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A new movement has erupted demanding divestment from fossil fuel polluters – and Big Green is in their sightsThe movement demanding that public interest institutions divest their holdings from fossil fuels is on a serious...

Entrepreneur, Mark Shorrock, says scheme could power 107,000 homes and generate 250MW of renewable energyA project to power 107,000 homes using a tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay is seeking £10m of funding from the public.The...

Thames Water and 2OC in deal worth £200m over 20 years to turn 'fatbergs' clogging capital's sewers into energy for sewage works and homesCooking waste from thousands of London restaurants and food companies is to help run...

Chancellor unveils generous tax breaks for fracking companies and financial incentives for local communitiesGeorge Osborne committed unequivocally to a shale gas boom in the UK on Wednesday, announcing in his budget generous...

Read the rest of 6 Ways Copenhagen Plans to Achieve Carbon Neutrality by 2025 Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "energy efficiency", biomes, cycling, cycling superhighways, green economy, green jobs,...

George Osborne announces plans for infrastructure spending, low-carbon energy, shale gas and fuel dutyInfrastructure spendingThe chancellor dashed hopes in the renewable energy industry that it might figure in his talk of...

The term used against anti-biofuels activists first referred to a market-town but now it's used as a knee-jerk political insultThe term "bourgeois", like the term "terrorist", has a long and sometimes counterintuitive history...

The scale of the Ecobuild 2013 show in London's Docklands indicates that green building is going mainstreamI meet Rebecca Golding window shopping amidst an array of solar panels and a display of drains at the Ecobuild 2013...

Host of green companies join largest ever overseas business delegation with prime ministerThe Prime Minister has again underlined his support for green technologies during a major trip to India where he is attempting to drum...

If community energy schemes are part of the government's energy masterplan, why are there so many planning obstacles? Alison Cahn shares her frustrations with the current systemPoliticians of all hues love talking about community,...

As the 'green deal' to tackle household energy bills starts, Adam Vaughan questions whether it can transform the energy efficiency of 14m homes

Housing industry leaders say the green measure is needed to ensure improvements to the UK's ageing housing stockHousing industry leaders have urged George Osborne to restore the so-called conservatory tax, axed by Eric Pickles...

Housing industry leaders say the green measure is needed to ensure improvements to the UK's ageing housing stockHousing industry leaders have urged George Osborne to restore the so-called conservatory tax, axed by Eric Pickles...

Photo via Shutterstock Oil exploration, production and transportation in the United States may suffer from endemic failures in technology, regulation and common sense, but that doesn’t appear to be standing in the way...

The prime minister discarded the best candidate to lead the energy and climate change department to pander the right wing fringe of his party. We are all the losersI genuinely wish Stephen Lovegrove, the new top civil servant...