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Wetherspoons Bans Plastic Straws
JD Wetherspoons has announced it will stop using plastic straws across its 900 pubs in the UK and Ireland by the end of this year, in a bid to curb plastic pollution. Instead it will switch to biodegradeable paper straws,…
UK Developer to Deliver 600MW Iranian Solar ‘Mega-Project’
A London-based firm is to become one of the largest players in Iran’s fledgling renewable energy market, under a deal that will see a 600MW solar project built in the Middle Eastern state. Renewables investor and developer Quercus will today…
WRAP plans to take bite out of food waste with new youth-focused campaign
UK waste body WRAP has today unpacked a new strategy to encourage behaviour change among young adults in an attempt to address the UK’s flatlining progress on household food waste. Speaking at the RWM Conference today in Birmingham, WRAP CEO…
Offshore Wind Power Cheaper than New Nuclear
Energy from offshore wind in the UK will be cheaper than electricity from new nuclear power for the first time. The development, revealed in figures from the government, has been seen as a milestone in the advance of renewable energy.…
Better Energy Efficiency Measures Could Cut UK Costs by £7.5bn
More efficient use of energy in the UK would save as much power as could be generated by six new nuclear reactors and shave £7.5bn from energy costs, experts have calculated. But to achieve such savings would require substantial changes…
FCO Climate Headcount Down 60 Per Cent Since 2011, FOI Reveals
The number of UK-based diplomats working on climate change issues for the UK government has fallen dramatically over the last six years, new Freedom of Information data released publicly earlier this week has revealed. The total number of Foreign &…
UK Electric Vehicle Sales Enjoy Summer Boom
EV sales in the UK enjoyed yet another boost in August with the latest data showing new registrations of pure electric cars were up more than 60 per cent on the same month last year. Monthly figures released by trade…