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A groundbreaking innovation has paved the way for solar-powered trains, says Simon Birch.
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With talk of junking new gas boilers in the UK by 2025, heat pumps are very much the low-carbon alternative for people of the moment! Jonathan Atkinson from Carbon Co-op explains more...
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Climate expert and author of How Bad are Bananas and There’s no Planet B, Mike Berners-Lee spoke to us about what a sustainable future could look like and the action needed to get there.
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There has been turmoil in the electricity and gas retail sector recently, and many small and even big companies have been hurrying for the door.
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The UK Government has announced a new fund to improve workers’ rights and conditions in high street supply chains during the coronavirus pandemic. Businesses said to be benefiting from the scheme include Primark, Mondelez (Cadbury, Green & Blacks) and Tesco.
Campaigners ask why these multi-million pound brands are not already protecting those…
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Will there be a boom in onshore wind energy following the government’s change of heart? Simon Birch investigates.
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We caught up with Kathryn Adams at Ecotricity, an ethical Best Buy company in our guide to Energy Suppliers and operator of Ecotalk, featured in our guide to Mobile Phone Networks.
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Ahead of Fair Tax Week 2019 Martin McEwen, Head of Tax at SSE, tells Tim Hunt why paying tax should be top of the agenda for all companies.
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In February 2018, Shell bought energy provider First Utility, meaning it now provides gas and electricity directly to UK-households. It has re-branded the provider as 'Shell Energy' and switched it to 100% renewables. Yet, Shell continues to produce 10% of the oil and gas used in the UK.
Is one of the world’s biggest polluters trying to greenwash…
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Josef Davies-Coates tells us about an emergency summit for change taking place in May.
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Climate change has been in the media spotlight several times over the past few months thanks partly to the release of the frack-free three from Preston prison in September, which was followed by the launch of ‘Extinction Rebellion’ at the end of October.
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Three partners, including Carbon Co-op and Stitched Up, have withdrawn from the Manchester Science Festival following news that Shell will be the major sponsor of The Manchester-based Science and Industry Museum (SIM)’s new exhibition – ‘Electricity: the spark of life’. This exhibition is due to launch alongside the Science Festival on the…
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General Electric faces many criticisms. We look at its tax avoidance, lobbying and its relationship with Donald Trump.
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As Cuadrilla gears up to start fracking in Lancashire in 2018, anti-fracking protestors mobilise for ‘United Resistance’ - three months of creative campaigning starting in April.
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Biofuelwatch report on why Drax power station is the target of protesters.
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Josie Wexler looks at carbon offsetting, the best way to do it, and whether we should be doing it at all.
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Reducing your carbon footprint and your household energy bills is easy with a few quick steps.
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What is a green tariff? How does it work, and how sustainable is it?
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Campaign group Frack Off tell us the latest on the resistance to fracking in the UK
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What are biomass boilers and are they sustainable?
Dr Mary Booth from Partnership for Policy Integrity shares her views on biomass boilers and whether burning wood for heating is environmentally friendly or carbon neutral.