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Chris Huhne has revealed more evidence of the economic benefits of renewable energy as he reaffirmed the coalition’s commitment to meeting EU renewable energy targets. This came as the UK published an update on progress to source 15% of all energy from renewable sources by 2020

The appointments to the Advisory Group for the Green Investment Bank (GIB) were announced today by the Business Secretary Vince Cable.

The Government today published the first annual report of its Managing Radioactive Waste Safely Programme. The programme is focused on implementing the long-term geological disposal of our higher activity radioactive waste (June 28th)

 

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Europe’s current focus on recovery from recession must not distract us from the urgent question of what kind of economy we want to build

 

Government plans to rush through cuts to solar tariff payments are illegal, the High Court ruled last night, following a legal challenge by Friends of the Earth and two solar firms - Solarcentury and HomeSun

 

The European Commission today launched a public consultation on strengthening EU measures to reduce emissions of fluorinated gases, a group of industrial gases which are extremely powerful contributors to global warming

 

Investors should use their financial muscle to create a resilient, stable and sustainable economy and lobby governments for support, urges a report released today by Forum for the Future

 

Energy saving light bulbs are still a sensible buy, even if they have risen in price, Friends of the Earth (FOE) has said

 

FORATOM, the trade association representing the European nuclear industry, published a report detailing its vision of how nuclear energy will contribute significantly to the goal of achieving the low-carbon energy system by 2050 that lies at the heart of the European Commission’s Energy 2020 Strategy (June 16th)

 

Six standard 1930s council houses in Rotherham are being given an eco-friendly makeover as part of a new effort aimed at highlighting the benefits of environmentally-friendly living

 

Energy companies are being urged by the charity Save the Children to do more to help British families struggling to heat their homes this winter

 

The Government is undermining confidence in energy policy and hurting the UK solar industry by rushing through panicked changes to Feed-in Tariffs (FiTs) without adequate notice to consumers and installers alike, according to a new report by MPs on two influential select committees

 

Green housing will help deliver on the "triple bottom line of people, profit and planet", according to the EU environment commissioner

 
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