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Rishi Sunak Appeals To Voters To Trust Tories With UK Security
Rishi Sunak Appeals To Voters To Trust Tories With UK Security
Defence
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said that only the Conservatives can be trusted with the UK’s national, energy, and economic security in a new plea to keep his party in office.
Higher Energy Bills Due To Debt 'Underlines Need For Social Tariff', MP Says
Energy
Higher Energy Bills Due To Debt "Underlines Need For Social Tariff", MP Says
Environmental Leaders Are Confident About Labour's Green Agenda
Environment
Environmental Leaders Are Confident About Labour's Green Agenda
Furious Scottish Tories Warn They Won't Be 'Sacrificial Lambs' On Windfall Tax
Energy
Furious Scottish Tories Warn They Won't Be "Sacrificial Lambs" On Windfall Tax
Climate Protest MP Tells Voters To Use Locals To Shift Net Zero Plans
Environment
Climate Protest MP Tells Voters To Use Locals To Shift Net Zero Plans
Energy Sector Is Frustrated By Uncertainty Over Labour £28bn Green Spending Pledge
Energy
Energy Sector Is Frustrated By Uncertainty Over Labour £28bn Green Spending Pledge
Labour Says Spike In Cold Deaths Underlines Urgency Of Home Insulation Scheme
Energy
Labour Says Spike In Cold Deaths Underlines Urgency Of Home Insulation Scheme
The House Live
Plug in to unlock: the benefits of smart meter-enabled EV flexibility Partner content
Environment
By Cornwall Insight
Plug in to unlock: the benefits of smart meter-enabled EV flexibility
The role of renewable liquid gases in the fight to reach net-zero Partner content
Environment
By Dimeta
The role of renewable liquid gases in the fight to reach net-zero
The future needs innovators Partner content
Environment
By Urban Splash
The future needs innovators
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New Cabinet Office Minister Says There Is 'Massive Waste' In How Local Councils Are Funded
New Cabinet Office Minister Says There Is "Massive Waste" In How Local Councils Are Funded
Communities
Veteran Tory Wants Conservative Leadership Contests To Be More 'Transparent' To Stop 'Fibbing And Skulduggery'
Veteran Tory Wants Conservative Leadership Contests To Be More "Transparent" To Stop "Fibbing And Skulduggery"
Political parties
Sharon Hodgson’s Betty Boothroyd-Inspired Deputy Speaker Bid
Sharon Hodgson’s Betty Boothroyd-Inspired Deputy Speaker Bid
Political parties
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GB Energy: What role will Labour's state-owned energy company really play?
Energy
By Sienna Rodgers
GB Energy: What role will Labour's state-owned energy company really play?
Labour’s pledge to create a state-owned energy company is key to its 2030 clean power target – yet has received little attention so far. Sienna Rodgers gets to the bottom of the GB Energy policy
Claire Coutinho: 'People want us to play a part in climate change, but not at any cost'
Energy
By Sienna Rodgers
Claire Coutinho: 'People want us to play a part in climate change, but not at any cost'
Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Claire Coutinho talks to Sienna Rodgers about her journey from banking to politics – and why those who speculate about her potential as a future chancellor may ‘need pills’
Green with envy: The politics of decarbonisation
Environment
By Adam Bell
Green with envy: The politics of decarbonisation
By installing heat pumps and buying electric vehicles, the wealthy are insulating themselves from current and future energy price shocks while avoiding paying for the investment needed to help the less well-off join the party. That’s not going to help the politics of decarbonisation, says Adam Bell. Illustration by Tracy Worrall
Energy news
Northern Gas and Power takes the lead role in Net Zero Week 2021 Partner content
Environment
By Net Zero Week
Northern Gas and Power takes the lead role in Net Zero Week 2021
The Role of Advanced Fuels in The Road to Net Zero Partner content
Environment
By Net Zero Week
The Role of Advanced Fuels in The Road to Net Zero
Heat and Buildings Strategy must be high on ambition and pragmatism to truly level up Partner content
Environment
By OFTEC
Heat and Buildings Strategy must be high on ambition and pragmatism to truly level up
It’s time for positive rhetoric surrounding climate change to be matched with action that meets the scale of ambition required.
Partner content
Education
By Policy@Manchester
Taking the lead in hydrogen: next steps
The deployment of new and existing materials will play a critical role in delivering the growth of the hydrogen sector, identified as a cornerstone of the UK Government’s net zero ambitions.
Partner content
Education
By Policy@Manchester
Advanced nuclear energy for Net Zero: A strategy for action
The UK has committed to a net zero 2050 target, but what place does nuclear energy have in meeting this ambition?
UK soft-drinks maker accelerates emissions cut as it targets Net Zero Partner content
Environment
By Suntory Beverage & Food GB&I
UK soft-drinks maker accelerates emissions cut as it targets Net Zero
Suntory Beverage and Food GB&I (SBF GB&I) has announced its commitment to halve its emissions by 2030, as part of ambitious plans to reach net zero across its entire value chain by 2050.
Hinkley Point C spending in the North of England tops £1bn Partner content
Energy
By EDF
Hinkley Point C spending in the North of England tops £1bn
Across Britain, investment in nuclear is proving to be an integral part of the Green Recovery.
Funding Net Zero: how investment can unleash a green revolution Partner content
Environment
By Legal & General
Funding Net Zero: how investment can unleash a green revolution
As COP26 approaches, the world will be talking more and more about how we meet the challenges of climate change. But John Godfrey, L&G’s Corporate Affairs Director, is more interested in actions than words. He tells us why “inclusive capitalism” is the key to the UK’s future economic and environmental success.
The Science and Tech start-ups powering the green recovery Partner content
Environment
By Legal & General
The Science and Tech start-ups powering the green recovery
Science, technology, and innovation are set to play a critical role in helping the nation to meet its ambitious target of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
STEM will make the future, so let’s open its doors to all Partner content
Environment
By The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
STEM will make the future, so let’s open its doors to all
Expanding accessibility within engineering and technology is essential for the UK as the world undergoes the biggest wave of technological change since the Industrial Revolution.
More than just the green option: Offshore wind is a £9bn-per-year opportunity for the UK Partner content
Economy
By High Value Manufacturing Catapult
More than just the green option: Offshore wind is a £9bn-per-year opportunity for the UK
The UK’s experience in the oil and gas industry should make capitalising on offshore wind growth a breeze – given investment now and a fair wind from Government.
Speed up the switch to electric vehicles to save lower income car owners thousands
Economy
By Caterina Brandmayr, Green Alliance
Speed up the switch to electric vehicles to save lower income car owners thousands
It feels like electric vehicles are in the news every day at the moment. The emphasis is usually on how they help to cut carbon emissions and air pollution. But one important fact about them that has not been highlighted enough is that they also cut the cost of car ownership considerably once they reach the used vehicle market, which is going to be a big benefit to those on lower incomes.
Partner content
Environment
By Horticultural Trades Association
Growing media taskforce announces horticulture’s commitment to responsible sourcing
Key organisations from horticulture have committed to end the sector’s use of peat, pledging to remove it from the retail market as early as 2025 and no later than the end 2028. For professional horticulture, the range is between 2028 and 2030. Inside the existing target date, both are dependent on government support.
Timber industry calls for embodied carbon to be regulated Partner content
Environment
By Wood for Good
Timber industry calls for embodied carbon to be regulated
The timber industry is calling for embodied carbon to be regulated in response to the Environmental Audit Committee’s (EAC) recent inquiry into the sustainability of the built environment.
First new deep coalmine for three decades must go ahead to fuel the UK steel industry
Environment
By Trudy Harrison MP
First new deep coalmine for three decades must go ahead to fuel the UK steel industry
At the heart of this debate is an industry as old as industry itself; indeed, a technology which was first deployed in my neighbouring constituency of Workington using the then-advanced manufacturing process named after its founder, the (Henry) Bessemer blast furnace.
To achieve Net Zero, we must inspire the public to take action Partner content
Environment
By Smart Energy GB
To achieve Net Zero, we must inspire the public to take action
For the first time, smart meters are giving people the option of becoming active participants in the energy system. We must help everyone to embrace the opportunity
IKEA goes full circle as it leads the way on sustainability Partner content
Environment
By IKEA
IKEA goes full circle as it leads the way on sustainability
As it announces the launch of its new Circular Hubs, IKEA UK aims to prove that climate initiatives can be as good for business as they are for the planet.
Why a new generation of nuclear is the key to delivering net zero Partner content
Energy
By Nuclear Industry Association
Why a new generation of nuclear is the key to delivering net zero
Investment in nuclear lies at the heart of building a net zero economy.
We have less than 200 days to make COP26 a success – and save the planet
Coronavirus
By Alok Sharma MP
We have less than 200 days to make COP26 a success – and save the planet
There are less than 200 days to go before the UK brings world leaders to Glasgow for COP26 – the most crucial climate moment since the historic Paris Agreement was signed in 2015 – and every one of those days counts.
The UK has positioned itself as a world leader in the fight against climate change. Now it must deliver. Partner content
Environment
By SSE
The UK has positioned itself as a world leader in the fight against climate change. Now it must deliver.
The Government's ambitious new emissions goal is welcome - but we need to act fast if it is to be achievable.
The Green Audit: Can Boris Johnson Hit Net-Zero?
Environment
By Georgina Bailey
The Green Audit: Can Boris Johnson Hit Net-Zero?
Is the UK matching up to its climate pledges? With the clock ticking on targets, Georgina Bailey examines the government’s green credentials and takes stock of the opportunities and challenges ahead
Ambition to reach zero carbon rail must be supported by action Partner content
Environment
By Railway Industry Association
Ambition to reach zero carbon rail must be supported by action
The Railway Industry Association has launched a new report calling for a rolling programme of electrification in order to support the Government’s Net Zero ambitions.
How mobile connectivity can power a radical green recovery Partner content
Coronavirus
By Mark Evans | CEO of O2
How mobile connectivity can power a radical green recovery
With millions of connections across our networks, the mobile industry can play a key role in reaching net zero – helping businesses and consumers cut emissions with flexible working technology, smart meters, and a host of 5G-enabled solutions
Piecemeal policies will not save the planet – we need global action to turn off the plastics tap Partner content
Environment
By Revolution Plastics Institute
Piecemeal policies will not save the planet – we need global action to turn off the plastics tap
The global plastics problem is growing worse by the year. We must all work together to rise to the challenge
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