The privatisation of the Green Investment Bank GIB has been ‘rushed’ and should not go ahead unless the government can guarantee that it will stick to its original mandate, says the Environmental Audit Committee.

A third of London’s buses will be running on cleaner-burning diesel made in part from waste fats and oils by March, after two operators signed deals with biodiesel producer Argent Energy.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a festive food bank campaign, ID checks at HWRCs and a new CEO for Cory Environmental.

The 21st session of the Conference of Parties began in Paris yesterday, as representatives from 195 countries descended on the capital to discuss the future of the fight against climate change.

The Green Investment Bank has backed £10 billion-worth of green infrastructure projects since opening three years ago, it announced yesterday (24 November), amid questions over its future.

A fleet of biogas-fuelled buses could be running in Bristol as early as next year as part of an initiative to improve air quality in the city.

London-based community scheme Teddington & Ham Hydro (T&HH) is offering a chance to invest in a new hydropower project before tax relief for community energy schemes is removed next week.

Ignoring renewable electricity as a replacement for coal could create ‘real risks’ for the future, according to the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association.

Arsenal and France midfielder Mathieu Flamini has revealed that he is one of the people behind a bio-based company that has developed a process to produce levulinic acid on an industrial scale.

Human waste could provide enough energy to power Indonesia, Brazil and Ethopia combined, according to a UN University report released this week.