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Labour and the Tories clashed over energy policy (Andrew Milligan/PA)
ElectricityFuelNewsPoliticsUtilities

Tories and Labour clash on energy policy as they battle for power

The Tories and Labour clashed on energy policy as the General Election campaign focused on the prospect of cheaper household bills

A section of the river Bure at the National Trust’s Blickling Estate in Norfolk (National Trust Images/ PA)
ClimateEnvironmentNewsResiliency

Conservation project makes chalk stream more resilient to climate change

A stretch of a chalk stream that feeds into the Norfolk Broads has been given a new lease of life, with steps taken...

LEZs are in place in Scotland’s biggest cities (Alamy/PA)
ClimateEmissionsEnvironmentNewsTransport

Support for low-emission zones in Scotland growing

The number of people who support the rollout of low-emission zones (LEZs) in Scotland has grown since last year, a poll suggests.

Scientists are using new technology to grow protein out of cells using air and electricity (AFP)
AgricultureBiodiversityElectricityEmissionsNews

Finland’s wizards making food out of thin air

Makers of solein, a pioneering protein of cellular agriculture, say a kilo generates 130 times less greenhouse gas emissions than beef.

FILE PHOTO: German climate activist Luisa Neubauer presents the Fridays for Future campaign for the EU elections during a news conference in Berlin, Germany, May 3, 2024. Poster reads: Voting is like brushing the teeth: If you don't do it, it becomes brown. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo
ElectionsNewsPolitics

Europe’s battered Green movement tries to salvage climate agenda

Polls suggest Greens will perform worse than any other political grouping in June's EU election, looking set to lose nearly a third of...

The South Downs National Park has become the first in the country to launch a scheme to enable businesses to invest in ‘high-ethic, effective nature recovery’ with the aim of boosting biodiversity (Chris Ison/PA)
BiodiversityNews

South Downs National Park launches green investment scheme to boost biodiversity

Biodiversity credits offered by British national park developed to bring investment and help facilitate campaign to create new land for habitats to form.

Octopus Energy customers will be able to use ‘buy now pay later’ to fund and instal solar panels (EST/PA)
BusinessInfrastructureNewsSolar

Octopus Energy launches ‘buy now pay later’ for solar panels

Octopus solar scheme will allow UK households to spread the cost of installing photovoltaic panels to encourage take-up.

Flooding has hit much of the UK this winter (Ben Birchall/PA)
ElectionsEmissionsEnvironmentNewsPolitics

Politicians urged to show ambition on green agenda in UK election

As the UK witnesses the impacts of climate change, energy insecurity and environmental damage, campaigners warned green issues consistently rank among British people’s...

Some 14 billion cubic metres of concrete are cast every year around the globe, according to industry figures. (AFP)
AnalysisEmissionsIndustryManufacturing

Scientists say they can make zero-emission cement

Demand for concrete — already the most widely used construction material on Earth — is soaring, but the notoriously polluting industry has struggled...

FILE PHOTO: A logo is pictured outside the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, Switzerland, September 28, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
NewsPoliticsRegulationsTrade

South Africa may complain to WTO against EU carbon border tax

Trade Minister Ebrahim Patel protests against 'protectionist' EU carbon border tax which is set to be introduced from 2026.

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