Bright Blue has been shortlisted for Energy and Environment think tank of the year in the prestigious Prospect magazine Think Tank of the Year awards.
Read the full award listings here.
Patrick Hall featured in Business Green: "Hall sees a spending push to help decarbonise the UK's draughty housing stock as a potential top green policy area to emerge tomorrow"
Bright Blue Researcher, Patrick Hall, has been featured in Business Green, stating that he believes the Government’s spending review is unlikely to be anchored around environment and climate policy, but that a spending push to help decarbonise the UK's draughty housing stock could be a potential top green policy area to emerge in the review.
Read the full article here.
Wilf Lytton: Approaching zero hour: Time for the UK to go carbon-neutral
Our Senior Researcher, Wilf Lytton, has written for BusinessGreen about the case for Britain to act now, with further, ambitious targets for climate action. In his article, Wilf states that previous climate change legislation, such as the Climate Change Act 2008, actually provided an impetus to the economy - creating new jobs, and saving consumers money.
Here’s an excerpt:
Ten years on, this law has proven to be hugely successful not only in reducing our greenhouse gas emissions, but also in generating jobs and clean growth across the country which otherwise could not have occurred. The UK is now, for example, a global leader in wind turbine development, and manufactures and supplies Europe with the world's best-selling electric vehicle.
Read the full article here.