This archive gathers solutions-journalism stories and milestones from the United Kingdom — covering health, climate, policy, and social progress. Each entry highlights real, reported advances from across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
Research by the Carbon Brief website found that solar generated nearly 7,000 gigawatt hours of electricity between April and September, about 10 per cent more than the 6,300GwH produced by coal during the same period.
Nearly a third of all U.K. electricity came from renewable sources in the second three months of this year, setting a new record for clean energy generation, the Government has revealed.
British luxury automaker Jaguar Land Rover is the latest company pledging to stop production of internal combustion cars.
Money will fund vaccination of 45 million children annually until 2020, when the world could finally be declared polio-free
The government is set to announce the ban of new diesel and petrol cars and vans from 2040 onwards as part of the Clean Air Strategy.
The U.K. has launched a £8.6 million national research programme to investigate how to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, the first of its kind.
According to the National Grid, the U.K. did not use coal to generate electricity for a full day on Friday 21 April, the first time since the Industrial Revolution.
Any motorized vehicle will have to meet strict exhaust emissions standards or pay a heavy surcharge to commute around the city center. Electric vehicles (EVs) are one way for drivers to stay compliant and move about freely on the city’s streets.
According to the Carbon Brief, CO2 emissions fell by 5.8 per cent in 2016, after coal use fell a record 52 per cent.
Europe’s top court struck a blow against U.K. mass surveillance in 2016, ruling that blanket retention of citizens’ web history, location, and app data couldn’t be justified in a democracy. The case, brought by two MPs from opposing parties, challenged laws letting 48 public bodies access a year of everyone’s data. It drew a clear line: targeted surveillance, yes — indiscriminate collection, no.
