Countries are for the first time considering restrictions on the global production of plastic – to reduce it by 40% in 15 years – in…
View More Countries consider pact to reduce plastic production by 40% in 15 yearsTag: Manufacturing sector
‘We’re facing a critical shortage’: why UK’s green revolution urgently needs skilled workers
In recent years, Britain has been busy setting up the scaffolding of the country’s future low-carbon economy. But beyond the Westminster pledges and white papers…
View More ‘We’re facing a critical shortage’: why UK’s green revolution urgently needs skilled workersChina’s BYD overtakes Tesla as top-selling electric car seller
Elon Musk’s Tesla has been overtaken by its Chinese rival, BYD, as the world’s top selling electric carmaker. BYD, which has been backed by the…
View More China’s BYD overtakes Tesla as top-selling electric car sellerUK must offer businesses certainty over green energy, says boss of FTSE 100 firm
The UK risks seeing its manufacturing sector fall behind rival economies if the government does not offer certainty over policies on shifting to green energy,…
View More UK must offer businesses certainty over green energy, says boss of FTSE 100 firmCaught short: lack of recycled toilet paper in UK ‘fuelling deforestation’
Hoarding during the Covid-19 pandemic underlined just how important loo roll is to the British public. But working from home had another unexpected effect: less…
View More Caught short: lack of recycled toilet paper in UK ‘fuelling deforestation’Business minister boasted Britishvolt was Brexit success story months before collapse
Ministers were using the electric car battery maker Britishvolt as a prime example of the government’s record for “securing business investment in the UK” just…
View More Business minister boasted Britishvolt was Brexit success story months before collapseSmall wonder: big DNA advances loom at university startup Oxford Nanopore
Not far from Didcot, once a halfway stop between London and Bristol on the Great Western Railway celebrated for Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s engineering, innovation has…
View More Small wonder: big DNA advances loom at university startup Oxford Nanopore‘It’s hot’: UK interest in solar power heats up as energy bills soar
“It’s hot,” says Steve Springett, a director of the renewable energy brand Egg, cheerily assessing the solar market. “There’s two key factors: people are understanding…
View More ‘It’s hot’: UK interest in solar power heats up as energy bills soarBlow to UK battery industry hopes as Johnson Matthey halts research
Britain’s hopes to grab a slice of the fast-growing market for electric vehicle batteries have been dealt a blow after one of the UK’s biggest…
View More Blow to UK battery industry hopes as Johnson Matthey halts researchReasons to be hopeful: the climate solutions available now
The climate emergency is the biggest threat to civilisation we have ever faced. But there is good news: we already have every tool we need…
View More Reasons to be hopeful: the climate solutions available now