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The deal is now subject to a vote in Parliament on Saturday

Brexit deal agreed: What does Boris Johnson's withdrawal plan mean for green policy?

UK to use finance meant for green energy to support fracking in Argentina

The UK is planning to invest in Argentina's controversial oil shale industry using a £1bn export finance deal intended to support green energy, ...

Blockade of a fracking waste dump in Neuquen province, Argentina. Image: Mapuche Confederation of Neuquen

Report: Local areas to miss net-zero goals without Government support

Government needs to incentivise and support local funding and devolved powers in order to move the UK's local areas to a net-zero carbon economy, a ne...

The report calls for more powers for local authorities on green buildings and the use of council and business rates to meet clean growth objectives
Due to pressure from MPs and constituents, the pension fund publicised 20% of its holdings for the first time in 2017. Image: UK Parliament

300 MPs call for Parliamentary Pension Fund to divest from fossil fuels
In the UK, a Green New Deal was first put forward by the Green Party, calling for a 50% cut in emissions within a decade

Mayors Khan and Street call for Green New Deal to empower regions on climate action
Polluting vehicles account for around half of London’s harmful NOx air emissions, with air pollution costing the capital up to £3.7bn annually

Air pollution reduced by a third in London's ULEZ
While half of our European neighbours manage to comply with legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution, 36 out of 43 UK air quality zones regularly breach the rules

Little progress made in tackling air pollution in Europe, research says
The UK has already met its first and second carbon budgets and is on track to meet the third - but off-course to meet the fourth ad fifth. Pictured: The SSE Ferrybridge coal power station

CCC sets sixth carbon budget date, urges Treasury to ramp up net-zero plans
The proposed tax would apply to all kinds of plastics produced by corporates in all sectors

'Broad support' for EU-wide plastic tax
Image: Wikipedia/Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Prime Minister Boris Johnson to chair Government climate change sub-committee
The bill builds on the 25 Year Plan for the Environment. Pictured: Derwentwater in the Lake District

Optimistic but lacking action: Green groups offer mixed reaction to Environment Bill

The Environment Bill has been published today and the reaction is already in from the UK's green business community on the legislation and its impact ...
The Queen arrived at the Houses of Parliament at 11.30am. Image: Diliff/ CC BY-SA 2.5 

'An unambiguous weakening of current protections': Reaction to environmental aspects of Queen's speech
Pictured: The Beatrice Offshore Windfarm is the UK's second-largest. Image: SSE

Renewable generation overtakes fossil fuels in UK electricity for first time