Government needs a public engagement strategy that includes trusted consumer champions to tackle a ‘greenlash’, think tank survey reveals.

53% of teachers say they do not know enough to inform young people about green careers opportunities, according to a report launched today for Green Careers Week.

The Government’s apparent failure to require solar panels on all new builds is extremely disappointing, and represents an enormous missed opportunity.

Following Keir Starmer’s visit to a wind farm in Wales, The MCS Foundation has renewed calls for planning restrictions on small-scale wind turbines to be lifted.

Removing social and environmental levies from electricity bills could save consumers up to £300 a year and incentivise the uptake of heat pumps, a new independent report by Cornwall Insight and the MCS Foundation has said.

Local grid upgrades need to become a critical infrastructure priority over the next 25 years if we are to meet our legally binding carbon budgets, according to a new paper from the MCS Foundation and energy analysts Regen. 

Gas boilers will no longer be allowed to be installed in new-build homes in Scotland as of today, 1 April.

The MCS Foundation has welcomed two new trustees as the charity steps up its work to make every UK home carbon-free.

2023 saw more certified heat pumps and solar panels being installed in Scottish homes and businesses than ever before, with an 18% jump on the previous record set in 2022.

The Government has today announced proposals within its Future Homes Standard to ban fossil fuel boilers and “hydrogen-ready” boilers from new build homes in England from 2025.