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William Beer shares his expert insight.

Explaining key differences between 'net zero' and 'carbon neutral': William Beer

Martin Callanan

Huge new carbon capture plant on Humberside 'essential' to net zero by 2050

People take part during a protest in central London after the controversial Equinor Rosebank North Sea oil field was given the go-ahead. PIC: Lucy North/PA Wire

Rosebank places Rishi Sunak on the wrong side of history - Robbie MacPherson

Europa or "Jupiter II" is the smallest of the four Galilean moons orbiting Jupiter, with this moon orbiting at about 417,000 miles from the gas giant.

A huge carbon source has been found on Europa

Local people trying to put out the wildfires on the island of Rhodes, Greece, in July. PIC: Sarah George/PA Wire

Britain should be leading from the front on decarbonisation - Andy Brown

A picture of an electric vehicle charging point. PIC: PA

EVs are not perfect but better than the cars that they will replace - YP Letters

A file photo of a coal-fired power station. PIC: John Giles/PA Wire

Greenhouse gas emissions are responsible for climate change - YP Letters

The CX-60

There are not many new diesels around. But Mazda do things their own way

Arla has announced the signing of two new solar parks under a Power Purchase Agreement, which will supply around 20 per cent of the energy needed to power its entire UK operation from renewable sources.

Arla announces it will power around 20% of UK operations with renewables

Emma Hardy is the Member of Parliament for Hull West and Hessle. PIC: Simon Hulme

Net zero is a challenge that needs to be tackled region by region

'The promotion of EVs is misguided'. PIC: John Walton/PA Wire

Electric vehicles not the answer to the climate change challenge - YP Letters

Jonathan Briggs shares his expert insight

Carbon Capture is the North’s ace card in Net Zero push: Jonathan Briggs

Richard Todd

Playing a key role in the drive to net zero - Richard Todd

Harbour Energy and bp have told the City they have entered into an agreement to develop the Viking CCS transportation and storage project.

Harbour Energy and bp agree to develop the Viking CCS project in the North Sea

BMW X1

Driven: the diminutive SUV from BMW

Enfinium CEO Mike Maudsley at its Skelton Grange site. Captured by The Yorkshire Post photographer Jonathan Gawthorpe.

'Rail to Zero' carbon capture transport plan revealed for Yorkshire in UK first

Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Grant Shapps is being urged to take action

Huge increase in UK infrastructure investment needed to reach net zero

The Chamber’s new President, Albert Weatherill (right) and Vice President Kirk Akdemir (left) pictured with the Police and Crime Commissioner for Humberside, Jonathan Evison at MKM Stadium.

New president is appointed by Hull & Humber Chamber of Commerce

It is thought that carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology for heavy industry and gas plants will be among those set to benefit, as well as bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS), which has been developed by Drax, which runs the biomass power station in North Yorkshire.

Hunt to announce £20 billion in green energy investment

Councillor James Lewis, leader of Leeds City Council, celebrates the practical completion with representatives from MEPC, Wates, Arup, CBRE, JLL and Savills. Picture by Bevan Cockerill.

Construction completed at new sustainable office development in Leeds

The sun sets at Drax Power Station, near Selby.Picture by Simon Hulme

Drax announces successful year after doubts raised over green credentials
Drax Group has announced a rise in year-on-year earnings before interest taxation depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of 84 per cent, after a year which saw doubts raised about its use of biomass as a fuel source, as well as workers striking over pay disputes.

Rose McCarthy working on C-Capture's technology in the lab at Leeds.

Meet the woman who captures carbon dioxide for a living

Students in the Netherlands have built a 3D printed car that is fully electric and removes carbon dioxide from the air.

Students build fully electric car that removes carbon dioxide from air

Steam rises from cooling towers at a coal-fired power plant. PIC: Lukas Schulze/Getty Images

Global warming is more complex than it is made out to be - YP Letters

Chris Gilbert, decarbonisation manager at Phillips 66 refinery in Immingham photographed in the safety induction training centre. Picture Tony Johnson

Humber Refinery to spend hundreds of millions on slashing carbon emissions

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at a Climate Change conference in Geneva. PIC: FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images

Its wrong to dismiss the UK’s emissions as ‘trivial’ - Yorkshire Post Letters

Lumen metabolism measuring device and app

Lumen: can the metabolism measuring device help you lose weight?

Kate Bingham has became a Dame in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to the Procurement, Manufacture and Distribution of Covid-19 Vaccines.

Kate Bingham's warning on future pandemics must be heeded: Andy Brown

Discarded Christmas trees could help make renewable fuels as new research finds a simple way to turn pine needs into a useful product.

How scientists in Sheffield are turning Christmas trees into new renewable fuels

Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire. Picture by Simon Hulme.

Despite biomass, more carbon is being put into our atmosphere - Selaine Saxby

The average motorist leaves their car running for 244 minutes every winter – gen...

'Habitats such as peatlands and woodlands are vital carbon sinks which capture and store CO2, preventing it from heating the atmosphere.'

Government plans for 'Investment Zones' could put nature at risk - Olivia Blake
Recently, the UN published a report saying there is currently no credible pathway to preventing global temperatures rising above 1.5C. It comes as the UK Government’s own October energy and emissions projections say that we will miss our fifth and sixth carbon budgets.

Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire. PIC: Simon Hulme

Multi-billion carbon capture scheme for Drax questioned in report

'A blanket of cloud results in reflection of solar radiation back into space'. PIC: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

Fossil fuels are responsible for global warming - Yorkshire Post Letters

COP26 President Alok Sharma MP speaks during the stock taking Plenary on day thirteen of the COP26 at SECC on November 12, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

UK's net zero drive is a vastly expensive sham: Yorkshire Post Letters

From next year, the milk price that the individual Arla farmer will receive from the dairy cooperative will depend on their activities related to environmental sustainability.

Arla unveils financial incentives for dairy farmers to speed up CO2 reduction

A woman holds a shopping basket of groceries.

Cost of living: Groceries cost could soar by £1.7bn

Ellergreen Hydro has resubmitted proposals to the national park’s planners which could see the harnessing of water flows from a reservoir dam built to help maintain levels on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal used to power up to 140 homes in the south-west of the park.

Plans for hydro-electric power station in Yorkshire Dales National Park

Anti fracking poster on the roadside of Kirby Misperton. PIC: James Hardisty.

Fracking is the wrong energy option - Yorkshire Post Letters

Leeds-based Infinity Inc has teamed up with environmental conservation group Egologi in an attempt to ramp up its sustainability goals, including the planting of 10,000 trees.

Leeds-based Infinity Inc partner with Ecologi on conservation initiative

A giant sand artwork to highlight global warming ahead of the COP 26 global climate conference last year. PIC: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images.

New zero isn’t just about the environment but also our health – YP Letters

Anti fracking poster on the roadside of the anti-fracking camp on the edge of Kirby Misperton in January 2018. PIC: James Hardisty.

Lifting of fracking ban makes no sense – Yorkshire Post Letters

The sun sets at Drax Power Station, near Selby. Picture by Simon Hulme

US clean electricity study gives boost to Drax's £2bn carbon capture plans

Paul Hamilton

Meet Paul Hamilton, the man behind green cleaning company Regenex

The land off Stoney Haggs Road, Seamer.

Solar farm the size of 50 football pitches on Yorkshire coast given green light

Call for more wind turbine infrastructure.

Turning off wind turbines adds £806m to UK energy bills

Billions of investment from Drax for green energy transformation across Yorkshire and the UK

Ad Feature Renewable technology boom for Yorkshire and UK

Drax has a power station in Sleby, North Yorkshire.

Power producer Drax reports strong performance in the first quarter of the year

Are there sufficient electric vehicle charging points in rural areas?

Electric vehicle charging points; tell us the truth – YP Letters

Morrisons will phase out peat-based compost at its 497 stores and 303 garden centres across the UK by the end of the year, to help customers to garden more sustainably.

Morrisons to switch to peat-free compost to protect environment

The Humber Estuary is home to Yorkshire Energy Park.

How Humber now leads ‘net zero’ revolution – Andrew Reynolds

Bosses at Drax have defended the power station's environmental record in response to criticism from climate change campaigners.

Drax denies biomass claims and criticisms – Yorkshire Post Letters

The large trees have sat in the heart of Westwood in Wiltshire for over 30 years

Villagers anger as council launches 'ludicrous' plan to chop down apple trees

The average Brit will do approximately 13,000 loads of laundry in their lifetime...

Traffic on the M1. Picture: Rui Vieira/PA Wire.

To tackle climate crisis we must stop producing so many vehicles - YP Letters

The last shift at Kellingley Colliery - was Britain wrong to turn its back on coal? Photo: Bruce Rollinson.

Why coal’s demise at Kellingley was too premature – Yorkshire Post Letters

Andrea Jenkyns MP at the manufacturing site in Wakefield.

Why Coca-Cola is investing millions in sustainability at its Wakefield site

Some vines just shrivel in a heatwave.

Vineyards are on the climate frontline - here's what we can do to help them

A giant globe hangs from the ceiling as delegates attend on day one of the COP 26 United Nations Climate Change Conference on October 31, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. 2021 sees the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images).

Emissions per head of population tells a different climate story - YP Letters

Justice and Peace artist Greg Mitchell completes his mural on Princes Street, Edinburgh, to coincide with the Cop26 in Glasgow. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA.

Why there have been 26 UN climate meets without solving climate - Bernard Ingham