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Support for coal is compromising UK climate leadership, says US group (22nd August 2008)
The British government is undermining its leadership position on climate change by pursuing a new generation of dirty coal power according to a group of US scientists and environmentalists...
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More needs to be done to guarantee water supplies, says committee (22nd August 2008)
With water companies bidding to increase customer bills by up to 25%, more must be done to guarantee supplies that meet our region's needs, says the South East England Regional Assembly's Planning Committee...
China contributing two thirds to increase in CO2 emissions (13th June 2008)
With an 8% national increase, China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions accounted for two thirds of last year’s global carbon dioxide increase of 3.1%...
Britain's impossible climate target (10th June 2008)
A panel of climate change experts has said Britain will find it impossible to meet emissions reduction if it continues to follow current policy...
Sharp rise in atmospheric CO2 levels (19th May 2008)
Last year alone global levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, the primary driver of global climate change, increased by 0.6 percent, or 19 billion tons, according to the NOAA
European CO2 emissions reach turning point? (23rd April 2008)
The European Union's carbon dioxide emissions increased by just over 1% during 2007 according to data released by the European Union but traders are predicting the second phase of the scheme which started at the beginning of this year will see this figure turn...
Stern: I underestimated the threat (23rd April 2008)
His report estimating the cost of inaction over climate change was the catalyst for green action around the globe, but eighteen months on from its release, Sir Nicholas Stern says he may have underestimated the risk...
Renewable electricity from paint (11th March 2008)
A team at Swansea University has claimed that it has developed a new kind of paint that absorbs the sun's energy...
Branson pledges £12.5million for 'answer' to climate change (13th February 2008)
Speaking at a General Assembly debate on climate change at the UN headquarters in New York, Sir Richard Branson offered the money as an incentive to scientists, engineers and entrepeneurs to explore ways of controlling climate change.
Nuclear move welcomed but is it too late? (14th January 2008)
The Government's long awaited announcement last week, giving the go-ahead for a new generation of nuclear reactors, has received wide spread support, but fears remain over how quickly the UK will be able to act on this and whether it is too little too late...
Nine UK companies put forward for European sustainability awards (14th January 2008)
Nine British companies have been short-listed for the 2008 European Business Awards for the Environment (EBAEs)...
Government gives go-ahead for new nuclear plants (10th January 2008)
Nuclear reactors are a "clean, safe and affordable" way of meeting the UK's future energy challenges while addressing the risks of climate change, the Government has said to MPs in response to a consultation on the issue launched last year.s...
Government lays out plans for UK to be powered by wind by 2020 (11th December 2007)
The Government has laid out plans for the creation of 33 gigawatts of offshore wind energy to be put in place in Britain by 2020...
IBM predicts consumers will actively plug into the energy business (14th November 2007)
At the World Energy Congress in Rome, IBM Global Business Services unveiled its new report, “Plugging in the Consumer: Innovating utility business models for the future,” forecasting how the change in energy customers’ expectations will impact the utility industry’s business model in the next five to ten years...
China pledges $3bn to reduce emissions (13th November 2007)
A state owned fund dedicated to reducing emissions could benefit from up to $3bn of investment if China is successful in getting a catalogue of projects approved by the UN...
Energy efficiency, the fifth fuel? (8th November 2007)
The role of energy efficiency in reaching a low carbon economy is so important that it should be considered as a "fifth fuel," a US energy industry expert is expected to say at a key climate lecture...
Ministers urged to wriggle out of energy targets (4th September 2007)
Britain has no hope of meeting the EU 2020 renewables target and would be better advised to find new ways of interpreting the target, according to an internal briefing paper for ministers obtained by The Guardian...
Is The Carbon Trust up to its job? (4th September 2007)
Following a catalogue of confusing and contradictory dealings with The Carbon Trust, Fuel+ magnetic fuel system company Maxsys spoke exclusively to WEE to call for closer examination as to whether The Carbon Trust is up to its role of enabling industry to cut carbon emissions...
Council gets energy from cider (6th August 2007)
Waste heat from a cider factory is being used by Mendip District Council to heat one of its leisure centres, saving almost £30,000 on energy bills...
Government must get tougher on carbon (6th August 2007)
To tackle climate change effectively, the Government must bring in stricter policies, backed by more stringent laws, according to a panel of MPs and peers...
People power to create energy (3rd August 2007)
Energy created through human movement could be harvested to produce electricity, if proposals from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) become a reality...
Mcdonald's converts chip fat to energy (3rd August 2007)
McDonald's has announced it is to run its UK delivery fleet on biofuel made from its waste cooking oil...
Sun not to blame for climate change, says study (11th July 2007)
Changes in the sun's outputs can not be blamed for modern-day climate change, according to new research...
Wicks welcomed back as energy minister (10th July 2007)
The MEUC has welcomed Malcom Wicks back to the position of energy minister but questions are still being raised over the Government's commitment to energy issues...
Energy Efficiency Awards keep growing (19th June 2007)
Through their Energy Efficiency Accreditation Scheme, the Carbon Trust, The National Energy Foundation and the Energy Institute are demonstrating how tackling climate change makes real business sense...
Oxford taskforce slams government energy policy (11th June 2007)
The Government's policy on energy is incoherent and the measures set out are unlikely to deliver, a report by a high-level taskforce chaired by the Chancellor of the University of Oxford, Lord Patten of Barnes, has stated...
A false start for deregulation (1st June 2007)
The EU's electricity and gas directive in 2003 called for all countries to deregulate their gas and electricity markets and open them to competition by 1 July 2007.
From Energy Procurement
Energy Procurement - The Essential Guide to Excellence - available soon (21st May 2007)
This new, essential guide to energy procurement is available from next month, order your copy now...
Business needs certainty to achieve a low carbon economy (23rd April 2007)
If we are to move to a low carbon economy in the near future then we must have the Government on side says Peter Ainsworth MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs...
Disappointing but hardly surprising: EU Industry emissions rise (17th April 2007)
Figures showing a rise in CO2 emissions from participants in the ETS above those of 2005 are disappointing but have come as no surprise, Liberal Democrat Environment spokesperson, Chris Davies has commented...
Blue is the new green (17th April 2007)
With ten per cent of the population of England and Wales already at risk of flooding, Environment Secretary, David Miliband, has followed CIWEM advice proposing the creation of a 'Blue Belt land designation...
