Hearts and minds (1st February 2010)

A Populus poll for the BBC suggests that there has been an increase in climate scepticism over the short period from November until February

From Comment

Urgent action called on ‘oil crunch’ threat to UK economy (1st February 2010)

A group of leading business people has called for urgent action to prepare the UK for Peak Oil.The second report of the UK Industry Taskforce on Peak Oil and Energy Security (ITPOES) finds that oil shortages, insecurity of supply and price volatility will destabilise economic, political and social activity potentially by 2015

From News

UK efforts to cut climate change will be 'meaningless' unless we get global climate deal (1st February 2010)

The UK’s efforts to tackle climate change could be 'rendered meaningless', if world leaders fail to reverse the growth in global emissions

From News

  Rising to the challenge (1st February 2010)

Managing resources efficiently has long been a key driver for businesses, and with continually increasing pressure for improving environmental performance combined with the demands of an economic recovery, the need for innovation in environmental technologies and sharing of best practice in sustainability is at an all-time high

From Energy management

Survival of the FITtest? (21st December 2009)

“Why are we encouraging technology that is uneconomic? Surely we should just pay a premium for carbon-free electricity and let the user choose the technology”

From Comment

CO2 reduction blow for manufacturers (21st December 2009)

What do you do when as a Government you have a scheme that is actually working well and achieving your aims of lowering industry’s carbon footprint? You make it less effective that what.

From News

Discounted price for water efficiency conference (21st December 2009)

The fifth annual Waterwise Water Efficiency Conference entitled 'The Future of Water Efficiency – Scaling It Up' is being held on Monday 22 - Tuesday 23 March 2010 at Keble College,Oxford

From News

2015 for demand to outstrip supply? (21st December 2009)

THE UK’s desperate attempts to achieve energy security by 2015 are hamstrung by an archaic planning system, poor infrastructure and complex and ever-changing legislation, according to a new report

From News

Government stop funding for Low Carbon Building Programme (21st December 2009)

The Government has suspended funding for the Low Carbon Building Programme. This comes less than halfway through the financial year and does not bode well for the UK ’s renewable reputation – in fact, it threatens to kill the already ailing renewables industry.

From News

Comments on Copenhagen (21st December 2009)

In the aftermath of the Copenhagen climate conference where everyone is blaming everyone else for it’s failure, it is interesting to note that ‘it is a start’.This was meant to be the conclusion and failure to agree legally binding targets was doom.

From News

Encore International to sponsor The Energy Event 2010 (21st December 2009)

Encore International has become the main sponsor for The Energy Event next year.The Energy Event 2010 will take place 8/9 September 2010 at the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham.

From News

Majority unprepared (21st December 2009)

A simulation of new carbon cutting legislation has highlighted that the majority of organisations affected will struggle to collect and verify their energy data risking unnecessary costs, penalties and in extreme cases facing criminal prosecution for non-compliance

From Environmental Management

Political support for CHP in the Government estate (21st December 2009)

The importance of combined heat and power (CHP) and district heating in helping secure reductions in CO2 emissions, across the public sector and wider economy, has been outlined by a cross party group of leading politicians at the Combined Heat and Power (CHPA) Annual Conference.

From Energy Procurement

Water footprint calculator tool (21st December 2009)

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is a global association of 200 businesses, of which Grundfos Pumps is a member.

From Product news

UN says historic climate talks must deliver (7th December 2009)

The Copenhagen climate negotiations beginning today must yield an ambitious, sweeping agreement to capitalize on pledges by countries to fight global warming, UN climate chief Yvo de Boer said on Sunday...

From Pre 2010 Newsletter Items

Well done is better than well said (1st October 2009)

The 15th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will take place in Copenhagen this December, to you and me the successor to Kyoto in 1997

From Comment

UK lagging behind in CCS (1st October 2009)

If the UK is to meet ambitious carbon emission targets by 2050 Government must provide a clear road map for the widespread deployment of carbon capture and storage technology

From News

Passivhaus project reveals flaws in Code (1st October 2009)

Research published on the current Denby Dale Passivhaus project in West Yorkshire has illustrated some serious flaws in the energy calculations used for Code for Sustainable Homes (CSH).

From News

Substantial shift to green taxes needed (1st October 2009)

Commenting on the publication of recommendations by the Green Fiscal Commission,Greenpeace executive director John Sauven said:“If we’re going to deliver on tackling climate change and kick-starting a green industrial revolution then Britain needs to see a substantial switch to green taxes.

From News

What happens when the wind stops blowing? (1st October 2009)

Britain’s goal of significantly increasing its dependence on intermittent wind-power will not mean a substantial cost increase to bill-payers, according issue 162 EN3 of the Institution of Civil Engineers’ Energy journal.

From News

‘If a man does not know what port he is steering for,no wind is favourable to him” (4th September 2009)

The first chance that the Government has had to prove its rhetoric about green collar jobs revitalising the UK economy was a failure

From News

Energy Security: The challenge is big and time is short (1st September 2009)

Malcolm Wicks' independent review of international energy security recommends among other things that nuclear power should provide some 35-40% of our electricity beyond 2030. Gas storage and energy efficiency are recommended as well...

From Pre 2010 Newsletter Items

Energy Security: The challenge is big and time is short (1st August 2009)

In October 2008, the Prime Minister asked Malcolm Wicks MP, as his Special Representative on International Energy Issues, to carry out an independent review of international energy security and how developments internationally were likely to affect the UK’s energy security in the coming decades.

From News

Strategy for low carbon businesses (1st August 2009)

The Low Carbon Industrial Strategy sets out the action the Government is taking to ensure that British businesses and workers are equipped to maximise the economic opportunities and minimise the costs of the transition to a low carbon economy.

From News

  Ineffable mediocrity and the blindingly obvious (1st August 2009)

Jonathon Porritt spoke at this summer’s Energy in Transition conference. His observations on the Government’s inability to address energy efficiency are a damning indictment from one who has worked so closely with Government for the last ten years.Tim McManan-Smith reports

From Energy management

Wind debate gets stormy (13th July 2009)

In a recent report 'Decision Time' (Monday 13th July) CBI unveiled a plan for a secure and sustainable energy future. It argued for more nuclear and coal and a reduction in wind power...

From Pre 2010 Newsletter Items

Annual increase of CO₂ emissions halved in 2008 (7th July 2009)

The annual increase in global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from consumption of oil, coal and gas, and from cement production has halved...

From Pre 2010 Newsletter Items

Not business as usual (1st June 2009)

If a truly sustainable economy is achievable then perhaps what we have to change is the economy not the sustainability.

From News

£51.5 million new loan funding scheme launched for public sector energy saving projects (1st June 2009)

Interest free loans are being offered to public organisations in England to cut their energy bills following the Government budget announcement of £51.5 million of new loan funding.

From News

US climate legislation gets closer, world waits on international signals (1st June 2009)

Successful passage of US domestic climate legislation through the House of Representatives could be a further signal that the deadlock in international climate negotiations might be coming to an end.

From News

Using waste heat from electricity (1st June 2009)

The UK is missing out on the opportunity to recycle and reuse waste heat produced in the electricity generation process to heat our homes and business, says a new report from the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE).

From News

Annual iuncrease of CO2 emissions halved in 2008 (1st June 2009)

Very high oil prices up to the summer of 2008, together with a worldwide financial crisis have caused a halving of the annual increase in global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from consumption of oil, coal and gas, and from cement production.

From News

Security experts call for urgent investment in gas storage capacity (1st June 2009)

An independent all party commission of leading security experts calls for a significant increase in the country’s gas storage capacity, through public investment if necessary.

From News

Coal consultation (1st June 2009)

Commenting on the launch today of a new government consultation on the future of coal in Britain, Greenpeace executive director John Sauven said...

From News

CRC help launched (1st June 2009)

EEF, the manufacturers’organisation is leading a team of experts to provide help for companies who need to be dealing now with their obligations under the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC).

From News

Is it ignorance or apathy? (1st April 2009)

Under 1% of the world’s water is drinkable and accessible and yet as consumers in business and at home we are using high quality drinking water to wash our cars and flush toilets and so on.

From Comment

No new coal without Carbon Capture & Storage (1st April 2009)

A future that curbs emissions from new coal fired power stations,and will see the UK lead the world in the development of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology,has been proposed by Ed Miliband

From News

New industry fund has low carbon focus (1st April 2009)

A £750 million strategic investment fund for backing business to come out stronger from the downturn announced in the budget had a low carbon focus.The fund for ‘New Industry, New Jobs’provides resources for the new competitiveness strategy.

From News

Government publishes top ten tips for businesses (12th February 2009)

Defra and DECC have come up with a set of top ten tips to help businesses reduce waste and save energy...

From Pre 2010 Newsletter Items

Warning of 'Nightmare secanrio' if fossil fuels dumped too quickly (12th February 2009)

The Saudi oil minister and the Secretary General of OPEC have warned that inadequate investment in new oil capacity could lead to a global energy crisis if renewables fail to deliver on time...

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We can afford to save the world – but we must be quick, says new report (12th February 2009)

Holding temperature rises below 2 degrees to reduce climate change is possible according to a new report from global consultancy Mckinsey, but we only have a window of about five to ten years to act...

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We can afford to save the world – but we must be quick, says report (1st February 2009)

Holding temperature rises below 2°C to reduce climate change is possible according to a new report from global consultancy Mckinsey, but we only have a window of about five to ten years to act.

From News

Spread the warmth: Lord Smith calls for solar panels to be fitted to all public buildings (1st February 2009)

Speaking on the challenges of tackling climate change in a tough economic climate Lord Smith has urged that all public buildings should be fitted with solar or photovoltaic panel

From News

Stern launches UK climate research centre (1st February 2009)

Lord Nicholas Stern has launched a Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy.

From News

Adapting to climate change “essential for human survival (1st February 2009)

In its latest environmental report Climate Change: Adapting to the Inevitable? the Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ argues that we must put more emphasis on examining the measures necessary to adapt to future changes that may come from rising CO2 emissions, rather than focussing on how to prevent them, if we are to be able to cope with these changes

From News

Warning of 'Nightmare scenario' if fossil fuels dumped too quickly (1st February 2009)

The Saudi oil minister and the Secretary General of OPEC have warned that inadequate investment in new oil capacity could lead to a global energy crisis if renewables fail to deliver on time, according to reports in the New York Times.

From News

Carbon reduction technology investment boost (1st February 2009)

A £15m joint public sector initiative to tackle CO2 emissions through the development and demonstration of new carbonreducing technologies has been announced this month.

From News

Bigger trees helping to fight climate change (1st February 2009)

Trees in the tropics have been growing in size over the past 40 years and now absorb 20% of fossil fuels, suggesting they play an even more important role than previously thought in the fight against climate change,new research has shown.

From News

Campaign to save £1 million a day (1st February 2009)

The Carbon Trust is campaigning to try and help UK businesses through the recession by saving at least £1 million a day through cost effective action on climate change.

From News

Stern launches UK climate research centre (29th January 2009)

Lord Nicholas Stern, author of the Government's Stern Report has this month launched a Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy...

From Pre 2010 Newsletter Items

EU climate deal receives mixed response (1st December 2008)

EU leaders today agreed measures to deliver a unilateral commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020 compared to 1990 levels. They also made a commitment to increase this target to 30% in the context of an international climate agreement.

From News

Electrical products ready to help Government meet its targets (1st December 2008)

The Government’s Climate Change Committee (CCC, chaired by Lord Adair Turner) has published its report on Climate Change (December 2008).

From News

Energy efficiency recognised (1st December 2008)

Woodcraft Folk were crowned National Champion of UK CEED’s National Energy Efficiency Awards 2008

From News

Government pre-budget report a disappointment (27th November 2008)

The Government's pre-budget report, has been heavily criticised by Greenpeace executive director John Sauven for missing an opportunity to start a green energy revolution...

From Pre 2010 Newsletter Items

Climate change bill gets Royal Assent (27th November 2008)

The UK, is the first country in the world, to have introduced a long term legally binding framework to tackle the dangers of climate change...

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Cut carbon emissions 10% by 2010 or fail on climate change, warns report (27th November 2008)

A new report by the Public Interest Research Centre (PIRC) is proposing electricity discounts, government energy bonds and flight ban...

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Carbon capture needs over $20 billion investment (22nd October 2008)

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has called for a quick and global push to develop and deploy Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technologies...

From Pre 2010 Newsletter Items

Starbucks shamed for water wasting ways (21st October 2008)

US coffee giant Starbucks has come under criticism from environmental groups for wasting millions of litres every day by leaving the taps running in its stores...

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UK commits to cut emissions by 80% by 2050 (21st October 2008)

Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband committed the UK to cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 80% on 1990 levels by 2050 as a major contribution to a global deal on climate change...

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Department of Energy and Climate Change formed (6th October 2008)

Ed Miliband, the new Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, welcomed the creation of a new department to tackle the twin challenges of energy security and climate change...

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Einstein's fridge the latest in energy efficient technology (22nd September 2008)

An invention by Einstein has been rebuilt in an attempt to develop an environmentally friendly refrigerator that runs without electricity...

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Britain faces power cuts in next decade (17th September 2008)

Britain is to be hit by repeated power cuts as early as 2012 if security of supply is not made a priority, say experts...

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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...

From Pre 2010 Newsletter Items

China leading in renewable energy? (6th August 2008)

China is already the world’s leading renewable energy producer and is over-taking more developed economies in exploiting valuable economic opportunities, creating green-collar jobs and leading development of critical low carbon technologies, says a new report to be published by The Climate Group...

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Lightly seared on the reality grill (1st August 2008)

Tempted to botch it,the government must look long term to meet both energy needs and carbon commitments.But what does that mean?

From Energy Procurement

Make the experts do the saving (1st August 2008)

Many of you will be very familiar with the basics of saving energy and water and reducing the cost base of your company. But this appears not to be the case across the board: the Carbon Trust estimates that UK industry still wastes almost £7 million a day through poor energy efficiency.

From News

Time to look at fossil fuels in a new light? (1st August 2008)

With increasing acceptance that for the short term at least, continued use of fossil fuels is essential to keep the lights on, is it time we started looking at fossil fuels in a new light?

From News

100 months to save the planet (1st August 2008)

The world needs ‘A New Green Deal’ to address the potentially disastrous combination of climate change, a troubled economy and soaring energy prices, a new report says.

From News

Governnment told to get smart (1st August 2008)

EDF and Eon are urging the government to speed up ubiquitous smart metering rollout reports Brendan Coyne

From News

Poor efficiency costs £7m per day (1st August 2008)

Energy efficiency is now the number one cost-cutting priority for UK businesses looking to combat the impact of a potential economic slowdown, according to new research released today by the Carbon Trust.

From News

MPs criticise Government green failures as ‘empty rhetoric’ (1st August 2008)

The first report into the environmental impact of offices, shops and factories has criticised the government’s green policy for ignoring the real issues in favour of easy headlines.

From News

More needs to be done to guarantee water supplies (1st 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.

From News

100 months to save the planet (24th July 2008)

The world needs 'A New Green Deal' to address the potentially disastrous combination of climate change, a troubled economy and soaring energy prices, a new report says...

From Pre 2010 Newsletter Items

EDF and Eon tell government to get smart (23rd July 2008)

EDF and Eon are urging the government to speed up ubiquitous smart metering rollout. Speaking at an energy conference in London this week, Eon UK chief executive, Dr Paul Golby, said smart metering is "an absolute essential – why are we still talking about it two years after the debate?"

From News

Time to look at fossil fuels in a new light? (21st July 2008)

With increasing acceptance that for the short term at least, continued use of fossil fuels is essential to keep the lights on, is it time we started looking at fossil fuels in a new light...

From Pre 2010 Newsletter Items

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%...

From Pre 2010 Newsletter Items

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...

From Pre 2010 Newsletter Items

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

From Pre 2010 Newsletter Items

Government missing its own targets on the environment, says new report (19th May 2008)

A new report by the leading thinktank Policy Exchange reveals that despite promising to “put concern for the environment at the heart of policy-making” the Government looks likely to miss over half of the green targets it has set since 1997...

From Pre 2010 Newsletter Items

Let him who hath understanding reckon the number of the beast (1st May 2008)

Change is spoken of all the time at present.We use 70% more water than we did 40 years ago and to prevent water supply scarcity, droughts and even floods we need to change our behaviour.

From News

Lots of ifs and no water butts (30th April 2008)

“The issue of water and what we do with it is rising up the political agenda, both domestically and internationally,” claimed Water Minister Phil Woolas at the Waterwise conference held in Oxford on 8/9 April.Tim McManan-Smith reports from the event on the challenges facing businesses in reducing water use and what the Government, Environment Agency and Water regulator OFWAT are planning

From Water Management

Lots of ifs and no water butts (30th April 2008)

“The issue of water and what we do with it is rising up the political agenda, both domestically and internationally,” claimed Water Minister Phil Woolas at the Waterwise conference held in Oxford on 8/9 April.Tim McManan-Smith reports from the event on the challenges facing businesses in reducing water use and what the Government, Environment Agency and Water regulator OFWAT are planning

From Water Management

European CO2 emmissions reach turning point (30th April 2008)

The Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) mandates companies to offset pollution once they exceed industry limits.Over 10,000 power plants and factories are registered on the scheme, 94% of which have submitted data showing they emitted 1.9 billion tonnes of CO2 last year, a rise of about 1% on what they emitted in 2006.

From Energy Procurement

National Grid becomes model for shadow “carbon pricing strategy” (30th April 2008)

National Grid has announced it is to increase its target of reducing company-wide greenhouse gas emissions from 60% to 80% by 2050, a decision which has been welcomed by environment secretary, Hilary Benn.

From Energy Procurement

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...

From Pre 2010 Newsletter Items

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...

From Pre 2010 Newsletter Items

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...

From Pre 2010 Newsletter Items

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.

From Pre 2010 Newsletter Items

Should electricity be labelled for its CO₂ content? (12th February 2008)

Richard Tarboton, head of energy and carbon management at BT argues that we should not only have a CO₂ label on our electricity supply but that we should be able to specify to our supplier what we want in our generation mix...

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CO2-operation with electricity labelling? (1st February 2008)

In the same way that white goods are labelled with an A-G energy efficiency rating and buildings will be under the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive Richard Tarboton, head of energy and carbon management at BT argues that we should not only have a CO2 label on our electricity supply but that we should be able to specify to our supplier what we want in our generation mix.

From News

Government announces offsetting Code (1st February 2008)

Environment Secretary Hilary Benn has challenged the voluntary offsetting industry to provide standards for offsetting products so that they can be part of a Government Code of Best Practice for consumer offsetting products. As a starting point, the Code would only cover offsetting products using Kyoto-compliant credits explains Benn...

From News

New water strategy for England (1st February 2008)

The Government’s new water strategy to help secure and maintain water supplies, reduce water pollution and tackle surface water flooding has been launched by Environment Secretary Hilary Benn. It will help cut water use through a combination of efficient technology, metering and tariffs, improve surface water drainage, and reduce pollution from homes, industry and farming.

From News

Europe unveils major energy, climate change plan (23rd January 2008)

The European Commission has agreed on a far-reaching package of proposals that will deliver the European Council's commitments to fight climate change and promote renewable energy...

From Pre 2010 Newsletter Items

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...

From Pre 2010 Newsletter Items

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)...

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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...

From Pre 2010 Newsletter Items

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...

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Next 10 years are critical, says IEA World Energy Outlook (16th November 2007)

The International Energy Agency's World Energy Outlook published this month makes the case for stepping up co-operation with China and India to Address global energy challenges...

From Pre 2010 Newsletter Items

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...

From Pre 2010 Newsletter Items

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...

From Pre 2010 Newsletter Items

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...

From Pre 2010 Newsletter Items

Nobel Peace Prize for Al Gore and IPCC (16th October 2007)

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr...

From Pre 2010 Newsletter Items

Mixing oceans offers hope for tackling climate change (1st October 2007)

Planting giant vertical pumps into our oceans to mix up the water could hold the key to tackling global warming according to two of Britain's leading scientists...

From Pre 2010 Newsletter Items

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...

From Pre 2010 Newsletter Items

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...

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£1000 M&S vouchers to be given away (9th August 2007)

Visit the energy-online.net and Water, Energy and Environment stand at The Energy Event, to be in with a chance of winning up to £1000 in M&S vouchers. Just pick up your free draw ticket at the registration area and take it to Stand 4 in the Premier Suite.

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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...

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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...

From Pre 2010 Newsletter Items

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...

From Pre 2010 Newsletter Items

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...

From Pre 2010 Newsletter Items

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...

From Pre 2010 Newsletter Items

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...

From Pre 2010 Newsletter Items

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...

From Pre 2010 Newsletter Items

Rain check (12th June 2007)

Weather derivatives are the latest financial instrument being incorporated into risk management strategies to reduce the risk associated with adverse or unexpected weather conditions...

From Pre 2010 Newsletter Items

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...

From Pre 2010 Newsletter Items

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...

From Pre 2010 Newsletter Items

BP and Shell considered two of the UK’s greenest brands (18th May 2007)

A survey to identify the top 20 green brands according to public perception has placed oil giants BP and Shell in the top twenty along with three supermarkets, two automotive companies and an airline...

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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...

From Pre 2010 Newsletter Items

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...

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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...

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EU ETS next phase ‘good news’ (14th December 2006)

Environment Secretary David Milliband says the next phase of the emissions trading scheme as decided by the EC is “a good decision”, giving UK plc the confidence needed to make low carbon decisions. For the 2008-2012 trading period the EC has reduced the allowances by almost seven per cent below national allocation plans and seven per cent below the 2005 emissions.

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UK plc demands swift action on Stern (14th November 2006)

While the publication of the Stern report two weeks ago has raised eyebrows internationally, it has spawned a raft of responses domestically.

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Waste-to-energy markets set to boom? (11th October 2006)

Waste-to-energy markets are experiencing enhanced political and environmental attention in Europe. Analysts Frost & Sullivan think it offers huge growth potential and is offering manufacturers, end users, and other industry participants a free virtual brochure outlining its latest analysis of the European waste-to-energy plants markets.

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Carbon negative buildings arrive (11th October 2006)

The recently built Adnams distribution and logistics centre claims to be Britain’s greenest warehouse. The architect AukettFitzroyRobinson has created a building that absorbs carbon from the atmosphere rather than using in the creation of bricks and so on. The premium cost of such a green building is only 15% higher and this is soon recouped through its inherent energy efficient attributes. Water, Energy & Environment Editor, Tim McManan-Smith reports.

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Where there's muck... (13th September 2006)

A novel application of fibre recovery has netted Snowdonian firm Creative Paper Wales a £20,000 Millennium Award for its Sheep Poo Paper products...

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Where there's muck... (13th September 2006)

A novel application of fibre recovery has netted Snowdonian firm Creative Paper Wales a £20,000 Millennium Award for its Sheep Poo Paper products...

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Energy price hikes killing UK plc (11th September 2006)

News that one hundred and fifty jobs will be axed at a hi-tech Sheffield foundry proves recent energy prices hikes are sounding the death knell for some UK firms with high energy consumption.

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Green light for UKs first combined PV and wind turbine system (22nd August 2006)

Planning permission has been granted to the London Climate Change Agency for the first combined photovoltaic and wind turbine system in the UK.

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A little less conversation... (1st August 2006)

The CBI praises the Government's recent energy review for recognising the need for swift action but also points out that the challenge now is to deliver on this promising start. The review itself makes some sensible comment s

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Energy Review: the mind is willing, but the policy is weak (1st August 2006)

The UK government's PR machine has won a significant victory in bringing business energy buyers broadly behind the measures proposed by its latest energy review;supporting new nuclear build, significant renewable investments

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National energy efficiency awards (1st August 2006)

UK CEED and EDF has launched the UK's first National Energy Efficiency Awards programme.Also supported by Water, Energy & Environment, Defra and the Business Council for Sustainable Energy, the awards will be presented for su

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UK Water 3rd most expensive in the world (1st August 2006)

The cost of water to UK businesses grew by nearly 8% (7.8%) in the last year, the fifth highest increase in the world,according to the latest International Water Report from NUS Consulting,and are forecast to increase a furth

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Businesses prepared to pay for greener buildings (25th July 2006)

Businesses claim they are prepared to paymore to achieve greener buildings, according to a survey conducted by the CBI and property adviser GVA Grimley. However, there is a limit to the amount they are willing to pay.

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Mixed reaction to Energy Review (25th July 2006)

The latest Energy Review met with a mixed reaction from industry stakeholders, with no one group wholly satisfied.

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Energy Review published (25th July 2006)

The latest Energy Review was published earlier this month, outlining the government’s long-term plans to counter climate change and shore-up energy security.

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Green light for energy from waste power station (27th June 2006)

Sixteen years since the initial proposal, government this month gave the nod to Riverside Resource Recovery to proceed with a 72MW energy from waste power station at Belvedere, South East London. It will be the largest of its type in the UK so far, c

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7,000 public sector contracts on one site (27th June 2006)

The government has made it easier to source public sector contracts with the launch of http://www.supply2.gov.uk, where there are currently more than 7,000 government contracts advertised.

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London Plan Review aims high (26th June 2006)

Ken Livingstone says his London Plan Review will set "radical new objectives for planners and developers that will require new developments to connect to 'decentralised' local energy suppliers and achieve the highest standards of sustainable building

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Ken’s nuclear blast and other fallout (24th May 2006)

London Mayor, Ken Livingstone, has waded into the energy debate after polls suggest over two thirds of Londoners are opposed to the transport of nuclear waste and nearly three quarters opposed building nuclear power stations in their locality.

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No need for nuclear subsidy if government looks longer term (26th April 2006)

The Government must give more detail on its plans for future restrictions

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New gas power stations now urges Environmental Audit Committee (26th April 2006)

The Environmental Audit Committee’s report ‘Keeping the lights on: nuclear, renewables and climate change’ published this month says more gas-fired power stations are needed by 2016 – and accuses the government’s energy policy of lacking effort and v

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£10bn Severn barrage proposal (26th April 2006)

The Welsh Assembly Government has submitted plans to the UK Energy Review panel for a massive sea barrage across the Severn estuary which could create more power than two nuclear power stations over the next 150 years.

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Tees for Co2 capture? (26th April 2006)

Malcolm Wicks said recently that the Tees Valley could be an early mover in carbon capture technology deployment.

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Morley wants widespread environmental reporting (2nd February 2006)

If the Operating and Finance Review gave the impression that environmental reporting was no longer necessary, Environment Minister, Elliot Morley is attempting to clarify the situation: it is.

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Carbon Trust backs tidal power (2nd February 2006)

A recent report from the Carbon Trust claims marine energy could provide up to 20 per cent of the UK’s current electricity needs and become cost competitive with conventional and other renewable types of energy generation in the long term – given the

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Action not words crucial for energy policy (2nd February 2006)

The CBI has welcomed the energy review – but calls for swift implementation once the consultation period is over.

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Green MSPs blast ‘Dodgy Dossier’ (2nd February 2006)

The Scottish Green party has lambasted the re-opened energy review as a poorly disguised PR vehicle for nuclear new build. The party accuses ministers of hiding their intentions behind the ‘yes minister’ style statement ‘mature debate’.

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Energy Research Partnership launched to bridge energy skills gap (2nd February 2006)

Industry and government last month combined to form the Energy Research Partnership, aiming to find and develop new carbon reducing technologies and bridge the widening skills gap in the energy industry.

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Energy policy: your government needs YOU (2nd February 2006)

Alan Johnson launched the public phase of the government’s Energy Review last month, billing it as a wake up call in which “there is not a ‘do nothing’ option”.

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Motorways as wind farms? (16th November 2005)

While the answers to the country’s escalating energy problems remain elusive, a Welsh inventor has mooted the concept of building small-scale wind turbines along the central reservations of the nation’s motorways.

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