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Madeleine Cuff

Madeleine Cuff

Madeleine Cuff was a journalist at BusinessGreen until January 2020.

Prior to joining BusinessGreen in June 2015, Madeleine spent three years as an assistant editor at innovation consultancy Stylus. She has a Masters in journalism from City University London and a first class honours degree in English Literature from Durham University.

In September 2018 she was named 'Business Sustainability Journalist 2018', at the Press Gazette Specialist Media Awards. 

 

Articles by Madeleine Cuff

Supply chain

Palm oil bar codes launched to help consumers spot unsustainable supply chain

Social enterprise Giki has created a 'palm oil detector' to help shoppers identify products made with sustainable palm oil

clock 26 November 2018 • 2 min read

Automotive

MPs rev up plan to tackle EV charging confusion

Private Members Bill aims to apply one standard payment method to all EV chargers

clock 26 November 2018 • 2 min read

CCS

Drax flicks switch on Europe's first Bioenergy Carbon Capture and Storage pilot

Pilot plant expected to capture a tonne of CO2 a day from biomass operations

clock 26 November 2018 • 2 min read

Energy

High Court quashes Sajid Javid's rejection of Druridge Bay coal mine

Bank's Mining wins appeal against former Housing and Communities Secretary's rejection of new open cast coal mine on climate grounds

clock 23 November 2018 • 2 min read

Politics

Polish government split over coal ahead of UN climate summit

The energy minister has published a statement in defence of coal, which was swiftly disavowed by the presidency of the upcoming COP24 climate negotiations

clock 23 November 2018 • 3 min read

Legislation

Give up on the 2020 target for smart meters, NAO tells government

Damning report suggests government's flagship smart energy programme will run over time and over budget

clock 23 November 2018 • 4 min read

Wind

Why not deliver low cost, low carbon energy for consumers?

ScottishPower Renewables CEO Lindsay McQuade makes the case for a green energy policy re-think

clock 23 November 2018 • 4 min read

Efficiency

'Waste to wealth': Nestle, Burger King, and Sainsbury's among big brands promising to revolutionise waste management

Host of firms commit to fresh resource efficiency pledge at Prince of Wales summit

clock 22 November 2018 • 2 min read

Politics

Degrowth is the radical post-Brexit future the UK needs

Brexit is a looming crisis, but the ensuing chaos is an opportunity to create a radical alternative vision for the UK. Degrowth is the future we need, argues Joe Herbert from Newcastle University

clock 22 November 2018 • 5 min read

Infrastructure

Committee on Climate Change: The UK needs a plan for hydrogen

Government must lay the groundwork now for decarbonising heat in the coming decades, say expert advisors

clock 22 November 2018 • 7 min read