United Kingdom

UK carbon prices surge as minister talks about EU market linkage

Friday - UK carbon futures jumped on Wednesday after a Treasury minister said the government would consider linking the country's emissions market to the European Union's system.

Dramatic fall in London's levels of deadly pollutants after low emissions zone expansion

10 Mar 25 - People in the UK capital are breathing much cleaner air, with significant improvements in the city's most deprived areas.

UK government announces plans to axe oil and gas windfall tax in 2030

10 Mar 25 - The Government has announced plans to end a windfall tax on oil and gas profits in 2030 as it launches a consultation on the future of the North Sea energy sector.

UK: Reducing emissions 87% by 2040 could cut household costs

4 Mar 25 - The UK should cut its emissions to 87% below 1990 levels by 2040 under its seventh five-yearly "carbon budget", according to official advice from the Climate Change Committee (CCC).

Britain's net zero economy 'booming'

25 Feb 25 - Green sector growing at triple the rate of the UK economy, providing high-wage jobs and increasing energy security.

The Tories set the UK net zero target. Now they are dumping it

24 Feb 25 - The 2050 goal "leaves us economically worse off," Conservative energy chief Andrew Bowie said.

'I'm not a scientist': Net Zero opponent Nigel Farage admits climate ignorance

21 Feb 25 - The Reform UK leader reiterated false climate claims at Jordan Peterson's Alliance for Responsible Citizenship event in London.

Bison are bringing back biodiversity to Britain

21 Feb 25 - In just a few years, the only free-roaming bison herd in the U.K. has already made a tangible difference in the surrounding ecosystem.

There isn't enough 'sustainable' aviation fuel to make a dent in our emissions - and there won't be for years

13 Feb 25 - Burning SAF actually emits a similar amount of CO2 to fossil jet fuel. Most emissions 'savings' come from how we account for the waste and renewable energy that is used to produce it.

UK halves subsidies for wood-burning power plant

12 Feb 25 - The UK government has halved subsidies for the Drax power station, which was converted from burning coal to wood biomass. The North Yorkshire power plant has also been ordered it to use 100%...

Green campaigners fear UK to renew subsidies to Drax power station

10 Feb 25 - Green campaigners fear ministers are poised to award billions of pounds in fresh subsidies to Drax power station, despite strong concerns that burning trees to produce electricity is bad for the...

Nine percent of England's farmland needs to be converted into wildlife habitats and forests

5 Feb 25 - Roughly nine percent of England's farmland needs to be converted into habitats for wildlife and forest by 2050 in order to meet the country's nature and net-zero goals, according to a consultation...

In historic win, court rules against UK's Rosebank oilfield over climate impacts

3 Feb 25 - The decision by the previous Conservative government in the United Kingdom to approve the giant Rosebank oilfield off Shetland was ruled unlawful by an Edinburgh court on Thursday.

UK drops climate and nature bill

31 Jan 25 - In dropping the bill, UK Labour ministers avoided an internal party row by promising potential rebels supporting the bill they would have input into environmental legislation.

The bitter final showdown over British coal, as sun sets on ‘dirtiest fuel’

20 Dec 24 - The county of Cumbria in Northern England has become the battleground for a final war, which is raging over plans to build a new coal mine.

How the UK plans to reach clean power by 2030

19 Dec 24 - The UK government has set out an “action plan” for reaching its target of clean power by 2030, which it describes as “the most ambitious reforms to our energy system in generations”.

Government unveils new powers to approve onshore wind farms

16 Dec 24 - The government has unveiled plans to give ministers the final say on approving large onshore wind farms rather than leaving decisions to local councils, where opposition has often been fierce.

UK 'not ready' for extreme weather

10 Dec 24 - The government is "not ready" for the sort of extreme weather brought by Storm Darragh, the new head of the Climate Change Committee has warned.

Oil and gas investments of Donald Trump’s new UK ambassador

9 Dec 24 - Campaigners warn that the UK will face “pressure from American fossil fuel interests” to slow its energy transition.