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  • Will the government do the right thing about aviation emissions?

    This post is by Matt Finch, UK policy manager at Transport & Environment . Cutting aviation’s carbon emissions is a challenge, but it’s achievable. In previous years, discussing this would

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  • Will the government’s updated fuel poverty strategy have better results?

    Around ten per cent of England’s population is estimated to be living in fuel poverty. This is where households on low incomes live in homes with poor energy efficiency and

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  • Will joining the CPTPP tarnish the UK’s green credentials?

    This post is by Aradhna Tandon, policy assistant in the Greener UK unit at Green Alliance International Trade Secretary Liz Truss announced recently that the UK had submitted its request

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  • Airport expansion plans show that national and local decisions are at odds on climate

    This post is by Agathe de Canson and Jo Furtado, policy advisers at Green Alliance. Last week, the French government scrapped plans to expand its largest airport, Roissy Charles de Gaulle, citing

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  • What has gone wrong with the Green Homes Grant?

    This post is by Jan Rosenow and Louise Sunderland of the Regulatory Assistance Project. The Green Homes Grant risks becoming the second government home energy efficiency scheme in a decade

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  • Why ‘Ride the Bus to Help Us’ might be better than Eat Out to Help out

    2020 saw the UK’s largest ever economic slump, effectively taking us back to 2013 levels. In a fortnight the chancellor will have this at the front of his mind as he lays out his budget. Although output has

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  • Why the government must hold the line on chemicals safety

    This post is by Ruth Chambers, senior parliamentary affairs associate, Greener UK Unit and Libby Peake, head of resource policy at Green Alliance It didn’t take long for the first

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Why the government must hold the line on chemicals safety

15 February, 2021 Leave a comment

This post is by Ruth Chambers, senior parliamentary affairs associate, Greener UK Unit and Libby Peake, head of resource policy at Green Alliance It didn’t

Where failure is not an option: four tests for the Glasgow climate summit

10 February, 2021 Leave a comment

This new delay to the Environment Bill now threatens the government’s green credentials

26 January, 2021 Leave a comment

Was 2020 a green ‘super year’ for the UK?

4 January, 2021 Leave a comment

Latest on low carbon future

Will the government do the right thing about aviation emissions?

24 February, 2021 Leave a comment

This post is by Matt Finch, UK policy manager at Transport & Environment . Cutting aviation’s carbon emissions is a challenge, but it’s achievable. In

Will the government’s updated fuel poverty strategy have better results?

24 February, 2021 Leave a comment

Airport expansion plans show that national and local decisions are at odds on climate

18 February, 2021 Leave a comment

Pursuing the hydrogen economy as a climate solution will be a big mistake

11 February, 2021 Leave a comment

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The single misuse problem: it’s not just about plastic

10 November, 2020 One comment

This post is by Colin Church, chief executive of IOM3 and chair of Green Alliance’s Circular Economy Task Force. Single use plastic is evil, or

Ecodesign is a huge environmental success story, it should be expanded

5 November, 2020 One comment

The government’s aim to eliminate waste is spot on, now we need to see action

2 October, 2020 Leave a comment

AD or not AD: what’s the role of biogas in a net zero future?

25 September, 2020 Leave a comment

Latest on natural environment

Where is the England Peat Strategy?

19 January, 2021 Leave a comment

This post is by Jenny Hawley, policy manager at Plantlife, Paul De Zylva, senior nature campaigner at Friends of the Earth, Ali Morse, water policy

It is time to seal the marriage between carbon finance and forest protection

13 January, 2021 Leave a comment

The government has chosen to seriously harm nature by letting farmers use neonics again

12 January, 2021 Leave a comment

Instead of calling gene editing good or bad, let’s talk about what it might be used for

7 January, 2021 Leave a comment

Latest on greening the economy

What has gone wrong with the Green Homes Grant?

18 February, 2021 Leave a comment

This post is by Jan Rosenow and Louise Sunderland of the Regulatory Assistance Project. The Green Homes Grant risks becoming the second government home energy

Why ‘Ride the Bus to Help Us’ might be better than Eat Out to Help out

16 February, 2021 Leave a comment

Why Europe doesn’t need Cumbria’s coking coal

9 February, 2021 Leave a comment

Clarity of vision will separate short term recovery from long term renewal

2 February, 2021 Leave a comment
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