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  • Switching to low carbon heating requires urgent action and leadership

    This post is by Dr Richard Lowes, from the University of Exeter’s Energy Policy Group. Even if the UK meets its goal to reach carbon neutrality by 2050 and other

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  • UK energy policy is still weighed down by the nuclear dream

    This post is by Jonathon Porritt, founder director of Forum for the Future. In March 2012, four former directors of Friends of the Earth (myself, Tom Burke, Charles Secrett and Tony Juniper)

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  • As president of the Glasgow climate summit, the UK can’t shy away from carbon border adjustments

     This post is by Hannah Dillon, head of the Zero Carbon Campaign. The European Commission’s proposal to implement a carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) has come under increasing scrutiny over

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  • The return of the Environment Bill is the acid test of the government’s green promises

    The new parliamentary session which starts on 11 May will be a crucial one for the environment. In this ‘super year’ of major international nature and climate summits, parliament will

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  • Taking action to reverse nature decline now will offer good jobs for a green recovery

    This post is by Zoe Avison, policy analyst at Green Alliance and was originally published on Wildlife and Countryside Link’s blog. Taking action to reverse nature decline now will offer

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  • The government is on the brink of making a mistake over environmental principles

    This post is by Georgina Holmes-Skelton, head of government affairs at the National Trust. The environmental principles set out in EU treaties and law were the bedrock of the UK’s

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The return of the Environment Bill is the acid test of the government’s green promises

6 May, 2021 Leave a comment

The new parliamentary session which starts on 11 May will be a crucial one for the environment. In this ‘super year’ of major international nature

Taking action to reverse nature decline now will offer good jobs for a green recovery

4 May, 2021 Leave a comment

The government is on the brink of making a mistake over environmental principles

30 April, 2021 2 comments

The public want green taxes, but will the government deliver?

29 April, 2021 3 comments

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Switching to low carbon heating requires urgent action and leadership

12 May, 2021 2 comments

This post is by Dr Richard Lowes, from the University of Exeter’s Energy Policy Group. Even if the UK meets its goal to reach carbon

UK energy policy is still weighed down by the nuclear dream

7 May, 2021 2 comments

Including flights abroad in the UK’s climate target is a huge step forward

28 April, 2021 One comment

How to get from a cottage industry to a million heat pumps a year

21 April, 2021 8 comments

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It’s time we recognised that overconsuming resources causes climate change and nature’s decline

30 March, 2021 One comment

In just a few short months this year, world leaders will assemble at two landmark conferences to hammer out solutions to the two biggest environmental

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

10 November, 2020 One comment

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

5 November, 2020 2 comments

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

2 October, 2020 2 comments

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Knepp’s planning dilemma reflects the national battle for nature

23 April, 2021 Leave a comment

This post is by Isabella Tree: conservationist, co-Founder of Knepp Rewilding Project and author of the bestseller Wilding. Last month the world’s first ever Rewilding

It’s time to link food, nature and climate policy

30 March, 2021 2 comments

Government impoverishment of the environmental principles should worry us all

18 March, 2021 2 comments

Why a green recovery needs a blue recovery at its heart

25 February, 2021 Leave a comment

Latest on greening the economy

How Wales is legislating its way to net zero in 2050

23 March, 2021 2 comments

This post is by Jonathan Tench, international partnerships and networks adviser at the Office of the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales. Try and write about

Cumbria is one place that could really benefit from a green recovery plan

10 March, 2021 2 comments

The budget shouldn’t miss the chance to put the UK on track for net zero

2 March, 2021 Leave a comment

What has gone wrong with the Green Homes Grant?

18 February, 2021 18 comments
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