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20 December 2011
The US said it will take action against European plans to impose carbon taxes on international airlines.
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19 December 2011
There has been a record level of investment into Scotland's renewable energy sector over 2011 with Energy Minister Fergus Ewing stating it has been the best ever year for its development.
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16 December 2011
Disgruntled investors in the UK's small-scale solar market have won a legal step in their battle to stop subsidy cuts.
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16 December 2011
A number of high-profile companies have called on the European Commission to give a boost to the bloc’s falling carbon trading prices.
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15 December 2011
The UK's Electricity Market Reform has moved a step closer to reality to today with a technical update released by the Department of Energy and Climate Change.
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15 December 2011
UK households are expected to suffer from price rises to energy bills partly due to carbon emissions-saving measures being implemented by the government, a new report has found.
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14 December 2011
A recent study led by the UK Committee on Climate Change (CCC) concluded that bioenergy has the potential to produce ten per cent of the UK's demand but an expert has suggested that current incentives are encouraging the wrong type of use for the renewable fuel.
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14 December 2011
Members of the House and Senate for the US state of Illinois have voted in favour of extending its biodiesel blending programme.
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13 December 2011
Large energy companies that have access to important consumer information such as energy bills are likely to be the ones responsible for implementing the UK's Green Deal initiative project but are in the dark as to their exact role, an industry expert told NewNet.
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13 December 2011
Canada has revealed that it will now leave the Kyoto accord to save it from losing potentially billions of dollars in penalties.
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12 December 2011
The Head of Planning for the Welsh Assembly Rosmary Thomas has stated the country's government will review all renewable energy applications processed by the planning system since 2005. But experts are already beginning to call its effectiveness into question.
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12 December 2011
A last minute breakthrough may finally have been reached at the United Nations climate change conference in Durban last week but sceptics are already questioning whether it will be too little, too late.
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12 December 2011
A global deal to extend the life of the Kyoto treaty and create new targets could give a vital boost to faltering carbon markets, according to bankers and analysts.
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9 December 2011
The UK’s water management industry is to undergo a dramatic shift with laws regarding the mergers of competing companies relaxed.
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8 December 2011
Amid the global climate change discussions taking place in Durban this week, host country South Africa has announced the winning preferred bidders for its first round of renewable energy tenders.
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7 December 2011
German Federal Environment Minister Norbert Rottgen has committed €15m to Grenada and Mali to help the countries implement programmes designed to mitigate the impacts of climate change.
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6 December 2011
Xie Zhenhua, head of the Chinese delegation at the United Nations Climate Change conference in Durban, has said that Beijing was prepared to agree to some form of legally biding emissions target.
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5 December 2011
US President Barack Obama has unveiled $4bn of public and private sector funding for energy efficiency upgrades to buildings over the next two years, the campaign is called the Better Buildings Challenge.
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5 December 2011
The UK could be the first country to give customers the facility to choose their airline based on emissions and other environmental factors.
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1 December 2011
The task of rebalancing the UK economy away from carbon is well-progressed and is set to result in greater energy security and the development of new innovative technologies, according to the UK government's recently released Carbon Plan.
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