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Britain could see lights out in 'perfect storm' power cuts

The closure of nuclear power stations still in service, delays in the delivery of French-built Hinkley Point C and rising energy demands because of net zero means the UK will be facing a "crunch point" around 2028, a report claims.

28/02/2024

Not just airlines, all companies could find it more difficult to use carbon offsets to burnish their green credentials under new EU legislation of 'green claims'.

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EU Policy. MEPs seek to limit use of carbon offsets for corporate greenwashing

Companies may have to think carefully before pledging to go 'carbon neutral' or reach 'net-zero' greenhouse gas emissions in the coming years as a deal between political groups in the European Parliament suggests the EU could soon introduce tougher restrictions on the use of carbon offsets.

13/02/2024

hree-quarters of the British public have a poor understanding of commonly-used climate terminology like ‘environmentally friendly’ and ‘locally grown’.

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Majority of Brits don’t understand key climate language, study reveals

Three-quarters of the British public have a poor understanding of commonly-used climate terminology like ‘environmentally friendly’ and ‘locally grown’.

25/01/2024

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EU Policy. Net-zero industry act talks see divisions over cleantech targets

Global demand target of 25% divides member states during institutional talks.

24/01/2024

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Climate change communicator and policymaker David Saddington at the 2024 World Economic Forum.

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Meet the UK youth climate activist turned government insider

David Saddington shares his unique perspective on climate action and youth access at the World Economic Forum.

19/01/2024

The speed of the transition to solar has exceeded expectations.

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Feel hopeless about the climate? This study shows how far we’ve come

From solar power to electric mobility, this study offers five reasons to be hopeful about the climate.

26/12/2023

A bio gas plant is seen behind a wind turbine in Nauen, Germany, October 2012

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Euroviews. The EU and UK are backing the wrong horse in the race to net zero

There’s nothing about taking the decades-old carbon stored in a tree and parking it belowground that will deliver “negative emissions”, Dr Mary S. Booth and Elsie Blackshaw-Crosby write.

13/12/2023

Finland's plans to go carbon negative include expanding its forests.

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How Denmark and Finland plan to become ‘negative emitters’

Some nations want to remove more pollution than they produce. That will take giving nature a boost.

11/12/2023

electronics for use in a quantum computer in the quantum computing lab at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, NY, February 2018

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Euroviews. Can quantum computers really accelerate the path to net zero?

On its own, quantum computing cannot achieve net zero or "solve" climate change. But, if we work together, we can use this technology to enable breakthrough green innovations, Ashley Montanaro writes.

08/12/2023

A stack of trays holding treated limestone, used to absorb CO2 form the air, at Heirloom's new plant, in Tracy, California.

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78% of carbon capture projects are used to boost oil production

Here's why carbon capture is no easy solution to climate change.

25/11/2023

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Top companies' climate pledges undermined by lobbying, report finds

Though companies are keen to make net-zero commitments, their policy-influencing actions often contradict them, a new analysis has found.

16/11/2023

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Glaring gap between global climate goals and fossil fuel extraction

Governments plan to increase oil and gas production until at least 2050, UN-backed study reveals.

08/11/2023

Steam rises from the cooling towers of the coal power plant of RWE, one of Europe's biggest electricity and gas companies in Niederaussem, Germany.

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Only 4% of top companies net-zero targets meet UN climate guidelines

The pace of change among governments and corporations is set to form a central part of the COP28 climate talks in Dubai.

06/11/2023

Electric cars are enjoying a boast in sales, but are they really better when it comes to its carbon footprint?

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How green are EVs really compared to your petrol or diesel car?

Carmakers are pledging billions to develop supposedly eco-friendly EVs but their manufacture is not carbon-free. How do they compare with ICE cars?

29/10/2023

Dogger Bank will have 277 turbines when complete.

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‘World’s largest offshore wind farm’ produces power for the first time

A single rotation of this wind turbine - twice as tall as the London Eye - can power a home for two days.

10/10/2023

Shell announced plans to slow investments in renewable energy this year.

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Shell employees express ‘deep concern’ over renewables regression

In an open letter 'liked' by hundreds of colleagues, two employees criticised the fossil fuel giant’s lack of leadership in the energy transition.

28/09/2023

Critics say that burning the oil from Rosebank would produce the same emissions as the worlds’ 28 lowest income countries combined.

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‘Morally obscene’: UK’s largest undeveloped oil field gets green light

The development could unleash the same annual emissions as 90 countries, prompting outrage from climate campaigners.

27/09/2023

The UK PM is ‘undermining’ emissions-cutting progress, Ford says.

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UK PM delays petrol car ban to 2035 in major green policy shift

Green groups say the PM is ‘taking the public for fools’ by rowing back on home insulation and petrol car pledges at a critical time.

20/09/2023

Countries are being encouraged to up their climate commitments.

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What is the UN’s Climate Ambition Summit and what can we expect?

This ‘critical political milestone’ hopes to demonstrate a global will for more ambitious climate action.

17/09/2023

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Denmark launches the world’s ‘first green container ship’ but clean methanol still has cost and safety issues.

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