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Foreign secretary William Hague

Is 'hard work' really the only growth strategy?

15 May 2012 Green businesses will be furious to hear senior ministers implying they are lazy and guilty of moaning too much

Horse riding at Whitelee wind farm - photo ScottishPower

Horses are tilting towards wind turbines

10 May 2012

House of Parliament

The Energy Bill is coming

09 May 2012 The Queen has confirmed electricity market reforms will move forward this year, now businesses and ministers need to make sure they work

Top 5 private equity home runs

Forget the hockey stick, here's the curve-ball theory

03 May 2012 Home runs, climate change, confusing US sports – the Sceptic Tank investigates

Richard Lambert is director-general of CBI

Why Sir Richard Lambert is the right man for the Committee on Climate Change

01 May 2012 Sir Richard Lambert and John Gummer are reportedly in the running for the role, but it is the former CBI man who has the edge

Apollo energy

Moving onwards and upwards from the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme

27 Apr 2012 Apollo Energy makes the case for scrapping the Carbon Reduction Commitment and ending the "train-wreck" it has become

Greater Gabbard wind farm (Photo - SSE)

Ignore the carping, Cameron’s warm words offer succour to green economy

26 Apr 2012 The Prime Minister's long-awaited speech on the green economy was far from perfect, but it should bolster wavering investor confidence

Energy ministers photo op

The growth the coalition needs is just down the road at Lancaster House

26 Apr 2012 After catastrophic economic figures the government needs a growth plan - the answer is at the Clean Energy Ministerial

Micro Power logo

Renewable Heat rollout: But in what form?

25 Apr 2012 Micropower Council urges government to address investor uncertainty over renewable heat incentive cost controls

Solar panels on urban roof

The solar ghost at the Clean Energy Ministerial feast

25 Apr 2012

David Cameron at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos 2010

Tweets, speeches and Cameron confusion

24 Apr 2012 Hopes of a major speech from the prime minister on environmental issues this week appear to have been dashed

Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates in a Windows advertisement

Kramer Vs Kramer Vs recycling

24 Apr 2012

General Electric wind turbine

What to expect from the Clean Energy Ministerial

23 Apr 2012 Rhetoric and rows look set to dominate an important few days for the UK's green business community

Siemens substation at Lillgrund offshore wind farm

Global Offshore Wind 2012: Win a helicopter trip to London Array Offshore Wind Farm

17 Apr 2012 RenewableUK to offer four lucky winners the flight of a lifetime

Cars stuck in M25 traffic jam

Biofuels and the transport sector's carbon battle

16 Apr 2012 Leading hauliers on track to deliver eight per cent cut in emissions by 2015

pickles-eric

Green Deal critics offer nothing but impotent sound and fury

16 Apr 2012 Recent attacks on green policies are as vocal as they are meaningless, businesses would be wise to ignore them

birmingham-city-centre-canals

Green offices and cool canals

13 Apr 2012 The Sceptic Tank marvels at British Waterways' new plans for canal water cooled offices

Prime minister David Cameron reading at his desk

The green economy speech David Cameron should give

12 Apr 2012 BusinessGreen plays fantasy speech writer and envisages what green business would like to hear from David Cameron's keynote speech

Hedging strategies - generation assets

Together in electric clothes

04 Apr 2012

deal-handshake

Clean tech partnerships and the changing face of capitalism

02 Apr 2012 The green economy is showing that the days of unfettered competition are numbered, successful firms know how to play well with others

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