Olivia Rudgard

(Bloomberg) -- The UK government is delaying plans to require boiler companies to sell a minimum number of heat pumps, the latest in a series of rollbacks to net zero measures.

The UK failed to spend £478 million ($608 million) of last year's budget for making homes and buildings greener, in the latest setback to government initiatives to decarbonize the economy.

Fiber tests conducted by a UK nonprofit detected large amounts of hardwood in three brands of toilet paper advertised as being made of environmentally friendly bamboo.

The dramatic 438-solar-panel display on a chapel in Cambridge is just one way the Church of England is showing it practices what it preaches on climate change.

By Olivia Rudgard Bloomberg • March 30, 2024

Ruling hinges on link between climate change and human rights Plaintiffs cite forest fires, flooding as threats to life

Confronted by data on the plaintiffs’ vulnerability to climate impacts, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Switzerland “failed to comply with its duties.”

As homeowners invest in solar panels, EV chargers, heat pumps and batteries, many are finding that a little electricity arbitrage can be addictive.

The seeds of this week's historic victory by an association of elderly women at the European Court of Human Rights were sown in the baking heat of summer 2003.