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...
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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...
New energy and net zero department created as BEIS dissolved
A SIGNIFICANT overhaul by UK prime minister Rishi Sunak will see the Department for Business, Ene...
UK government fails to support technology that could be key to combatting plastic waste
THE UK government has been criticised for dismissing recommendations to support chemical recyclin...
UK government formally establishes ARIA as an independent body
THE UK government has announced the formal establishment of the Advanced Research and Invention A...
Australia’s biggest polluters must cut emissions by nearly 5% a year from July
A REFORM to Australia’s climate safeguard mechanism means that more than 200 of the country’s hea...
Scotland’s “renewables powerhouse” ambitions: strategy seeks rush from oil and gas
THE Scottish government has set out its vision of becoming a renewables powerhouse in its Draft E...
UK Government to reverse recent decision to lift fracking ban
NEW UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has signalled that he will reinstate the moratorium on fracking...
Report: Take whole systems approach to hydrogen economy
ENGINEERS have advised the UK Government that it must push for a rapid scaleup of low-carbon hydr...
US climate deal signed into law
US PRESIDENT Joe Biden signed into law on Tuesday, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022, a b...
Chemical campaigners warn against lagging UK restrictions
CONCERNS of a widening gap between the EU and UK on hazardous chemical regulation have emerged fo...
UK energy security bill set to become law
THE LANDMARK bill announced as part of the Queen’s Speech in May, which puts into law measures to...
UK not on track for net zero, says the Climate Change Committee
THE UK’s Climate Change Committee (CCC) says that the country is not on track to achieve its “amb...
UK sets out measures to boost hydrogen and CCS
THE UK Government has put energy at the centre of its legislative agenda as it announced a series...
Recommendations to support UK green hydrogen
UK TRADE association RenewableUK has made policy recommendations to help Government achieve its g...
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