BusinessGreen.com Most Read – 25 June 2010

From bee hotels to disappointing Budgets, we run down the week's top news

By BusinessGreen.com staff

25 Jun 2010

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George Osborne

Bee hotel

Sainsbury's opens doors on "bee hotels"

Supermarket chain warns protecting bee population will prove essential to UK farming supply chain

Houses of Parliament

Updated: Osborne shuns low-carbon agenda in non-green Budget

Climate change and green economy barely mentioned as chancellor delays reform to aviation tax and skates over plans for green bank

The sun

Solar researchers hail "hot electron" efficiency breakthrough

"Quantum dots" and electron conductors hold the key to 60 per cent efficient solar cells

George Osborne

Budget promises wave of green policy announcements in autumn

Treasury confirms it will impose a floor price on carbon and push up landfill tax

Power plant

Updated: Leaked G20 text reveals prominent role for climate change

But draft communiqué also suggests plan to phase out fossil fuel subsidies will be watered down

Tesla Model S

Tesla's IPO chances rest with plan for mainstream electric cars

The electric sports car manufacturer has been touting plans for a new affordable model ahead of its high-profile IPO

British Gas van

British Gas inks logistics deal to support smart meter rollout

DHL to provide supply chain system designed to help limit project's environmental impact

Canary Wharf at night

EDF outlines vision for a smarter London

Energy giant to request £39m in Ofgem funding to pay for wide-ranging smart grid project

Houses of Parliament

The Green Budget – as it happens

BusinessGreen.com runs down Osborne's green announcements as they happen

Pylons

UK execs voice fears over energy crunch

More than 80 per cent of business leaders expect a sharp increase in energy bills over the next few years

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