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- Eco-homes become hot property in UK's zero-carbon ‘paradigm shift’ Sat, 6 Mar 21, 7:00pmSmart, low-carbon homes were once the preserve of one-off grand designs – now there are up to 30,000 projects in the pipeline
- Green homes grant will meet only tiny fraction of target in England Fri, 26 Feb 21, 5:00pmScheme will issue vouchers to just 49,000 people by end of March at current rate, analysis finds
- Hundreds of millions in green grants for English homes pulled despite delays Wed, 10 Feb 21, 10:28pm95% of £1.5bn set aside to improve houses unspent due to slowness in making grants and paying installers
- Boris Johnson: UK must not return to status quo after Covid-19 pandemic Wed, 7 Oct 20, 1:10amPM pledges to transform country in keynote address to Conservative party conference
- 'This is the Everest of zero carbon' – inside York's green home revolution Mon, 5 Oct 20, 1:00amThe city plans to build Britain’s biggest zero-carbon housing project, boasting 600 homes in car-free cycling paradises full of fruit trees and allotments...
- The Guardian view on a just transition: make the red wall green | Editorial Mon, 21 Sep 20, 3:30amBritain’s commitment to a net zero carbon footprint by 2050 can be the catalyst for a jobs revolution in regions beyond London and the south-east. The government is doing far too little to make it happen
- 'New deal' risks fuelling emissions and eroding building standards Wed, 1 Jul 20, 3:19amGreen campaigners and housing experts warn Boris Johnson’s recovery plan could swiftly become a liability
- Britain beyond lockdown: can we level up? Tue, 23 Jun 20, 5:00pmJonathan Watts continues his road trip in Hartlepool, where some see an opportunity to emerge from the past into a greener future
- 'A masterpiece': Norwich council houses win Stirling architecture prize Wed, 9 Oct 19, 6:46amStreet of 105 homes hailed as high-quality architecture in its most environmentally and socially conscious form
- 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...
- Cities around the world lay the groundwork for a zero-waste future Wed, 19 Sep 18, 2:30amCities around the world are pledging to reduce waste over the next 12 years in an effort to curb global warming and eventually become zero-waste cities...
- Our jobs plan for a green and pleasant land Mon, 10 Sep 18, 3:36amA national environment-friendly infrastructure plan is urgently required to restore the UK to social and economic health, says a group of MPs, academics and green campaigners
- EDF plan for tallest UK onshore wind turbines prompts outcry Wed, 2 May 18, 3:00pmIsle of Lewis residents protest against new windfarm plan to raise turbine height to 200m
- How a small town reclaimed its grid and sparked a community revolution | Aditya Chakrabortty Thu, 1 Mar 18, 12:17amThe latest article in our new economics series looks at what happened when a German utilities contract expired, and one man thought his neighbours could take over
- The small town that started a community revolution across Europe | Aditya Chakrabortty Wed, 28 Feb 18, 5:00pmThe latest article in our new economics series looks at what happened when a German utilities contract expired, and one man thought his neighbours could take over