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Category: United Kingdom

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  • Biofuels
  • United Kingdom

UK introducing E10 fuel nationwide in September

E10 gasoline blends (10% ethanol) will be introduced at gasoline stations across the UK in September 2021. Its introduction on UK roads could cut transport carbon dioxide emissions by 750,000 Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • coronavirus
  • United Kingdom

Covid test being considered as alternative to vaccine passport

The UK government reassured people on Tuesday they will not face major restrictions if they refuse to have a coronavirus jab with officials considering a recent Covid-19 test result as Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate
  • United Kingdom

After Brexit, British Tabloids Take Up a New Cause—Going Green – Bloomberg

When Boris Johnson unveiled his 10-point green recovery plan in November, U.K. newspapers were surprisingly acquiescent. The British press has a reputation for being more politically partisan than in many Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Hydrogen
  • United Kingdom

U.K. Homes Heated by Just Hydrogen Could Be Everywhere by 2050

Heating U.K. homes with just hydrogen could be mainstream in a few decades as the government expect technology costs to plunge just like they have for wind energy. To accelerate the Continue Reading

Posted On : 17 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • coronavirus
  • United Kingdom

UK opens quarantine hotels, pushes on with vaccine drive

Britain’s newly established quarantine hotels received their first guests on Monday as the government tries to prevent new coronavirus variants from derailing a fast-moving vaccination drive that has delivered more Continue Reading

Posted On : 16 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • United Kingdom

UK economy suffers biggest drop since 1709

The British economy suffered its biggest decline in more than 300 years in 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic closed shops and restaurants, devastated the travel industry and curtailed manufacturing. The Continue Reading

Posted On : 13 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • United Kingdom

UK economy suffers record 9.9% slump in 2020 after COVID-19 hit

 Britain’s coronavirus-ravaged economy slumped by 9.9% in 2020, the biggest annual crash in output in more than 300 years, but it avoided heading back towards recession at the end of Continue Reading

Posted On : 12 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Coal
  • United Kingdom

Climate Change: UK Coal Mine Project Under Review After Backlash

Construction of a coal mine that threatened U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s claim to be a world leader in the fight against climate change is under review after growing opposition. The Continue Reading

Posted On : 10 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • United Kingdom

British Airways Plans 2022 Test With U.S. Sustainable-Fuel Maker

British Airways is partnering with LanzaJet for sustainable aviation fuel as part of the carrier’s plans to decarbonize by 2050, amid rising pressure on the aviation industry to cut emissions. The Continue Reading

Posted On : 9 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • coronavirus
  • United Kingdom

Vaccines Could Blunt U.K. Epidemic in Weeks

 Britain is on a pace to give the first shot of a two-dose coronavirus vaccine to its entire population by the end of June, if it can avoid supply and Continue Reading

Posted On : 5 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Coal
  • United Kingdom

A New Coal Mine Undercuts U.K.’s Claim to Climate Leadership

As the U.K. prepares to host the next round of major global climate talks in November, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government has adopted the most ambitious emissions-reduction goal among large Continue Reading

Posted On : 5 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • United Kingdom

The UK Stands By Its Controversial Coal Mine Decision

Despite pressure from the UK’s climate change advisors, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s office says it will not intervene in Cumbria County Council’s decision to approve the country’s first new deep Continue Reading

Posted On : 4 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • United Kingdom

Britain cracks down on travel to stop virus spread

Britain announced new measures to reduce travel in and out of the country on Wednesday, hoping that by tightening its borders it can reduce the risk of new variants of Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • coronavirus
  • United Kingdom

UK warns against booking holidays, hotel quarantine announcement due

 The British public should not book any overseas summer vacation yet, the minister responsible for the country’s COVID vaccination programme said on Tuesday, ahead of an expected announcement on tougher Continue Reading

Posted On : 26 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars
  • United Kingdom

Shell to acquire UK’s largest electric vehicle charging network

Royal Dutch Shell said on Monday it was acquiring the owner of the UK’s largest public electric vehicle charging network, ubitricity, for an undisclosed amount. The deal for the company Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • coronavirus
  • United Kingdom

UK toughens up borders over Brazil virus variant fears

 The U.K. moved Friday to toughen up its entry requirements beyond its surprise decision to ban travel from South America and Portugal in the face of a new virus variant Continue Reading

Posted On : 16 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • United Kingdom
  • Wind

How the U.K. Power System Can Be Mismatched to Climate Goals – Bloomberg

A spell of cold temperatures last week revealed a mismatch between the U.K.’s goal to decarbonize and actions taken in order to keep the lights on. Low wind output was a Continue Reading

Posted On : 13 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • United Kingdom

Brexit Creates Major Problem For UK Energy Companies

In the international electricity markets, countries fall into one of three categories: those that provide adequately for their needs like the US, those with excess reserves like Canada and those Continue Reading

Posted On : 8 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • United Kingdom

UK hospitals stagger as new virus variant takes huge toll

Britain is facing a long, bleak winter as cold, wet weather and a more contagious variant of the coronavirus put unprecedented strain on the nation’s hospitals and force record numbers Continue Reading

Posted On : 6 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • United Kingdom

England goes into new lockdown as COVID-19 variant rampages

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday ordered England into a new national lockdown to contain a surge in COVID-19 cases that threatens to overwhelm parts of the health system Continue Reading

Posted On : 5 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • United Kingdom

UK’s Johnson warns of more lockdown measures as virus soars

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned Sunday that more onerous lockdown restrictions in England are likely as the country reels from a new coronavirus variant that has pushed infection rates Continue Reading

Posted On : 4 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • United Kingdom

All Quiet in Dover: The Calm Before Brexit’s Border Storm

On the day the U.K. makes its final break with the European Union, the ports are clear of truck backups, goods are moving smoothly and grocery-store shelves are well stocked. Even Continue Reading

Posted On : 1 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • United Kingdom

With little ado, a divided United Kingdom casts off into the Brexit unknown

The United Kingdom left the European Union’s orbit on Thursday, turning its back on a tempestuous 48-year liaison with the European project for an uncertain post-Brexit future in its most Continue Reading

Posted On : 1 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • coronavirus
  • United Kingdom

UK faces ‘dangerous situation’ as new Covid cases surge

The UK is in a “very dangerous situation” in its battle against coronavirus, facing a “grim and depressing picture” of rising infections and deaths as millions more were placed under Continue Reading

Posted On : 31 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • coronavirus
  • United Kingdom

Covid: UK surge in cases an ‘extreme concern’

A surge in coronavirus cases in the UK is of “extreme concern”, a health boss says, as a record number of cases was reported for the second day running. On Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • coronavirus
  • United Kingdom

Covid-19 Vaccine Made by AstraZeneca, Oxford Is Authorized by U.K.

The U.K. authorized a Covid-19 vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca PLC, opening the door for the rollout of millions of doses in a country where infections have surged Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • United Kingdom

Oxford team directly converts CO2 to jet fuel using iron-based catalysts – Green Car Congress

Researchers at the University of Oxford have developed a method to convert CO2 directly into aviation fuel using a novel, inexpensive iron-based catalyst. The catalyst shows a carbon dioxide conversion through Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • United Kingdom

Brexit ‘big bang’ to trigger tectonic trading rift in Europe

Europe will see its biggest transfer of share trading in more than two decades when stock exchanges open for business in 2021, with Brexit shifting its centre of gravity away Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • United Kingdom

Swansea team develops faster, greener way of producing carbon spheres

A fast, green and one-step method for producing porous carbon spheres—a component for carbon capture technology and for new ways of storing renewable energy—has been developed by Swansea University researchers. Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • United Kingdom

France and Germany Retake Reins as Britain Leaves EU’s Economic Orbit – WSJ

Britain long played a special role within the European Union, as a nuclear power and permanent United Nations Security Council member that had Washington’s ear. It was also a budget Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • United Kingdom

‘Parting is such sweet sorrow’: EU and UK clinch narrow Brexit accord

Britain clinched a narrow Brexit trade deal with the European Union on Thursday, just seven days before it exits one of the world’s biggest trading blocs in its most significant Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • United Kingdom

What now for British economy with UK-EU trade deal reached?

The last-minute trade deal between the U.K. and the European Union means businesses will be spared new tariffs and border disruption at the start of the new year – an Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • United Kingdom

UK and EU agree historic Brexit trade deal

Britain and the EU have sealed a Christmas trade agreement, a new economic and security accord that both sides hope will allow them to rebuild their relationship after years of Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • United Kingdom

Brexit deal marathon heads to the finish line

Britain and the European Union appeared close to clinching a long-elusive trade agreement on Wednesday, raising hopes that the estranged allies were now set to avoid a turbulent economic rupture Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • United Kingdom

Travel between Britain and France resumes amid truck congestion

Britain has found two cases of a coronavirus variant linked to South Africa, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said Wednesday, both of which are tied to contact with recent arrivals from that Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • United Kingdom

France to reopen border with England for COVID-clear travellers

France will reopen its borders to passengers from England on Wednesday, ending a blockade intended to stop the spread of a new coronavirus variant, but which has held up thousands Continue Reading

Posted On : 23 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • United Kingdom

Isolated U.K. Seeks to Reopen Trade Route After Days of Chaos – Bloomberg

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government is desperately trying to re-open trade routes to France after a day of cross-Channel political bartering failed to end the chaos at the U.K.’s Continue Reading

Posted On : 23 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • United Kingdom

France to allow limited border reopening, but it may take days to clear out thousands of trucks stranded in U.K. amid coronavirus mutation fears

France agreed Tuesday to reopen its borders to travelers from Britain and get trade flowing again, but it may take days to clear out the thousands of cargo trucks snarled Continue Reading

Posted On : 23 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • United Kingdom

Dutch exporters fear fruit will rot if Brexit deal not done

With the clock running down on negotiations over a Brexit trade deal, Dutch fruit and vegetable exporters fear that a failure to strike an agreement could lead to long customs Continue Reading

Posted On : 23 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • United Kingdom

German Deaths Hit Record; U.K. May Widen Lockdown: Virus Update

Germany’s coronavirus deaths rose by 986, the most since the start of the pandemic. The U.K. is examining whether to move more areas of England into lockdown to counter a Continue Reading

Posted On : 23 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • United Kingdom

Brexit Deal in the Balance as Negotiators Push for the Line

Nine months of talks between the U.K. and European Union over a post-Brexit trade accord are hanging in the balance, with officials trying to bring them to a conclusion as Continue Reading

Posted On : 23 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • United Kingdom

Travel resumes slowly after France reopens border with UK

Vehicles from England began arriving in Calais and train and air travel to France started to resume on Wednesday morning after Paris reopened its borders with the UK for people Continue Reading

Posted On : 23 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • United Kingdom

More areas of England set to enter tier 4 in race to curb new strain

More areas of England are likely to enter the highest level of tier 4 restrictions in the new year as the country braces for the spread of the new strain Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • United Kingdom

Cut off: Britain hit with travel bans over new virus strain

Trucks waiting to get out of Britain backed up for miles and people were left stranded at airports Monday as dozens of countries around the world slapped tough travel restrictions Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • United Kingdom

EU and UK edge towards Brexit compromise on fisheries

Raoul Ruparel, a former Europe adviser to ex-prime minister Theresa May who remains well connected in Whitehall, suggested the EU and the UK could find a solution to one outstanding Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • United Kingdom

Britain, stuck in COVID-19 isolation, strives to lift France’s freight ban

The United Kingdom was stuck in COVID-19 isolation on Tuesday after much of the world cut off travel ties due to a highly infectious new coronavirus strain, snarling one of Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • United Kingdom

Johnson Makes Last-Ditch Brexit Deal Push With Fish Offer

The European Union is considering a fresh proposal on fishing rights from the U.K. as Prime Minister Boris Johnson aims to secure an 11th-hour trade deal. Both parties had signaled over Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • United Kingdom

Dutch ban UK flights, fearing the new coronavirus variant

The Netherlands is banning flights from the U.K. for at least the rest of the year in an attempt to make sure that a new strain of coronavirus that is Continue Reading

Posted On : 21 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • United Kingdom

More EU nations ban travel from UK, fearing virus variant

A growing list of European Union nations were banning travel from the U.K. on Sunday and others were considering similar action, in a bid to block a new strain of Continue Reading

Posted On : 21 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • United Kingdom

EU-UK trade talks floundering over fish as cutoff day nears

 With yet another Brexit deadline disappearing in the rearview mirror, a breakthrough on fishing rights remained elusive for the European Union and Britain on Sunday — leaving both without a Continue Reading

Posted On : 21 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple

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