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Boris Johnson: 'We owe it to future generations to build back better'
Prime Minister gives strongest commitment yet to green recovery as he calls for 'fairer, greener and more resilient' global economy
ExxonMobil holds out against growing shareholder rebellion over 'insufficient' climate action
Around a third of investors, including the world's largest asset manager, vote for changes to oil giant's governance to help drive bolder climate action
University of Manchester to decarbonise its investment portfolio
University claims its plan, which promises to end all investments in fossil fuel companies by 2022 and fully decarbonise its investments by 2038, goes 'further than other fossil fuel divestment programmes'
Study: Electric vehicle drivers facing charging 'postcode lottery'
New analysis of Zap-Map data shows how in some regions there are more than 1,000 EVs for every on-street charger
'Ready to go': Britain's gas networks seek approval for £900m net zero infrastructure plan
Energy Networks Association plan touts major push to harness hydrogen and biomethane to heat homes and businesses
Could Cycle Superhighways boost house prices?
New analysis suggests houses near London's Cycle Superhighways enjoy valuations that are 80 per cent higher than average
'A duty to prepare': National Infrastructure Commission warns UK must bolster resilience efforts
Wide-ranging report warns UK's 'robust historic resilience' under threat from climate change and growing risk of unanticipated shocks
'Investing in our future': EU touts green infrastructure blitz at heart of €1.85tr recovery plan
European Commission unveils sweeping economic recovery strategy in support of Green Deal ambition
Research: 'Substantial quantities' of microplastics from tyres contaminating rivers and oceans
University of Plymouth-led study notes that microplastics shed from vehicle tyres are putting millions of square metres of UK waters at risk of contamination.
COP26 Glasgow Climate Summit poised for full year delay
UN widely expected to approve UK government request for crucial Summit to be rescheduled for November 2021
New guidance to help investors tackle physical climate risks
Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change offers members detailed advice on how to integrate climate risks and opportunities into investment processes
'Deeply troubling': Covid-19 to spur record drop in global energy investment
IEA expects global energy investment to plummet by $400bn this year with major implications for renewables, energy efficiency and net zero
Virtual power plant: £31m project in West Sussex poised to begin once lockdown eases
Government-backed project aims to demonstrate how power, transport and heating technologies can be combined to shrink CO2 emissions and electricity bills
EDF finally submits plans for 3.2GW Sizewell C nuclear plant in Suffolk
Move follows several months delay in lodging consent application for the 'near replica' of Hinkley Point C on East coast of England
Food waste startup Apeel Sciences snags $250m backing
Investors in US firm - which produces thin, edible coating for food products to extend their shelf life - include celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey and Katy Perry
NextEnergy Capital secures £100m financing for two subsidy-free UK solar farms
Investor planning to build 75MW solar farm in South Wales and another 50MW project in Worcestershire, as industry awaits imminent final decision on 350MW Cleve Hill solar project
Europe enjoys record €60bn EV investment surge ahead of stricter car CO2 rules
Europe overtook China for government and industry investment in electric cars and batteries last year, analysis suggests
'Progress can be both quiet and spectacular': Britain's power grid emissions hit record lows
Electricity grid smashed several records over the bank holiday weekend, with low demand and high renewables output cutting both CO2 and flexible tariff prices
Global healthcare groups join calls for green, healthy Covid-19 recovery
Call comes in letter signed by more than 40 million healthcare professionals backed by World Health Organisation and other influential groups
High Court rejects legal challenge against major Drax gas power project
ClientEarth and Planning Inspectorate had both argued the power station could undermine the UK's climate change targets
ECIU: Leaky homes and extended lockdown could exacerbate households' Covid-19 financial struggles
A new analysis by the ECIU notes that extended lockdown into the winter months could exacerbate fuel poverty in the UK and calls on the government to implement vast energy efficiency programmes for homes that will lower heating bills while reducing carbon,...
Clean Growth Fund: Government launches £40m green start-up funding push
Business Secretary Alok Sharma says new public-private venture fund will help clean tech start-ups 'drive a green and resilient economic recovery'
Iceland to give unsold food to staff as it cuts food waste by almost a quarter
Food retailer's tastes success with efforts to redistribute surplus food to charities, community groups, businesses and its own staff
WWF and RSPB: British consumption relies on overseas land area almost the size of the UK annually
RSBP and WWF urge government to capitalise on post-Brexit trade deals as well as the Agriculture and Environment Bills to cut deforestation from the UK’s supply chains.
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