Car dealerships who specialise in electric vehicles to be accredited
A government-backed scheme will see car dealerships who provide a quality service selling electric vehicles (EVs) formally accredited. Research by What
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Urban Splash pens modular deal with Japan’s biggest housebuilder
Urban Splash has announced a partnership with Japan’s biggest housebuilder, Sekisui House, which they hope will accelerate the delivery of
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UK scientists to probe economic benefits of flood defences in Vietnam
UK scientists will head to Vietnam again to study the economic and environmental benefits of natural flood defences. Researchers, led
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Plastic-eating fungus among winners of Waitrose’s £1m pollution fund
A facility that uses fungus to break down plastic and a project that uses mussels to filter microplastics in the
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Labour pledge to put solar panels on a million social homes
Should they win a General Election, the Labour Party will install solar panels on a million social homes to tackle
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Google to build data tool to improve sustainability of fashion industry
Google Cloud will build a data analytics tool to help fashion manufacturers measure the environmental impact of their raw materials.
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Chancellor must commit to ‘once-in-a-generation’ transport and energy transformations
Chancellor Philip Hammond must commit to a ‘once-in-a-generation’ transformation of the UK’s electric vehicle (EV) and energy networks, ahead of
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Suez awarded £210m Somerset recycling contract
Somerset County Council has announced that Suez will deliver all of Somerset’s recycling services from 2020 on a 10-year, £210m
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Scottish plastic pollution at ‘disturbing’ levels
Plastic pollution in the Firth of Forth, Scotland, is much worse than previously believed, research has found. Suzanne Grimes of
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UK towns could be abandoned due to flooding, warns Environment Agency
The Environment Agency has issued a stark warning that flooding may become so bad that some of the worst-hit towns
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Hull to get £3.4m flood innovation centre
A new centre to develop new ways of building flood resilience will be established at the University of Hull. The
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‘Emissions-free’ hydrogen train could begin testing later this year
Train manufacturer Vivarail and hydrogen fuel cell specialists Arcola Energy have joined forces to develop a hydrogen-powered train, which could
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Students design impactful bin to cut down on beach plastic waste
Two students from the University of East London (UEL) have designed a bin that encourages people to responsibly dispose of
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UK’s first compostable packaging recycling service launched
Recycling firm First Mile will offer the UK’s first dedicated compostable recycling packaging service for businesses, which they hope will
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Four companies win share of ‘game-changer’ £15m food waste fund
Four food redistribution companies will share £4m to cut down on food waste across England, Defra has announced. Fareshare, Company
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Scientists developing green fuels from industrial CO2
Scientists at Loughborough University have created a new chemical process which converts CO2 emissions from industry into green fuels such
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‘Wavy’ solar cells could change the game
A new ‘wavy’ solar-cell design could drive down the cost and improve the efficiency of the technology. Published in the
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Smarter web design could slash YouTube’s carbon footprint
YouTube uses around 10Mt CO2e (Million Metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) a year, the same as a city the size
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What’s the role of energy in UK’s productivity puzzle?
A major research project will explore the role of energy in the UK’s productivity puzzle, which has seen the country
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UK government must set 2050 net zero carbon target, says report
The UK government must set a target of 2050 for a net-zero emissions economy, but they must ‘significantly ramp-up’ policies
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