AirQualityNews Local Gov Legal NewStartMag SocialCareToday EnvironmentJournal JobsInFinance PlanningNews infotecNEWS Housing Jobs Online Education Jobs Online
Public Sector News
Part of the
PSN Network
Advertisement

Net Zero & Energy

Most popular stories of 2016
Net Zero & Energy Pollution Regeneration Transport & Planning Waste & Recycling
Most popular stories of 2016

To say the launch year of Environment Journal has been an eventful one would be something of an understatement.

Brexit and political upsets aside, here are the stories from EJ during 2016 that grabbed your attention.

Local government’s carbon cutters
Net Zero & Energy Pollution
Local government’s carbon cutters
Net Zero & Energy
World Bank loan scheme ‘failing clean energy’
Features Net Zero & Energy Transport & Planning
Village solar trial aims to accelerate roll out
Net Zero & Energy
Trump team moving away from supporters on climate science
Net Zero & Energy Pollution Transport & Planning
A combined approach to clean air
Net Zero & Energy
Huge Antarctic iceberg poised to break away
Features Net Zero & Energy
Scotland must be bold to achieve self-sufficiency in energy
Have yourself a very merry green Christmas
Features Net Zero & Energy Pollution Waste & Recycling
Have yourself a very merry green Christmas

Christmas after Christmas, I would wander the campus of my university, grumbling, I was a sustainability scrooge, bah humbugging as I saw the overflowing waste bins and the lights burning in empty buildings.

When I complained about it, my ever patient wife would say it’s only once a year, which was true enough, but still I found myself wondering what it was about this season. Why had people forgotten all the lessons they’d learned about sustainability?

Climate protection gap widening, warns insurance report
Net Zero & Energy
Climate protection gap widening, warns insurance report
Features Net Zero & Energy
Arctic ice melt highlights the need for greater investment in clean energy
Net Zero & Energy Waste & Recycling
EU energy use to fall by 30% under new efficiency plans for 2030
Features Net Zero & Energy Transport & Planning
With investment we can get the UK’s low carbon economy back on track
Features Net Zero & Energy
Wales top of the league for renewables progress
Features Net Zero & Energy Pollution Regeneration Transport & Planning
Treasury told to end short-termism and ‘green-check’ decisions
Features Net Zero & Energy Pollution
More fracking gets go-ahead – but where’s the social licence?
Most Popular in Net Zero & Energy
1
90% of British businesses expect to be ‘largely electrified’ by 2035
Headlines Net Zero & Energy
90% of British businesses expect to be ‘largely electrified’ by 2035
2
Andy Burnham must convince people government has clear net zero path
Headlines Net Zero & Energy
Andy Burnham must convince people government has clear net zero path
3
Schools to save £220m as government expands solar rollout
Headlines Net Zero & Energy
Schools to save £220m as government expands solar rollout
4
Sizewell B nuclear power station given 20 year lifetime extension
Headlines Net Zero & Energy
Sizewell B nuclear power station given 20 year lifetime extension
5
Renewables saved the world $480bn in 2025
Headlines Net Zero & Energy
Renewables saved the world $480bn in 2025
6
Pitch perfect: synthetic turf sports fields become green energy source
Headlines Net Zero & Energy
Pitch perfect: synthetic turf sports fields become green energy source
7
Data, batteries and collaboration: temporary power can support net zero transition
Editor's Pick
Headlines Net Zero & Energy
Data, batteries and collaboration: temporary power can support net zero transition
8
Electricity experts warn UK AI expansion will outpace capacity
Headlines Net Zero & Energy
Electricity experts warn UK AI expansion will outpace capacity
Advertisements
Help us break the news – share your information, opinion or analysis
Back to top