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Making the leap to renewables – how to clear the financial hurdles

Green case, business case – or both? That’s the question any organisation planning a move ...

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Can we give the 25-year environment plan a happy ending?

Nine months ago in this journal I reflected upon what the [then] imminent 25-year environment ...

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Zero avoidable waste to landfill: achievable or pipe dream?

The earth’s resources are becoming scarce and extremely costly to access. It’s time for legislation ...

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District heating and why customer engagement is the key to success

Enfield Council’s energy company, energetik, recently welcomed its first customers. The company’s first heat network ...

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Building eco-friendly on a budget

Some 12% of the UK’s carbon emissions come from domestic buildings and the government has ...

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Meeting tough Chinese materials targets requires a ‘quality first’ mantra

In the summer, the Chinese government notified the World Trade Organisation that it wished to ...

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E-waste: the fight for the right to repair

With clean technology being the proverbial buzzword these days, the onus is on all technology ...

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Budget: tougher calls needed to cut emissions

Chancellor Phillip Hammond said in today’s Budget ‘our future vehicles will be driverless but they’ll ...

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Bottled water: health hero or environmental villain?

Last summer I spent some time in Amalfi, a Mediterranean town in southern Italy so ...

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The New Urban Agenda and sustainable cities

The UN’s ‘New Urban Agenda’ (NUA) was formally adopted almost a year ago in October ...