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Renewable energy groups also concerned planning rejections undermine government's community renewable energy strategy

Guardian reports government is planning new legislation to give communities the right to take a stake in local renewables projects

Caroline Lucas warns new infrastructure and competitiveness Bill would undermine efforts to tackle climate change and counter public opinion of shale gas

Paper says Esther McVey could replace Pickles at DCLG, with the Communities Secretary moving to become Conservative Party Chairman

Government set to allow drilling under homes without permission as it strives to access estimated 4.4 billion barrels of oil under southern counties

Tidal Lagoon boss reckons he can transform the UK's energy landscape, starting with a £850m project in Swansea Bay

Controversial company confirms it will submit applications to drill four exploration wells in Lancashire in the coming weeks

But similar sized project in the Scottish Borders is rejected over noise concerns

igures show that the percentage of rejections in the UK jumped from 25-29 per cent in 2009-12 to 41 per cent in 2013

Policy Exchange's Guy Newey argues "natural capital" mechanisms could offer a better means of protecting natural habitats than the status quo