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Veolia unveils 'cupcycling' scheme to turn coffee cups into shopping bags
Waste giant teams up with papermaker James Cropper to transform disposable coffee cups into Selfridges' iconic yellow shopping bags
Support domestic development of CCS, UK government urged
Scottish Carbon Capture & Storage (SCCS) research group pens open letter to climate change minister Claire Perry ahead of forthcoming Clean Growth Plan
Investors: Food firms must embrace smarter water practices
Major report by investor-backed group Ceres reveals corporate water management is improving, but huge risks remain unaddressed
Volkswagen Group to offer electric versions of all its models by 2030
German carmaker seeks to leave emissions scandal behind as it revs up plans for all-electric future across its fleet
BT dials up ambitious 1.5C aligned emissions target
Telco giant sets goal to cut carbon emissions 87 per cent by 2030, after hitting 2020 target four years early
Two-thirds of investors plan to funnel more cash into climate action
But survey commissioned by HSBC suggests investors are becoming increasingly frustrated over 'highly inadequate' information from companies on climate risk
SmartestEnergy launches 'trigger-based' PPA to boost green energy earnings
Being smarter about when to sell power can help clean energy generators offset falling revenues, energy supplier claims
Reports: BT to phase out pure fossil fuel vehicles from its fleet
Telecommunications giant looks to move majority of its 30,000-strong fleet to electric of hybrid vehicles by 2030
Gateshead's £30m integrated clean energy research facility takes shape
InTEGReL - the Integrated Transport Electricity Gas Research Laboratory - unveiled with view to helping UK develop a fully integrated, zero carbon energy network
Reports: China mulls fossil fuel car ban, as India revs up electric bus plan
China, the world's biggest car market, could be set to join France and the UK in setting end date for petrol and diesel vehicles
Offshore wind cheaper than nuclear as auction smashes expectations
Strike price hits £57.50 per MWh for some offshore wind projects - a staggering drop that makes offshore wind competitive with new gas power plants
Report: Flood management deals could earn farmers £15k a year
Setting up a private market in water management could see farmers earn money from businesses in areas susceptible to flooding, analysis by Green Alliance and the National Trust finds
Climate Finance Accelerator launches in bid to support Paris Agreement action plans
Inaugural London-based workshop to help developing countries attract the finance they need to deliver national climate action plans
Pension scheme NEST withdraws investment from low carbon laggards
National workplace pension scheme reveals it pumped £27m in to green economy in 2017, as it calls for firms to embrace higher environmental governance standards
DONG Energy urges government to confirm future for renewables scheme
'If it ain't broke, don't fix it' pleads Dong Energy UK managing director Matthew Wright, backing continuation of Contracts for Difference scheme ahead of Monday auction results
Uber announces £150m fund to help drivers switch to cleaner cars
All standard uberX journeys will be in EVs or hybrid vehicles by 2020, as firm announces air quality push to phase out diesel engines
Impossible Foods cooks up first large-scale 'green' burger production plant
Maker of cult veggie burger that 'bleeds' opens new California production plant, dramatically scaling up production ability
Chain reaction? NuScale seeks to reignite UK small nuclear reactor plans
Developer sets out five-point UK Small Modular Reactor Action Plan, amid fears over delays to government competition
British companies snare almost half UK's offshore wind investment
New data from RenewableUK reveals 48 per cent of spending on planning, building, and running offshore wind projects goes to UK companies
DS Smith shrink-wraps CO2 emissions, boosts sourcing standards
Packaging giant cuts relative emissions by 6.7 per cent in 2016/7 and now sources 85 per cent of packaging fibre from FSC-certified sites
Green Investment Group makes first investment under Macquarie control, backs energy-from-waste plant
Green Investment Group commits £38m to Wheelabrator Technologies as part of £207m loan for new energy-from-waste plant in West Yorkshire
Government sinks cash into £6m green shipping research programme
Cash will fund trials of energy saving devices such as state-of-the-art propellers, on-board heat recovery systems and 'sails' to power ships with wind
Government launches major driverless car hub
Launched today by Climate Change Minister Claire Perry, 'MERIDIAN' will be a flagship cluster of driverless car technology testing sites in the Midlands
Survey: Most billpayers willing to spend more for clean energy
Poll of more than 2,000 adults by comparethemarket.com finds significant consumer appetite for clean energy tariffs
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