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The good kind of methane
Could biogas yet play a much bigger role in energy system decarbonisation than expected - a new IEA report highlights how the potential is there to replace a lot of fossil gas
03 June 2025
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4 min read
Ecotricity's Paul Bowtell: 'The planet's survival should not be a political football'
Ecotricity's senior sustainability manager reflects on studying 'chemical engineering with a conscience' and how businesses and the public are 'flatly rejecting' claims climate action is too expensive
03 June 2025
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4 min read
Anya Doherty: 'You simply can't assume that others prioritise sustainability the way you do'
Foodsteps' founder and CEO explains why all industries need to go 'further and faster', and how people haven't grasped the pace at which nature is declining
03 June 2025
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7 min read
Study: Plastic bottle beach litter 'significantly' lower in nations with deposit return schemes
03 June 2025
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3 min read
Water Commission calls for major overhaul of a system that is 'not working for anyone'
03 June 2025
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8 min read
Reports: Sizewell C nuclear plant expected to get final go-ahead during UK-France summit
03 June 2025
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4 min read
Bank of England insists climate risk still 'part of our remits', despite claims of neglect
03 June 2025
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3 min read
AI supply chain start-up Treefera plots expansion after $30m funding boost
03 June 2025
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3 min read
Schroders calculates nature-related risks facing its £779bn portfolio
03 June 2025
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3 min read
'Economically illiterate': How Nigel Farage's net zero maths fail to add up – and could cost the UK £92bn
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
02 June 2025
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7 min read
How global biogas production potential already equates to a quarter of fossil gas demand
International Energy Agency highlights growing demand for biogas and biomethane derived from waste sources and crops in response to heightened energy security concerns
02 June 2025
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6 min read
How corporates are helping to drive the global clean power boom
Research from the RE100 initiative shows firms setting their sights on 100 per cent renewable electricity are playing an increasingly important role in accelerating the shift towards clean power
30 May 2025
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8 min read
Global Briefing: Major emitters can be held liable for climate risks, German court rules
Ruling makes legal history by confirming major emitters can be held liable for their share of emissions, while China ramps up overseas renewables investment and EU ratifies High Seas Treaty
30 May 2025
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9 min read
Will Labour honour its £13.2bn Warm Homes Plan manifesto pledge?
Campaigners warn any move to cut back energy efficiency plans would undermine any gains made by reversing Winter Fuel Payment cuts
27 May 2025
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6 min read
'There is still no plan': Does the UK risk repeating past 'just transition' failures in the North Sea?
Scotland's Just Transition Commission calls for urgent action from policymakers and North Sea industries to ensure a smooth and fair transition for oil and gas workers as the switch to net zero technologies accelerates
23 May 2025
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7 min read
The good kind of methane
Could biogas yet play a much bigger role in energy system decarbonisation than expected - a new IEA report highlights how the potential is there to replace a lot of fossil gas
03 June 2025
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4 min read
Methane madness
'Stubbornly high' levels of methane emissions remain a glaring market and policy failure - governments must act
08 May 2025
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5 min read
Starmer says he is serious about clean energy - businesses should believe him
The government's net zero strategy is accelerating, regardless of what anonymous sources keep suggesting to the contrary
25 April 2025
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7 min read
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