UK climate efforts ‘not enough’ says CCC in new report
THE UK is set to miss its 2030 net zero targets despite meeting all previous ones, according to t...
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IChemE urges next UK government to sustainably transform energy and industry
ICHEME has drawn on its new technical challenge report to set out a vision for how the next gover...
G7 countries enact coal exit plan but Greenpeace label it ‘too little, too late’
THE days of coal-fired electricity are numbered after G7 nations agreed to phase out production o...
US environmentalists call for ‘total ban’ on PFAS usage in response to new standard
THE LONG-AWAITED US standard for PFAS in drinking water has been met with a lukewarm response fro...
UK and US join forces to strengthen global AI safety
THE UK and US have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on research and poli...
UK CCUS strategy ‘outdated’ for current industry use
THE UK’s current carbon capture, usage, and storage (CCUS) strategy is overpromising and failing ...
Industry and skills groups react coolly to government budget
THE UK’s spring budget has received a mixed reaction from engineering and manufacturing groups, a...
COP28 deal: a starting gun fired for the end of fossil fuels?
COUNTRIES have agreed at the COP28 climate conference to transition away from fossil fuels and tr...
UK government publishes battery strategy
THE UK government’s ambition to have a globally competitive battery supply chain by 2030 has been...
EU lawmakers adopt position on Net-Zero Industry Act
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT has adopted its position on the proposed Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA), wh...
King’s speech draws fire from environmentalists as oil and gas claims branded “distraction tactics”
“IT SIMPLY won’t do what the prime minister claims,” said Green Party MP Caroline Lucas, after th...
UK government suffer angry backlash from industry over plan to delay climate pledges
RISHI SUNAK’s series of policy changes surrounding the UK government’s approach to net zero has d...
The importance of engineers and not strangling AI
SIR PATRICK VALLANCE reflects on five years as the UK’s chief scientific advisor.
A green washout? Critics lambast the UK government’s Powering up Britain strategy as lacking ambition
LABELLED as a strategy that will “scale up affordable, clean, homegrown power” while building “th...
UK spring budget includes launch of nuclear support body and up to £20bn for CCUS
THE UK government has pledged to invest up to £20bn (US$24.2bn) from its spring budget to support...
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