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Government’s Net Zero Strategy is a major step forward, says CCC

Envirotec Magazine

The UK was the first major industrialised nation to set Net Zero into law – now we have policy plans to get us there. Ministers have made the big decisions – to decarbonise the power sector by 2035, to phase out petrol and diesel vehicles, to back heat pumps for homes. And they have proposed policies to do it.

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From fiction reality: Could people ever embrace a ban on flying?

Grist

.” — a passage from “ Cabbage Koora ,” by Sanjana Sekhar The spotlight Nearly 4 in 5 people support doing “whatever it takes” to mitigate climate change, according to a survey published late last year by the firm Potential Energy. But support for specific policies is somewhat of a different story.

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? Climate highs and lows #167

Climate Tech VC

Drought conditions are causing saltwater to creep into the drinking water of communities along the Mississippi River, and the DOE puts $325M toward long-duration energy storage projects. Sunak also disbanded the home Energy Efficiency Taskforce , created earlier this year, which was designed to hasten home insulation and boiler upgrades.

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The Net Zero Strategy: All the top announcements at a glance

Business Green

BusinessGreen's all-you-need-to-know guide to the raft of policies and spending commitments contained in the government's flagship roadmap for achieving net zero emissions by 2050. Here BusinessGreen has rounded up all the policies, commitments, and investment pledges set out in the document. The power sector.

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Energy Security Strategy: Nuclear and hydrogen tipped for big wins, but will Treasury block efficiency plans?

Business Green

Latest round of reports on long-overdue energy independence plan suggest Number 10 and 11 continue to be at loggerheads over the cost of actions that could protect consumers from record energy bills.

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The Net Zero Review: Everything businesses need to know

Business Green

After all, the Net Zero Review - or Mission Zero, as it is officially titled - does not demand a revolutionary overhaul of government policy backed by a blank cheque from the Treasury to spur on decarbonisation efforts. Here, BusinessGreen provides an all-you-need-to-know guide to the Review's recommendations and key conclusions. G overnance.

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CCC Sixth Carbon Budget advice: The green economy reacts

Business Green

Nick Mabey, chief executive of climate and energy think tank E3G, said: "This ground-breaking report has revealed that a five-fold increase in finance is needed to get the UK on track to net-zero, rising from £10bn to £50bn a year. The Treasury must urgently set out a detailed finance plan to make it happen.

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