UK Government

The UK Government ‘energy security’ strategy threatens more oil and gas - and more climate breakdown.

New Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) watchdog warns of impending tipping points and demands action from UK Government.

UK Government takes step towards ending stop bottom trawling in 'iconic and ecologically important' Dogger Bank.

Environmental charity WWF slams the UK Government's spending plans as missed opportunity to meet COP26 promises.

The UK Government announced its net zero strategy today. But then it went down in flames.

Jet Zero is a charade, driven by considerations of profit, economic growth and aviation's corporate consumers.

Special Investigation: It’s not ‘Jet Zero.’ It’s not even net zero. It’s plane insanity - and we’re heading for a hard landing.

Criticism over UK Government backing for Total gas project in Mozambique as conflict halts scheme.

Philip Dunne MP, the Environmental Audit Committee chairman, warns UK Government abandoning green homes grant scheme sets 'poor example'.

The authoritative Committee on Climate Change (CCC) says moratorium on fracking must remain unless and until there is an in-depth study into climate impacts.

'Deposit return scheme' charging customers a levy for drinks containers paid back when they return them for recycling may not happen until late 2024.

Greener UK coalition says there is still a chance to enhance environmental protections in final 'report card' on Brexit.

Think tank calls for greater local stewardship of the net zero climate transition with community energy, heating, housing and natural assets.

New legislation aims to tackle 'premature obsolescence' in electrical goods and make them more energy efficient.

Rishi Sunak's 'super deduction' budget announcement represents a massive tax break for fossil fuel companies - just ahead of the COP26 talks.

Public Accounts Committee in UK says no co-ordinated plan, with clear milestones, to achieve legally binding goal to cut emissions by 100 percent by 2050.

The UK Government focus on electric cars is opposed by researchers of climate science, transport policy, engineering and urban planning.

Common Wealth think tank argues steel contributes 15 percent of the UK’s greenhouse gases from industry and must be decarbonised.

Public Accounts Committee slams Tory government for 'disappointing' progress on its own 2018 25-year environment plan.

The HS2 tunnellers must dig through 30 years of protest history to find the secret to success.

Bottom trawling could be prohibited in four English offshore marine protected areas, including Dogger Bank.

The UK Government delays passage of the The Environment Bill, not expected to become law until autumn.

Academics and campaigners write to Boris Johnson as MPs discuss Environment Bill.

Low carbon? Hydrogen greenhouse emissions globally are more than twice that of the entire UK economy.