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Jessica Shankleman

Jessica Shankleman

Deputy Editor

Jessica Shankleman joined the company as a reporter in 2010 and left December 2015. 

She regularly took responsibility for BusinessGreen's leading news and analysis as well as managing the site's content hubs.

Jessica is a leading commentator in the low carbon sector, writing for the Guardian as well as appearing on BBC World News, Radio 4 and Al Jazeera to discuss business and environment issues.

She produces a wide range of news and analysis for BusinessGreen, focusing on issues including project finance, energy, technology and supply chain management. She also contributes to much of BusinessGreen's multimedia and data visualisation content.

Jessica is an award-winning journalist who prior to joining BusinessGreen worked for renewable energy industry magazine reNews.

She qualified from Cardiff University in 2009 with a postgraduate diploma in newspaper journalism. While there, she won an NCTJ Top Scoop Award for Excellence in Journalism for an exclusive story on the discovery of an unencrypted memory stick containing confidential child protection information.

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Articles by Jessica Shankleman

Energy

SSE's half-year profits soar thanks to wind and rain

Utility saw renewables output increase by 1.1TWh in first half of the year

clock 11 November 2015 •

Risk

Peabody strikes deal with Attorney General over climate risk filings

Coal mining company denies wrongdoing after eight-year investigation, but agrees to amend future statements

clock 11 November 2015 •

Energy

The coal industry is in crisis - and eight other things we've learnt from IEA's World Energy Outlook

Booming demand for renewables and a slump in new coal plants will help drive the world to a low carbon future, predicts the IEA

clock 10 November 2015 •

Policy

Saudi Arabia delivers belated climate action plan ahead of Paris Summit

World's largest crude oil exporter says it will diversify economy to cut greenhouse gases by 130 million tonnes

clock 10 November 2015 •

Energy

IEA: Renewables to overtake coal as world's largest power source

International Energy Agency report predicts major slowdown in coal and low oil prices to remain for 35 years

clock 10 November 2015 •

Policy

David Cameron: Investing in renewables isn't a 'costless exercise'

Prime Minister defends deep cuts to renewable energy support, warning subsidies are pushing up bills for other businesses

clock 09 November 2015 •

Science

Met Office: Global warming poised to pass 1C threshold

Met Office figures show 2015 will be one degree higher than pre-industrial temperatures because of greenhouse gases and El Nino

clock 09 November 2015 •

Policy

Corporates urged to become carbon pricing 'champions' as Paris climate talks face crunch week

With three weeks to go before COP21, ministers gather in Paris to thrash out differences over global climate deal

clock 09 November 2015 •

Climate change

Global greenhouse gas concentrations hit worrying new high

World Meteorological Organisation says average CO2 levels are likely to reach 400ppm next year

clock 09 November 2015 • 3 min read

Investment

Investors seek to snap up Green Deal Finance Company assets

EXCLUSIVE: GDFC seriously considering proposals to sell pay-as-you-save technology and £50m loan book

clock 09 November 2015 •
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