UK’s biggest CCU plant opens
Presented as a key milestone in the UK's race to meet its net zero targets, a new Carbon Capture and Usage (CCU) plant has been opened in Northwich, Cheshire by Tata Chemicals Europe.
High temperature control for exhaust analysis
For those involved in designing and manufacturing analysis equipment for combustion engines, it is essential that they reproduce accurate results
Carbon-negative concrete picks up European technology award
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A new solution for manufacturing carbon negative concrete, developed by the Carbonaide project of Finnish research organisation VTT, picked up first prize in the...
Heathrow plans grounded
Plans to proceed with building a third runway at Europe's biggest airport were overturned by the Court of Appeal on 26 February, on environmental grounds, placing the future of the £14 billion project in doubt. Envirotec writes
Greenpeace: Car makers showing slow progress on decarbonizing supply chains
While electric vehicle sales continue to rise worldwide, automotive supply chains are lagging behind the required pace of decarbonisation, according to a new report...
Bioenergy gets graphic with new illustrated guide to the subject
A new graphic novel which addresses the big questions around bioenergy and climate change was launched in late March by The University of Manchester...
On track for net zero? Observers respond to the UK government’s ten-point green plan
Commentators in the environmental sphere seemed to broadly welcome the UK government’s “Ten-Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution”, unveiled on 18 November, although...
Scottish solar experts to gather at Edinburgh conference in September
Scottish Renewables’ first Solar Conference will be held in association with the Scottish Institute for Solar Energy Research (SISER) in Edinburgh on September 6...
Report aims to encourage food waste recycling in London
A report and campaign, launched on 7 July, aim to put pressure on London councils to improve recycling rates and food waste separation in...
Kwasi Kwarteng says biomass wood imports are “not sustainable”
Cooling towers at Drax, North Yorkshire (image credit: Shutterstock.com / Phil Silverman).
Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng told a private meeting of MPs this week that...
Shortlisted firms in wait for decision
THREE businesses specialising in green building products face a long wait to find out if they have won an award for cleaning up the...
Defusing the nitrate time bomb
Steve Buss, Catchment Management Specialist at independent scientific environmental consultancy ESI, comments on recent findings that nitrate levels in groundwater are now levelling out....
Net zero target will create up to 1.7 million new jobs by 2030, says...
The Government will not deliver on its commitment to net zero by 2050, say the authors of a new research paper, without taking radical...
Comment: Tesla trucks alone will not save the transport industry
Phill Davies, Co-Founder of Magway, a UK firm behind a new form of e-commerce and freight delivery system, believes the transition to electric vehicles...
“Global warming won’t wait until 2050,” says European science advisory group
“We cannot rely on linear developments and a steady energy transition over the next 30 years to 2050,” according to William Gillett, Energy Programme...
UK companies still struggling with reporting carbon emissions
A new report summarizes a nine-month investigation of large UK organisations’ progress in addressing decarbonisation in their operations and supply chains - finding that...
New lawsuits challenge UK government’s “greenwashing and climate delay”
Both ClientEarth and Friends of the Earth are taking the government to court over strategies intended to advance the transition to a low emissions...
New NHS dashboard launched to help reduce CO2 emissions from inhalers
NHS Business Services Authority (NBSA) has launched a new dashboard intended to help prescribers to reduce the high carbon impact of inhalers.
Estimates suggest that...
Caroline Flint MP sets out four-point plan for UK’s green gas future
Former Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Caroline Flint MP set out a four-point plan for the UK to realise the...
Carbon capture using MOFs: Northern Ireland firm secures £4.4m funding
Clean Growth Fund and Barclays have invested £4.4m in Belfast’s MOF Technologies as part of a Series A funding round.
A spin-out from Queen’s...
