News Analysis

In April 2019, the US renewables sector generated more electricity than the country's coal power plants for the first time, according to analysis by the Institute for Energy Economics.

Draft Environment Bill sets out worse environmental and climate change safeguards for UK than current EU policy, EFRA committee warns

Ed Miliband and Caroline Lucas back new Environmental Justice Commission, as pressure on government to embrace net zero emission target intensifies

Shock survey of leading fund managers responsible for $10.2tr of assets reveal large majority want oil majors to adopt Paris Agreement-compliant strategies

BusinessGreen brings you this week's green business headlines from around the world

BEIS Committee slams government's 'turbulent' policy support for carbon capture, storage and utilisation (CCUS) technologies

Think tank calls for mass woodland planting drive, a ban on peatland burning, and a focus on low carbon farming methods in new report - but is the government listening?

If UK is to secure enough low-cost power capacity to meet climate targets, new onshore wind turbines must replace old ones, RenewableUK argues

Claire Perry defends government's decision to champion decarbonisation progress to date and confirms new Green Great Britain Week

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