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Greenhouse gas removals: call for evidence

It is very difficult to establish a realistic magnitude of negative emissions that can be delivered through BECCS.

  • United Kingdom
  • Bioenergy
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It’s time for a UK carbon tax

With a link to the EU carbon market now impossible by January, the best option for the UK is to commit to a carbon tax.

  • Europe
  • United Kingdom
  • G7
  • G20
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Gambling with Biomass: Reliance on BECCS undermines National Grid’s net-zero scenarios

National Grid models unlikely to deliver net-zero by 2050 through over-reliance on BECCS

  • Europe
  • United Kingdom
  • G7
  • G20
  • Bioenergy
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The UK says it wants the world’s first net zero carbon market

The UK says it wants the world’s first net zero carbon market, but the plans don’t yet add up...

  • Europe
  • United Kingdom
  • G7
  • G20
  • Bioenergy
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The Burning Question

Ember reveals the cost of burning wood for power, with UK energy billpayers committed to subsidies of more than £13 billion.

  • United Kingdom
  • Europe
  • Bioenergy
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Coal Free Kingdom

Election manifestos can go beyond the coal power phase-out, and commit to making the UK truly coal-free.

  • Europe
  • United Kingdom
  • G20
  • G7
  • Coal
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UK carbon pricing after Brexit

Our response to the consultation on the future of carbon pricing after Brexit, from the UK Government and Devolved Administrations.

  • United Kingdom
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Coal To Clean

The ‘gas bridge’ is unlikely to materialise in the UK: the 2025 coal phase-out will be completed without building large gas plants.

  • Europe
  • G7
  • G20
  • United Kingdom
  • Coal
  • Gas
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Something nasty in the woodshed

Biomass subsidies could actually be slowing decarbonisation in Europe, regardless of sustainability questions around biomass sourcing.

  • United Kingdom
  • Coal
  • Bioenergy