News Analysis

Plus the White House seeks to rollback EV and power plant emissions rules, New Zealand's net zero plan faces a legal challenge, and new investment in fusion energy and electric aircraft

Business leaders, campaigners, and climate experts react to Spending Review that reiterated government support for the net zero transition

Corporate Knights delivers inaugural ranking of the 50 companies in Europe achieving the strongest performance against environmental, social, and governance indicators

Biomass could provide up to 5.5GW of low carbon power to help manage weather-dependent renewables, a new REA report calculates, but concerns remain over sustainable feedstocks

DOE withdraws clean tech funding, as Meta inks 20-year nuclear deal and German asset manager divests from Exxon over emissions disclosures

BusinessGreen Editor’s Briefing: June 2025

Aurora Energy Research stresses need for coordinated approach between data centres, networks, and generators to manage surge in data centre power demand and avoid a rise in emissions

Green economy calls on government to double down on promised Warm Homes Plan funding and take fresh steps to drive domestic heat pump and solar panel adoption

Major new report from WRI examines the hidden benefits that can be unlocked through investment in climate adaptation

Reform has promised to save £45bn a year for tax cuts by 'scrapping' net zero, but the government spends nowhere near that much on decarbonisation