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The UK government has today teamed up with industry to jointly back a raft of zero carbon flight technologies such as hydrogen-powered planes and flying taxis with £113m of new funding, in bid to help unlock "guilt-free flying" and support green…
A £32m cash injection to upgrade old and inefficient heat networks across England and Wales has been announced by the government today, in a move expected to help thousands of homes benefit from cheaper, lower carbon, and more efficient energy. The…
With airplanes producing a large amount of climate-warming emissions, a growing number of travelers are signing pledges to keep their journeys on the ground.These days, the skies don’t seem so inviting: Airfares are climbing. Passengers are fighting. Computer systems, and entire…
Zero-emission ferries, cruise liners, and cargo ships could set sail in UK waters this decade following a £77m government investment in emerging clean maritime technologies. The Department for Transport today announced it has launched a new funding programme to help decarbonise…
ATOP MAUNA KEA, Hawaii — Two and a half miles above the Pacific, with the combined exhalations of a vast swath of humankind and its cars and factories blowing toward him, Aidan Colton looked out over the volcano’s snow-streaked summit and…
The Electric Vehicle (EV) market continues to provide one of the few bright spots in the UK's otherwise bleak economic outlook, but booming demand is further exacerbating fears that the government's chargepoint...
Fossil fuel companies raking in huge profits without credible net zero plans in place "should not be in business", according to UN Secretary General António Guterres, who today again called on businesses and investors worldwide to come forward with credible transition…
More businesses than ever before are working to source 100 per cent renewable power, with global corporate demand for clean electricity now equivalent to the UK's entire annual power use. That is the...
Aviva Investors has called on companies in its portfolio to publish "robust and viable" climate transition plans in 2023, as the asset manager today set out accelerating the low carbon transition, reversing nature loss, and tackling the cost of living crisis…
An Australian battery manufacturing start-up owned by a US investor group looks set to buy collapsed British company Britishvolt and revive plans to build the UK's first 'gigafactory' in Northumberland. EY, the accounting firm that has been administrating the sale of…
There were a record number of global participants in 'Veganuary' this year, with 706,965 people from nearly every country in the world signing up to the plant-based campaign. The high profile campaign, which this year enjoyed its 10th anniversary, today published…
Perhaps the 19th century eco-polymath John Muir said it best: "When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe." During the recent droughts in the UK...
Companies planning to produce hydrogen from fossil gas in the UK will have to prove their plants capture at least 95 per cent of the carbon generated in the process for storage or reuse, according to government guidance published late last…
The full extent of the de facto ban on new onshore wind farms in England has been underscored today, with the publication of a new study from trade body RenewableUK that reveals just two small onshore wind turbines came online in…
Local authorities across England are being invited to apply for a share of £200m of funding to improve walking and cycling infrastructure, with the government touting the move as an opportunity to slash emissions and air pollution while boosting health, local…
The navy said it had begun an operation to send the aircraft carrier São Paulo to the bottom.RIO DE JANEIRO — The Brazilian Navy said on Friday evening it had begun an operation to sink the decommissioned aircraft carrier São Paulo,…
Indian government confirms $4.3bn clean energy investment plan The Indian government has this week announced plans to accelerate its clean energy roll out, unveiling $4.3bn of investment in clean technologies...
We live in times of volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (also known as the management term VUCA) with unstable economies, transforming societies and a fast-changing climate. This global...
Surging demand for energy efficient and climate neutral technologies proved a major driver of revenue growth for European tech giant Bosch last year, according to the company's latest financial results. The private firm, which has reported a 12 per cent jump…
Stanford University has long been famous for its top-notch education and research, an ever-sunny stunning campus and excellent athletic facilities. And if things go according to its dining team's decarbonisation plans, Stanford may also become famous for its "naughty nuts". This…
Five trade associations from across the energy industry have today become the latest voices to warn the Chancellor that the UK risks squandering its leadership in the global clean energy transition, unless measures are introduced in the Spring Budget to catalyse…
Football clubs and sports broadcasters will this weekend team up to raise awareness of ways their fans can reduce their climate impact. The Green Football Weekend is a national campaign running until Sunday that has been backed by more than 80…
Unilever, BASF, and Tata Steel are among a consortium of companies that have announced plans to collaborate on projects to explore how industrial waste gases could be converted into sustainable materials for use in consumer products. Dubbed Flue2Chem, the new initiative…
The cost-of-living crisis has prompted homeowners to hit the brakes on planned sustainable improvements to their properties, despite the fact such upgrades could help them save money on their energy bills. That is the conclusion of new research from NatWest and…
More electric vehicles (EVs) are set to feature on our screens following a new partnership between Netflix and General Motors (GM), which will see the streaming giant feature more zero emission cars and trucks in many of its shows and films.…
Catering giant Compass Group UK & I has announced that it has achieved a 36 per cent absolute reduction in emissions from animal proteins over the past 18 months, equating to an estimated reduction of 83,388 tonnes of CO2 equivalent. The…
2023 has already been a busy year for nature. The past few weeks have seen the publication of the Office for Environmental Protection's second monitoring report, release of more details about the Enviornmental...
As the cost of energy has soared over the past two years, growing numbers of businesses, homeowners, landlords, and property developers have been forced to take a deeper look at where they can make changes...
Every year, hundreds of millions of birds die in the United States from flying into glass. New research shows how to prevent some of those deaths.A thump on the window, if you’re around to hear it. A dead songbird below. Many…
The old aircraft carrier, once the navy’s flagship, is packed with asbestos. No country, including Brazil, will let it dock to be dismantled.RIO DE JANEIRO — A decommissioned aircraft carrier, packed with an undetermined amount of asbestos, is being towed in…
The Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC) has today announced £6m of funding has been awarded to 20 UK-based research projects that are working on solutions that could help decarbonise the UK's industrial hubs. IDRIC, which forms part of the…
The investment arm of Coca-Cola bottler Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) has announced it is funding two new carbon capture research projects to explore how captured carbon dioxide could be turned into useful products for its Coca-Cola supply chain. CCEP Ventures (CCEPV)…
Shell has posted the biggest annual profits in the oil and gas giant's 115-year history, this morning revealing it made almost $40bn last year after global oil and gas prices soared following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The record profits - which…
Aviva has announced it is providing $38m to the Wildlife Trusts in support of a major programme of restoration of Britain's lost temperate rainforests which is designed to simultaneously tackle the climate and nature crises. Temperate rainforests once stretched across much…
Supermarket giant Aldi has announced it is to extend its partnership with food waste app Too Good To Go to cover all its 990 UK stores, in a move that should make it easier to stop thousands of tonnes of surplus…
Volvo Trucks has announced it is launching a new high-powered truck which will be capable of undertaking long journeys on liquified biogas (bio-LNG), a renewable fuel which the company says can reduce its CO2 emissions by up to 100 per cent.…
The number of ESG investment funds securing Article 8 classification under European sustainable finance disclosure regulations has more than doubled in the past year, despite concerns over a lack of robust environmental reporting, new research has found. In its annual environmental…
The government has today been urged to introduce 'core environmental standards' that would apply to all UK food imports and underpin all post-Brexit trading agreements. The proposals, put together in a new paper from WWF and the Institute of Development Studies…
NatWest has today launched a trial of "reverse vending machines" designed to swallow unused plastic cards in a secure way so that they can be safely recycled. The machines have been introduced to target what the bank estimates are 65 million…
"The most ambitious environmental programme of any country on earth." This was the pledge made in the 2019 Conservative Manifesto and it was the promise this government were elected to deliver. It is...
The UK government's top-down approach to net zero policy is holding back locally-elected mayors from accelerating crucial steps to decarbonise regional economies, such as retrofitting homes, promoting...
The administration issued an analysis that indicates a scaled-back version of the Willow project could go forward. Opponents call the drilling plan a “carbon bomb.”WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Wednesday took a crucial step toward approving a $8 billion ConocoPhillips…
The UK Green Business Awards has today launched an exclusive set of top tips for entries to this year's inaugural awards. The comprehensive guide is designed to help entrants to the awards showcase their achievements and provide our expert judging panel…
The government has today confirmed funding for plans to deliver the 'world's first' full-sized, self-driving bus service on a route in Edinburgh, as part of a new £81m programme of investments in autonomous driving projects. The Department for Transport announced the…
The European Union has officially set out its emergency plan of action to boost the continent's global competitiveness in clean technologies, today touting a flurry of new measures to boost green industrial investment, skills, and critical raw material supply chains in…
As the government's review of how to reform to the power market rumbles on, fresh analysis from Carbon Tracker has today highlighted how current approach to electricity pricing is costing UK energy consumers...
As required under the Environment Act, the government yesterday unveiled its overarching plan for how it intends to deliver on its 13 legally binding nature targets and honour its long-held ambition to...
Government ambitions to boost food production while simultaneously reserving more areas for nature protection and fighting climate change risk "overpromising" finite UK land, unless efforts are made to tackle disjointed policymaking, the Royal Society has today warned. Competing demand for UK…
A UK-based bio-tech start up specialising in cell-based tissue engineering has cooked up what it claims is the first-ever steak fillet to be made of 100 per cent cultivated meat. Made from pork cells, the cut measured nine centimetres in width,…
Economic and military uncertainty clouds the outlook for Exxon, Chevron and other energy companies, whose bonanza from high prices is already fading.Exxon Mobil made $56 billion in profit last year, its largest annual haul ever. Chevron earned $36 billion, also a…