Climate and Energy
September 27, 2023
 

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‘Fracturing of political consensus on climate action’: Tory divisions exposed over net zero shift
‘Fracturing of political consensus on climate action’: Tory divisions exposed over net zero shift

21 Sep 2023

Conservative MP and former COP26 president Sir Alok Sharma has said he is concerned about the 'fracturing' the 'UK political consensus on climate action', in the wake of the prime minister's row back on net zero commitments

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Rishi’s rollbacks: What exactly did Sunak scrap?
Rishi’s rollbacks: What exactly did Sunak scrap?

25 Sep 2023

10 things you need to know about Sunak's plans to revoke or delay a series of existing - and some non-existing - net zero plans ...

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In-depth

 
Why is the government ‘banking on biomass?’
Why is the government ‘banking on biomass?’

20 Sep 2023

The government is throwing its weight behind biomass to help the country achieve its net zero targets, but environmental campaigners say promises of negative emissions are too good to be true. Is biomass the silver bullet solution? Conor McGlone reports

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Enforcement by algorithm?: The potential role of AI in environmental regulation – and the ethical dilemmas it poses
Enforcement by algorithm?: The potential role of AI in environmental regulation – and the ethical dilemmas it poses

20 Sep 2023

Artificial intelligence has the potential to help enforcement bodies quickly identify areas that require intervention, providing a low-cost method for detecting possible breaches of environmental law. However, it is not infallible and may predict breaches of the rules where none exist, writes Paul Collins

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The balance sheet: how boosting biodiversity on a Norfolk estate has brought financial returns
The balance sheet: how boosting biodiversity on a Norfolk estate has brought financial returns

13 Sep 2023

The business of wildflowers: Seven per cent of Holkham Hall's vast estate is dedicated to wildflowers, paid for via public subsidy schemes and private investment. How do the finances stack up?

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News

 
Labour will keep the 2030 petrol and diesel phase out, Ed Miliband confirms

If elected, the Labour Party would reverse Rishi Sunak’s decision to delay the 2030 petrol and diesel vehicle phase out date but would ‘rethink’ the fossil fuel boiler ban, shadow climate secretary Ed Milliband told an audience last night

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Sunak’s net zero delays ‘likely’ to put the UK at risk of missing its legal targets

Sunak’s net zero plans are ‘likely to take the UK further away from being able to meet its legal commitments’, the Climate Change Committee has warned...

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Campaigners given green light to appeal Sizewell C ruling

Campaigners have been granted permission to appeal the High Court’s decision to dismiss a challenge to build the Sizewell C nuclear power station on the issue of a permanent water supply

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‘Rattled, chaotic and out of his depth’: Industry, MPs and lawyers respond to Sunak’s net-zero policy shift

What you need to know about the reaction to reports that the government is set to weaken a set of key net zero policies

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Global corporate environmental impact framework published

A global taskforce aimed at shifting finance away from 'nature-negative outcomes' has published its final recommendations on how corporations should disclose their environmental impacts and how they should create transparency in how they assess such impacts

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Peers vote to create ‘level playing field’ in planning system for onshore wind

Peers have added an amendment to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill aimed at creating 'a level playing field for onshore wind' within the planning system, dismissing the government's recent shift in onshore wind policy as 'baby steps'

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National Drought Group warns against complacency after wet summer

Despite a generally wet summer across England, three parts of the country remain in drought, with the government’s National Drought Group warning that 'it remains crucial for all of us to use water responsibly'

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Most-read

 
‘Worst legislation ever seen’: Government move to scrap nutrient neutrality defeated Read More
 
‘Slap in the face’: Natural England reeling after nutrient neutrality bombshell, insiders reveal Read More
 
WATCH NOW > From poppies to profits: how a Norfolk estate is being financially rewarded for growing wildflower meadows Read More
 

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