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Spring Budget: Chancellor promises action on carbon capture and nuclear in 'clean energy reset'

Politics

Spring Budget: Chancellor promises action on carbon capture and nuclear in 'clean energy reset'

Jeremy Hunt confirms plans to provide £20bn of support for carbon capture projects and deliver small modular reactor funding competition, but Budget address offers little to wider green economy

clock 15 March 2023 • 7 min read
Ministers urged to reverse 'backward' plans to slash active travel budget

Transport

Ministers urged to reverse 'backward' plans to slash active travel budget

British Medical Association among dozens of groups calling for government to reverse plans to slash budget for walking and cycling infrastructure

clock 15 March 2023 • 3 min read
Volkswagen to turbocharge global EV push with €120bn investment

Automotive

Volkswagen to turbocharge global EV push with €120bn investment

German car giant ramps up electrification plans after reporting jump in EV sales worldwide of more than a quarter last year

clock 15 March 2023 • 3 min read
E.ON plots European electricity infrastructure investment spree

Energy

E.ON plots European electricity infrastructure investment spree

CEO of energy generation and supply business eyes 'big growth potential' as energy transition gathers pace

clock 15 March 2023 • 2 min read
Budweiser to power Lancashire's largest brewery with green hydrogen

Infrastructure

Budweiser to power Lancashire's largest brewery with green hydrogen

Green hydrogen firm and drinks giant team up to deliver net zero brewery scheme designed to save 11,000 tonnes of CO2 a year

clock 15 March 2023 • 2 min read
Research: Renewables and nuclear help Britain avoid £15bn in winter energy costs

Energy

Research: Renewables and nuclear help Britain avoid £15bn in winter energy costs

RenewableUK estimates low carbon power sources helped slash demand for costly fossil gas imports over winter period

clock 15 March 2023 • 4 min read
'Move faster and bolder': Report reveals less than half of firms disclosing supply chain emissions

Supply chain

'Move faster and bolder': Report reveals less than half of firms disclosing supply chain emissions

CDP warns many major corporates are still failing to engage suppliers to tackle nature and climate-related risks

clock 15 March 2023 • 4 min read
Primark rolls out repair workshops and durability standards

Recycling

Primark rolls out repair workshops and durability standards

Retailer unveils expanded clothing repair workshop scheme and backs creation of industry-wide durability standards

clock 15 March 2023 • 3 min read
Spring Budget: Chancellor touts plans to make UK a 'science and tech superpower'

Policy

Spring Budget: Chancellor touts plans to make UK a 'science and tech superpower'

Jeremy Hunt to use Budget address to ramp up clean energy investment and push back against 'narrative of decline', but campaigners fear government is failing to do enough to lift barriers to green investment

clock 14 March 2023 • 5 min read
Active travel is a major economic opportunity - so why is the government sitting down on the job?

Transport

Active travel is a major economic opportunity - so why is the government sitting down on the job?

MPs, mayors, and NGOs have slammed plans to slash cycling and walking budgets from £480m to £100m as 'disproportionate' and 'nonsensical'

clock 14 March 2023 • 4 min read