Zero Carbon Communities fund to encourage residents to reduce emissions
A Zero Carbon Communities fund has been awarded to local councils in Cambridgeshire to encourage local groups to undertake activities
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Energy
How culture and the arts are tackling climate change
A report published by the Arts Council has highlighted what role cultural organisations are playing in tackling climate change. Sustaining
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New materials could improve energy storage technologies
Researchers have found a new way to improve energy storage, which could be used to expand the technology of fast-charging
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Government to spend £90m on reducing carbon emissions
The government has announced plans to spend £90m to reduce carbon emissions for households and businesses. In an announcement made
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Scottish Power launches 100% ‘real deal’ green tariff
ScottishPower has announced its domestic fixed price tariffs will be supplied by 100% green electricity. All electricity for the new
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Warmer temperatures is making it difficult for planes to take-off
Climate change is making it increasingly difficult for aeroplanes to take off, according to a new study published in the
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Newcastle Council to consider new measures to reach net-zero by 2030
Newcastle City Council will meet next week (February 24) to consider a range of measures that will help to cut
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Plane, train, or automobile? The climate impact of transport is surprisingly complicated
Laurie Wright, senior lecturer at the Warsash School of Maritime Science and Engineering at Solent University discusses the complicated issue
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Researchers look to decarbonise troubled UK steel industry ‘within 30 years’
Researchers from the Universities of Leeds and Sheffield have won £1.26m to help decarbonise the UK steel industry. The funding
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BP aims to have net-zero emissions by 2050
Oil and gas company BP has pledged to become net-zero by 2050, but how exactly they will do this remains
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Interview: Sero Homes on building the ‘world’s first’ zero carbon neighbourhood
Parc Hadau in south Wales is billed to be one of the ‘world’s first‘ true zero carbon neighbourhoods. It will
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Scottish communities get £20m boost from renewables
Renewable energy projects in Scotland have generated £20m in benefits for local communities in the last year, according to a
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Interview: Professor Richard Tuckett on the climate emergency
Richard Tuckett is a semi-retired professor of Chemical Physics from the University of Birmingham. He completed his undergraduate and PhD
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Scottish government to spend £40m ‘transforming’ agriculture
The Scottish government will spend £40m on a new programme to support farming’s contribution to reaching net-zero emissions. The Agricultural Transformation
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Project to explore how communities can benefit from energy decommissioning
As the UK replaces its old carbon-intensive energy infrastructure, a new study will explore the legacy of what is left
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Drax moves forward with carbon capture ambitions
Energy firm Drax has announced a partnership with Econic Technologies to explore new potential uses for captured carbon dioxide from
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UK coal decline due to carbon tax, report finds
The UK’s sharp decline in coal use is largely down to the coal carbon tax, according to researchers at University
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Bristol becomes first council to declare an ‘ecological emergency’
Bristol City Council has declared an ‘ecological emergency’ in response to the escalating threats to wildlife and ecosystems across the
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Government to ban sale of petrol, diesel and hybrid vehicles from 2035
The UK will ban the sale of new petrol, diesel and hybrid vehicles from 2035, bringing forward the original date
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Sustainability in 2020 – the year ahead
Sophie Walker, UK head of sustainability at property consultancy JLL, writes about why 2020 could be a watershed year for
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