EV and low emission zones are not a panacea says e-bike boss October 24, 2021 Electric cars are not a “panacea that’s gonna fix everything”, said David Watkins, chief operating officer and cofounder of e-bike subscription service DASH Rides. “A more sustainable city is not going to be car-focused, even if that car is an electric vehicle,” he told City A.M. “We need to move to a different way of [...]
COP 26: Modi will attend UK climate conference October 21, 2021 India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi will go to the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow. The country’s environment minister Bhupender Yadav confirmed his upcoming attendance to Reuters on Thursday. This follows weeks of uncertainty about his participation. Yadav said, “PM is going to Glasgow.” The news will be welcomed in Downing Street, after snubs from both [...]
Government deletes net zero paper criticising business travel October 20, 2021 A government research paper pushing to stigmatise international business flights and promote domestic tourism has been hastily deleted. The report focused on changing public behaviour to reach net zero climate targets. On the basis that ‘social norms are contagious’, it wanted to change the perception of in-person business meetings involving international flights. It believed they [...]
UK green jobs’ revolution needs to be 25 times faster to hit 2030 target says job site October 20, 2021 The UK green jobs’ revolution needs to be 25 times faster if it wants to hit the government’s 2030 target, admonished job site Indeed. In a research published today, Indeed has showed that green job vacancies are at 0.2 per cent, around 2,000 roles per million job postings, despite rising by 13 per cent between [...]
Scottish Power: energy price cap not working October 19, 2021 The UK’s energy price cap is not working and the country is now paying the price, argues the boss of Spanish energy giant Iberdrola. Ignacio Galan, chief executive of Iberdrola, which owns Scottish Power, believed that the price cap is a short-term solution to protect consumers that has caused long-term damage to the market. He [...]
Companies risk £2.6bn loss building UK gas power plants October 19, 2021 Companies building new UK gas power plants risk losing £2.6 billion because they will be forced to abandon them before they can regain their investment, warns a new report. Financial think tank Carbon Tracker argues that most gas plants that are planned or under construction in Europe and the US will never break even. The [...]
Government pushes UK households to ditch gas boilers with £450m upgrade scheme October 18, 2021 The government is encouraging households to swap fossil fuel boilers for low carbon alternatives with a £450m upgrade scheme. Households will now benefit from £5,000 government grants to install low carbon technologies such as a hydrogen-ready boiler or a heat pump. The grants will be available from next April, and will mean consumers will pay [...]
Nord Stream 2 fills pipeline with gas ahead of regulatory approval October 18, 2021 Nord Stream 2 has been filled with “technical gas” while awaiting clearance from Germany’s regulator. The pipeline’s Swiss operator Nord Stream 2 AG has filled the first of the project’s two lines with 177 million cubic metres of gas in order to maintain pressure in the pipeline for future exports. The newly constructed 764-mile pipeline [...]
Russia will look to ‘rescue’ UK in energy crisis October 17, 2021 Russia will try to “come to the rescue” of the UK amid rapidly rising energy costs, says the country’s ambassador Andrei Kelin. He told Andrew Marr that that if there is an “opportunity” to help the UK, then the country will “do what we can to alleviate difficult conditions which are now being created with [...]
Putin could miss COP26 climate conference October 17, 2021 Vladimir Putin has not decided whether to attend the upcoming COP26 climate conference in Glasgow later this month. Russian ambassador to the UK, Andrei Kelin, told Andrew Marr that a decision on the president’s trip has “not been taken yet”. This follows Wednesday’s comments from the Russian premier that he might avoid the conference due [...]