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- CCC’s Net Zero Plans Rely On Dramatic Rise In Windy Days Tue, 26 Oct 21, 12:00amThe Committee on Climate Change have been caught cheating:
- Road to hell: budget tarmacs over climate ambition Thu, 12 Mar 20, 4:10amRishi Sunak fails to even mention energy efficiency, the no-brainer climate policy
- The Guardian view on trees for Christmas: our charity appeal is rooted in hope | Editorial Sat, 21 Dec 19, 5:25amFresh evidence of the role played by trees in absorbing carbon, and increased rates of deforestation, have guided our choice of charities this yearThe role of nature in fighting the climate emergency has been one of the biggest...
- Gas strategy in the UK is wrongheaded | Letters Tue, 12 Mar 19, 5:15amIt is no surprise that the government’s strategy on fracking has been deemed unlawful, write Robin Russell-Jones and Geraint Davies. Carbon emissions will be even lower if the gas boiler is run on hydrogen gas, writes Carl...
- Ban gas boilers in new homes by 2025, says Committee on Climate Change Thu, 21 Feb 19, 11:01amGovernment advisers suggest homes are heated using low-carbon energy instead
- Ban new gas boilers by 2025, says Committee on Climate Change Thu, 21 Feb 19, 11:01amGovernment advisers suggest homes are heated using low-carbon energy instead
- Coastal flooding and peat bogs | Letters Thu, 29 Nov 18, 4:34amMore than 15,000 buildings were built in coastal areas at significant risk of coastal flooding in the UK between 2005 and 2014, write Tom Spencer and Gerd Masselink...
- Tackling the plastic bottle crisis and our wider disregard for nature | Letters Sat, 1 Jul 17, 4:13amGreen co-leader Caroline Lucas says she hopes to build a cross-party coalition to stop bottle wastage, while other correspondents offer their thoughts on protecting the environment
- Scotland urged to adopt more ambitious carbon emissions target Wed, 16 Mar 16, 2:11amUK Committee on Climate Change says Holyrood should aim to reduce greenhouse gases by 61% over next 14 years
- Solar thermal panels latest to be hit by UK subsidy cuts Fri, 4 Mar 16, 9:28pmSolar thermal schemes, that use the sun to heat water, will lose support from next year - the latest in a series of energy policy U-turns that advsiors say could increase energy bills
- New houses will have to be retrofitted, UK climate watchdog warns Thu, 26 Nov 15, 4:30pmHouses not built to high standards of insulation will have to be expensively retrofitted or risk breaching national carbon targets, climate watchdog warns
- Wind and solar power likely to match gas on cost by 2020, say UK climate advisers Thu, 22 Oct 15, 4:01pmClimate Change Committee say that onshore windfarms and large solar projects will soon be cost competitive with gas, given expected cost of carbon
- UK risks missing its carbon targets, climate advisers warn Wed, 23 Sep 15, 1:05amLord Deben, chairman of the committee on climate change, tells ministers that government cuts to green measures are creating confusion for investors
- UK on track to miss carbon targets, climate advisers warn Tue, 15 Jul 14, 2:15pmGovernment's flagship energy efficiency schemes are found wanting in report by Committee on Climate Change
- Some green extremists 'close to Trotskyites,' says Lord Deben Tue, 21 Jan 14, 3:58amGovernment adviser warns some environmentalists' views on fracking are 'nonsensical' and risk consensus on climate changeThe battle against global warming is being put at risk by far-left extremists in the green movement...