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'Climate election': Polling and policy announcements reflect urgency of environmental action
As Greens, Lib Dems, and Plaid launch Remain Alliance and Labour unveils green spending plans, new poll shows majority support for 2030 Net Zero target
'Climate strike' named word of the year
Lexicographers have detected an uptick in words linked to environmental issues
Poo and power: Electrification and manure offer competing paths to decarbonise HGVs
Tevva and CNG Fuels announce new plans to deliver greener trucks
Rolls Royce: Mini nuclear reactor vision backed by government and industry
UK Research and Innovation has confirmed an initial investment of £18m in a programme to design a compact nuclear power station
Biogas to transport fuel plant gets the green light
Major £150m investment aims generate sufficient fuel to power 1,000 low-carbon HGVs and buses every year
Net Zero: Next government urged to 'get serious' on onshore wind
Trade body argues next government must offer new policy support to help scale up onshore wind power capacity in line with UK net zero climate targets
Heineken switches plastic rings for compostable cardboard
£22m investment in multipack packaging will see the firm replace 517 tonnes of plastic annually by the end of 2021, saving the equivalent of 94 million plastic bags
UK's first ban on diesel vehicles approved in Bristol
The scheme, which requires new government legislation, would take effect from 2021 and aims to achieve compliance with legal pollutant levels by 2025
Shell dives into floating wind sector with EOLFI deal
Oil and gas giant snaps up French developer of floating foundations for offshore wind turbines
Election 2019: Greens promise £100bn climate spending blitz
Party aims to build on its strong showing at recent elections, with plan to invest £100bn a year in driving the net zero transition
Money trees: Government unveils £50m market-based tree-planting scheme
Woodland Carbon Guarantee to provide farmers and landowners with long-term contracts to fund CO2-sequestering tree planting
ONS: UK greenhouse gas intensity down two-thirds since 1990, but progress stalled last year
Latest preliminary stats show UK emissions intensity flat-lined during 2018
Moody's: Carbon transition threatening half of car manufacturers
A gap is widening in automakers' ability to deal with the low carbon transition, warns ratings agency.
UK provides finance support to Taiwan offshore wind farm
Export credit agency is to provide £230m project finance guarantee to support UK businesses supplying a large-scale wind farm off the coast of Taiwan
Nova Innovation: Crowdfund push aims to fast-track tidal energy project
Tidal energy company is seeking to raise £500,000 to drive technology development and growth across Europe and North America
FUCHS vows to go 'carbon neutral' by 2020
Global industrial lubricants company confirms it intends secure full carbon neutral status by the beginning of next year
City hall: London zero carbon building rules are delivering carbon cuts
EXCLUSIVE: Green building targets for the capital are driving developers to invest in low carbon homes and technologies, City Hall figures indicate
Calls for climate debate backed by Labour, Lib Dems, SNP, and Greens
Pressure growing on Conservatives to engage with calls for a dedicated leaders' debate on climate change
EVs and hybrids accelerate past record market share
Demand for alternatively-fuelled vehicles soared again in October, as registrations for diesel cars plummeted
Schuh urges customers to 'sell their soles'
High street store has launched shoe recycling initiative in all 130 of its stores in the UK and Ireland.
World leaders hit back as Trump formally starts Paris Agreement withdrawal
BASIC countries defend multilateral climate action, as Macron and Xi pledge to ramp up decarbonisation plans
WRAP: Shelf-life tweaks helping to tackle food waste mountain
WRAP's latest retail survey provides up-to-date guidance for retailers on shelf-life messaging, including best before dates and open-life statements
Roadmap charts course to create world's first net-zero industrial cluster in the Humber
Development of Carbon Capture and Storage technology alongside a hydrogen production facility could enable the region to spearhead the decarbonisation of UK industry, report says
UK's first deep coalmine in decades secures green light
Work now set to start early next year on Woodhouse Colliery, which plans to extract coking coal from under the sea off the coast of Cumbria
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