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Caroline Spelman appointed as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Report concludes business waste programme lacks clear targets and reliable information

Report predicts increased use of biomass and combined heat and power systems could slow down improvements in air quality

Influential report calls for lifecycle approach

New purchasing criteria to step up crackdown on illegal timber

Committee accuses government of focusing on household waste, while offering "vague" policies for tackling the 90 per cent of waste that comes from businesses

New research reveals large numbers of household appliances could be failing to perform in line with energy- efficiency labels

Would you leave your PC on at home?

Trewin Restorick gets excited by some bright thinking and ponders the nuclear option

WRAP kicks off annual summit with research showing resource efficiency measures could slash emissions by 254 million tonnes at zero cost