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But government departments downplay claims that study aims to attack environmental and economic case for renewable energy

New study from Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management urges Ofwat to incentivise water industry to save CO2

Letters to Owen Paterson warn waste volumes are rising and recycling rates leveling off, putting UK at risk of missing landfill targets

Steve Lee of the Chartered Institute of Waste Management is left underwhelmed by the government's latest waste policy efforts

The desultory fines handed out to water companies that breach environmental rules are part of a much wider problem

Industry sources claim second major consultation on waste policy in the past month contains little in the way of new policy thinking

Major new report calls on Ministers to deliver more co-ordinated policy approach to encourage healthy and sustainable diets

Federation House Commitment report reveals signatories to voluntary scheme have slashed water use 16 per cent

The Green Party's Natalie Bennett argues the government's new Water Bill singularly fails to drive technology innovation

Report shows Britain will be most attractive market in Europe for EfW through to 2016, but can the industry ever win over its green critics?