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ENVIRONMENT BILL 2020 CONSULTATION RESPONSE
HM Parliament was due to report on the Environment Bill 2019-2021, which has now been extended into December. This important Bill is a vital piece of legislation set out to meet the environmental requirements of the Brexit Withdrawal Bill. The government has hailed it...
UK BUSINESS RATES REVIEW TO ALIGN WITH NET ZERO CARBON TARGET
The UK government has issued a consultation looking at fundamental review of business rates by HM Treasury, the terms of reference for which were published at the Spring Budget. The consultation acts as a call for evidence to seek views on: How the business rates...
PRIME MINISTER UNVEILS £750M TO FUND SUSTAINABLE HEAVY INDUSTRY AND AVIATION
Following the Summer Budget Announcements, in which £3bn was pledged toward domestic energy efficiency schemes, Boris Johnson has used his first anniversary in office to unveil £350m funding for the development of technologies including Carbon Capture and Storage...
CARBON EMISSIONS TAX CONSULTATION: REPLACING THE EU ETS
Tackling climate change is one of the defining challenges at this time and the is positioning itself as an international leader in that fight. Reaching net zero by 2050 will require the UK to go much further than the progress made between 1990 and 2018, when the UK...
MAJOR FAILINGS PUT ENGLAND AT RISK OF RUNNING OUT OF WATER!
A new report from the Public Accounts Committee, as part of its inquiry into the UK’s water sector and infrastructure, has issued a stark warning that England is at serious risk of running out of water within 20 years due to the failure to tackle leakage and embrace a...
CHANCELLOR UNVEILS £3BN INVESTMENT IN THE GREEN ECONOMY
The Summer Statement was announced by the Chancellor Rishi Sunak which included a £3bn package to stimulate the UK's green economy as the country recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic which has severely damaged the UK and global economies. Recovery from the pandemic is...
PRIME MINISTER’S STRATEGY TO REBUILD BRITAIN LACKS ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITMENTS
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a multi-billion-pound ‘New Deal for Britain’ which prioritises jobs and infrastructure growth in response to the devastating financial impact the Covid-19 pandemic, using this crisis to tackle unresolved challenges of the...
COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE RECOVERY PLAN A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) published its annual progress report on 25th June 2020 which assesses the progress made to reduce emissions over the past year. Territorial emissions have decreased by 30% since 2008 despite growth in the economy of 15%....
CONSULTATION: SMART METER CONSUMER ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMME
Smart meters are replacing traditional energy meters across Great Britain as part of an essential infrastructure upgrade that will make our energy system cheaper, cleaner, and more reliable. They are modernising the energy infrastructure by ending manual meter reads,...
CONSULTATION – RE-DEVELOPING THE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES LIST
The Energy Technologies List (ETL) was established in 2001 to overcome barriers relating to the purchase of highly energy-efficient plant and machinery products in the UK by: Addressing information barriers – The ETL provides accessible, comparable information about...