Oct 25, 2017
Professor Dieter Helm’s independent Cost of Energy Review has been published. The review, which was commissioned by the Government, has sparked much debate from praise for its technology neutral, free market approach to dismay at his recommendation to abolish the...
Oct 20, 2017
The latest announcement of more delays to the reform of UK renewable heat policy have been condemned as a significant threat to the country’s long-term climate ambitions. The UK has faced numerous warnings that it will miss its 2020 renewable heat target unless...
Oct 12, 2017
The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has finally launched the consultation on Streamlined Energy & Carbon Reporting. Since the announcement in March 2016 that the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) would be scrapped in 2019 and an...
Oct 2, 2017
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has written to Defra to ask the Government for greater powers to tackle construction pollution, as industry experts call for urgent action to improve the state of sustainability in the UK built environment. With half of the capital’s...
Sep 22, 2017
The UK government has announced new measures to accelerate investment in clean growth with a Green Finance Taskforce. The transition to a low carbon economy needs a multi-billion pound investment and is a key element of the government’s industrial strategy. It asserts...
Aug 28, 2017
Environment Secretary Michael Gove has asserted that the UK is presented with a once in a lifetime opportunity to become global leaders on environmental management as part of a vow to deliver a ‘green’ Brexit. In one of his first major speeches as Environment...
