Interview: Sam Stacey, director of the Transforming Construction Challenge
In 2018, Sam Stacey was appointed challenging director of the UK Research and Innovation’s Transforming Construction Challenge. The project funds
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Net-Zero
Solar energy tariff to cover 75% of household energy needs
Shell Energy has launched a new solar storage energy tariff that will enable residents to use solar power to cover
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Invest in your local council to help tackle climate change
A new nationwide scheme has been launched to help tackle climate change by encouraging residents to invest in their local
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Carbon pricing works: the largest-ever study puts it beyond doubt
Putting a price on carbon should reduce emissions because it makes dirty production processes more expensive than clean ones, right?
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COVID-19, the environment and local authorities
Tiffany Cloynes and Clare Hardy from law firm Geldards LLP explore what local authorities can do to encourage communities to
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Manufacturers to produce building materials from food waste
Biohm, a sustainable bio-material construction company has launched a £1.25m funding drive to help increase production in a bid to
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District council to build its first zero carbon homes
Somerset West and Taunton Council has given the green light to build its first zero carbon affordable homes in the
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Global temperature rise likely to exceed 1.5 degrees in 5 years
The annual mean global temperature is likely to be at least 1.5 degrees Celcius above pre-industrial levels in the next
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Net Zero Transport Board meet for the first time
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps launched the first meeting of the Net Zero Transport Board yesterday (July 8) to help guide
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Majority of businesses want to help aid ‘green recovery’
Three-quarters of businesses say the pandemic has made them reconsider their environmental credentials, according to research conducted by energy supplier
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New agreement to electrify the UK’s railways
Hitachi Rail and engineering company Hyperdrive Innovation have signed an agreement to help accelerate the electrification of the UK’s rail
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School building programme must focus on retrofitting existing buildings
The UK government must use its school building programme to retrofit existing buildings in order to become a leader in
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Government must reallocate spending to ensure a green economic recovery
The government must ensure that future investment is spent on low carbon transport, buildings and industrial infrastructure to ensure a
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Gas network in Yorkshire to be transformed into a hydrogen fuel site
Plans have been approved for an existing gas network to be transformed into a hydrogen fuel site in South Bank
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Why we need the opposite of a carbon tax to reduce emissions
Sumedha Basu, PhD Candidate in Sustainability at the University of Warwick outlines why carbon taxes have failed and why instead
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Government must support local authorites to deliver climate action
A new coalition of charities and organisations are calling on the government to support local authorities to deliver climate action
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Why zero-carbon homes must lead the green recovery from COVID-19
Ranald Boydell, lecturer in sustainable development at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh outlines why zero-carbon homes are essential to the green
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The UK’s first commercial-scale electric plane took flight yesterday
Aviation company ZeroAvia successfully completed its first commercial-scale electric flight from their base at Cranfield Airport yesterday (June 22). The
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Climate Assembly urges government to adopt green recovery
The UK Climate Assembly has urged the government to adopt a green recovery from COVID-19, they have asked the government
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Hundreds of homes to be fitted with solar panels in Brighton
Brighton and Hove Council have announced plans to install solar panels on 500 council-owned houses by 2023. If the proposal
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