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Cautious welcome for CHP feed-in tariff boost

British Gas engineers

Industry welcomes proposal to increase incentives, but worries promised hike may not be enough to accelerate deployment

10 Feb 2012

UK to lead on green accounting at Rio+20

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Caroline Spelman sets out UK's ambitions for upcoming sustainability summit

09 Feb 2012

Government angers industry with move to slash solar incentives further

A protester for the solar industry in front of the Houses of Parliament

Ministers set out encouraging reforms to feed-in tariff scheme, but support for solar could still be cut by 35 per cent from July

09 Feb 2012

Ed Davey throws weight behind green energy by opening giant UK windfarm

Walney farm off Cumbria, opening today, is world's largest

09 Feb 2012

Could Iran sanctions spark green revolution?

Energy minister says reliance on oil and gas is unsustainable and advocates move to renewables

09 Feb 2012

Green entrepreneurs offer Davey DECC wish list

We ask that you put clean energy and combating climate change at the top of your agenda

09 Feb 2012

There's inefficient, and then there's really inefficient

Labour MP Alan Whitehead slams claims from 100 Tory MPs that wind power is more inefficient than nuclear and coal energy

09 Feb 2012

Caroline Flint - Building a Green Economy speech, in full

The present Chancellor believes that the green agenda is bad for business, bad for jobs and bad for growth

07 Feb 2012

Updated: KPMG refuses to release controversial green energy report

Consultancy will not publish full findings of report, after leaked press release criticising green energy costs sparked media storm

07 Feb 2012

Labour accuses Tory right of 'contempt' for the environment

Shadow energy secretary Caroline Flint says chancellor George Osborne believes 'environmental policies are a luxury that can only ever be afforded when times are good'

07 Feb 2012

10 green business questions Ed Davey needs to answer

The Energy and Climate Change Secretary has a full in-tray that needs tackling immediately

07 Feb 2012

So long Chris Huhne, and thanks for all the fights

Why green businesses will miss the controversial former energy and climate change secretary

06 Feb 2012

China bans airlines from EU emissions reduction scheme

Statement confirms Chinese airlines' non-participation in EU emissions trading scheme

06 Feb 2012

Lib Dem leadership hits back as Tory MPs declare war on wind farms

Davey: “There may have been a change at the helm, but there'll be no change in direction or ambition”

06 Feb 2012

Use Rio+20 to overhaul idea of growth, urges EU climate chief

Connie Hedegaard says GDP model of growth causes overconsumption, drives up commodity prices and ignores the environment

06 Feb 2012

Five green things we've learned this week

From a new energy secretary to keeping the news coming when the lights go out, we run down the key lessons of the week

03 Feb 2012

Updated: Business minister Ed Davey replaces Huhne as energy secretary

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says Davey is 'the right man for the job'

03 Feb 2012

Huhne quits as energy secretary to fight criminal charges

Employment minister Ed Davey widely tipped to take over from Huhne, whose resignation is an 'unwelcome distraction for green business'

03 Feb 2012

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