The Green Party has outlined proposals for a comprehensive carbon tax, aiming to totally eliminate the use of fossil fuels. Calling on the UK to announce such a tax at COP26, the Greens d...
Cllr Steve Hynd outlines Stroud District Council’s plans to retrofit, insulate and decarbonise its five thousand-strong housing stock, emphasising the difference that central government c...
Cllr Jonathan Elmer highlights the contradictory policies of global governments, which fund fossil fuels alongside air pollution projects. If we are to address the issue properly, he says...
Chris Roberts and Alex Pointer, members of the Yorkshire and Humberside Green Party, question whether wood biomass is truly renewable, exploring its environmental and ecological impact.
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Findings from the report show that carbon emissions in sectors such as agriculture, power, and waste are set to improve by less than 15 per cent by 2032, with Green Alliance stating that ...
A recent National Audit Office report has revealed the Government’s mismanagement of its Green Homes Grant Voucher Scheme, with the scheme being implemented on an ‘overly ambitious’ timel...
Gareth Dinnage, Managing Director of Seacourt, winning company of B Corp’s Best for the World 2021, outlines the precedent that has been set by the court ruling on Shell’s ‘Drive Carbon N...
On the anniversary of the Phulbari Massacre, international solidarity and climate groups call on the High Commissioner to stop the displacement of communities for coal, as agreed by the B...
The Green Party has shown support for a letter to Boris Johnson urging against a market-based retrofitting scheme, instead pushing for the Government to pursue a publicly funded program t...
Only zero-carbon green hydrogen can genuinely play a role in sustainable energy, says Green New Deal spokesperson Zoe Nicholson, with blue hydrogen made from fossil fuels taking ‘investme...
Change is going to happen much quicker than most realise, says Green Party member Dan Ward. As a result, the Green Party must anticipate the potential fallout from this, both positive and...
The proposed Cambo oilfield in the north-western Shetland Islands contradicts the UK’s international commitments to reduce emissions, demonstrating their disregard for the climate ahead o...
Councillor Kevin Warnes says divesting is one of the best ways Bradford Council could help tackle the climate emergency, and is a more ethically and financially sensible choice in light o...
“Both the Conservative and Labour parties are stuck in a past that hasn’t kept pace with how rapidly the world is changing.” Green Peer Jenny Jones reflects on the urgent need for the Gov...
“In the long term, retrofitting homes and switching them to renewables will cost less than not doing it and letting London and the rest of the country face the toll of the climate emergen...
“This plan for zero-carbon steel should sit at the heart of a green UK industrial strategy.” Cllr Jonathan Essex makes the case for a just transition to zero-carbon steel for the UK’s con...
"Councils, even parish councils and community bodies, if they are smart enough, can make a start while Boris Johnson dithers." Robert Lindsay, Green Councillor for Babergh District Counci...
“We believe Sheffield should concentrate less on growing its geography; and instead create more locally and neighbourhood-based economic, social and cultural networks.” Cllr Douglas Johns...
“It is easy for local politicians to pitch this as a battle between well-to-do outsiders and downtrodden West Cumbrians.” Jill Perry of Allerdale and Copeland Green Party details the prog...
Following the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons coming into effect on 22 January, Kate Hudson, General Secretary for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, details what this ban...
