environmental crises

  • Politics
  • 09 April 2020
Budget 2020: The green economy reacts
Budget 2020: The green economy reacts

BusinessGreen rounds up all the reaction to Rishi Sunak's tax and spending plans from green businesses, politicians, think tanks and academics

  • Taxation
  • 11 March 2020
Report: Fuel duty freeze has cost Treasury £50bn and led to five million tonnes of CO2 emissions
Report: Fuel duty freeze has cost Treasury £50bn and led to five million tonnes of CO2 emissions

Research by Greener Journey's argues an additional five million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions having been generated since the fuel duty freeze first took place in 2011

  • Politics
  • 10 March 2020
Only new fiscal rules will avoid a Budget carbon COP out
Only new fiscal rules will avoid a Budget carbon COP out

The Treasury should set in stone a new fiscal rule for an annually-increasing carbon price in the UK, argues SSE chief executive Alistair Phillips-Davies

  • Energy
  • 09 March 2020
Budget: Chancellor urged to unleash net zero infrastructure boom
Budget: Chancellor urged to unleash net zero infrastructure boom

New LSE study argues Budget should mark the beginning of massive and long-term investment in zero-carbon infrastructure, as reports suggest Treasury is still considering fuel duty hike

  • Taxation
  • 04 March 2020
Chancellor preps green taxes for Budget, as row with EU over environmental rules heats up
Chancellor preps green taxes for Budget, as row with EU over environmental rules heats up

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is reportedly preparing series of new environmental tax moves in next month's Budget, as Westminster and Brussels draw red lines that are set to spark a major stand-off over green rules

  • Legislation
  • 27 February 2020
Rishi Sunak replaces Sajid Javid as Chancellor in shock reshuffle, as Green Budget plans loom
Rishi Sunak replaces Sajid Javid as Chancellor in shock reshuffle, as Green Budget plans loom

Javid's shock resignation from the Treasury comes just a month before the Budget, which had been expected to feature a host of green tax and spending announcements

  • Politics
  • 13 February 2020
'Carbon tested' Budget: Treasury mulls incentives for green home upgrades and electric cars
'Carbon tested' Budget: Treasury mulls incentives for green home upgrades and electric cars

The Times reports Treasury is considering new energy efficiency funding programme, including potential incentives for households that undertake green upgrades

  • Politics
  • 10 February 2020
Fears rise among green businesses as Sajid Javid signals Brexit split from EU rules
Fears rise among green businesses as Sajid Javid signals Brexit split from EU rules

Business and environmental groups again warn that move away from EU standards could harm UK environment and green industry progress

  • Policy
  • 20 January 2020
Government to review Air Passenger Duty as part of Flybe rescue plan
Government to review Air Passenger Duty as part of Flybe rescue plan

Treasury promises review of Air Passenger Duty will keep in mind the UK's net zero emission climate change commitments

  • Aviation
  • 15 January 2020
Flybe rescue? Climate fears mount over mooted cut in air passenger duty
Flybe rescue? Climate fears mount over mooted cut in air passenger duty

Green groups warn any move to reduce the cost of air passenger duty would be 'unacceptable and completely reckless'

  • Taxation
  • 14 January 2020
Government to inject £71m into green redevelopment of former Redcar steelworks
Government to inject £71m into green redevelopment of former Redcar steelworks

Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom promises to do 'everything possible to tackle global climate change' as she hails opportunities of green aviation and industry

  • Policy
  • 13 January 2020
'Faster, and further': CBI calls for 'decade of climate action'
'Faster, and further': CBI calls for 'decade of climate action'

As government formally launches review of the cost of meeting UK's net zero target, employers' body steps up call for bolder decarbonisation strategy

  • Politics
  • 04 November 2019
Climate change watchdog to publish fresh net zero advice ahead of COP26
Climate change watchdog to publish fresh net zero advice ahead of COP26

Advice for the sixth carbon budget - which will be the first to follow net zero pathway - scheduled for September 2020

  • Politics
  • 17 October 2019
Buses and broadband: Chancellor's green infrastructure push set to be overshadowed by road-building blitz
Buses and broadband: Chancellor's green infrastructure push set to be overshadowed by road-building blitz

Sajid Javid is set to build on flurry of net zero announcements, but critics argue government's new policies do not go far enough

  • Politics
  • 30 September 2019
Government spending plans: The key green takeaways
Government spending plans: The key green takeaways

Chancellor Sajid Javid announces extra funding for Defra and £30m net zero money for BEIS, among a number of green spending plans

  • Policy
  • 04 September 2019
Spending Round: Green economy reacts
Spending Round: Green economy reacts

All the reaction from across the green economy on the government's public spending plans

  • Politics
  • 04 September 2019
'We have scraped and scoured our environment to the bone'
'We have scraped and scoured our environment to the bone'

Exchequer Secretary Simon Clarke's speech on the new 'Economics of Biodiversity' report - in full

  • Biodiversity
  • 15 August 2019
Treasury kicks off review into 'economics of biodiversity'
Treasury kicks off review into 'economics of biodiversity'

Secretary to the Treasury Simon Clark eyes plans to build a 'sustainable economy in harmony with nature'

  • Biodiversity
  • 15 August 2019
'Pretty furious': Green business leaders frustrated at Spending Review delay
'Pretty furious': Green business leaders frustrated at Spending Review delay

Hopes for a net zero-focused Spending Review that boosts the green economy are receding, as business groups warn 'every day that goes by without clarity means more misguided investments and unseized opportunities'

  • Politics
  • 09 August 2019
Green Tories Zac Goldsmith and Simon Clarke join ministerial line-up
Green Tories Zac Goldsmith and Simon Clarke join ministerial line-up

Clarke will serve as Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury and Goldsmith will work across Defra and DFID as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

  • Politics
  • 29 July 2019
Cabinet Reshuffle: Green Ministerial teams take shape
Cabinet Reshuffle: Green Ministerial teams take shape

George Eustice returns to Defra alongside Therese Coffey, as allies of Boris Johnson are rewarded with key posts at Transport and Housing

  • Politics
  • 26 July 2019
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