The UK government has announced that UK carbon emissions are to be cut by 78% by 2035. Achieving this requires businesses of all sizes to make substantial changes in reducing their emissions and offsetting what cannot practicably be reduced.
Unions, local business and industry representatives have joined forces to challenge what they call a “renewables scandal too far”, after supply chain firm BiFab failed to secure any contracts for a major offshore wind project.
The UK Government has said its environmental standards are “among the highest in the world” after allegations it has neglected a methane leak for 20 years.
The UK Government spent more than £50,000 investigating BP after an oil leak – an amount seven times greater than the fine dished out to the company.
A UK-wide government funding scheme for the implementation of electric vehicle (EV) charge points has gone unclaimed by every council in Scotland.
All polluting coal-fired power plants will be closed by October 2025, the Government has confirmed.
Up to £56 million of funding is to be offered for research and development in mini-nuclear plants, the Government has announced.
Goods exports from Scotland grew by almost a fifth to reach £28 billion, new UK Government figures have revealed.
A new report released by Aurora Energy Research has claimed that the UK Government has underestimated the amount of subsidy it will have to pay to UK wind farms by £80million per annum, including Moray East Wind Farm in northern Scotland.