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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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