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Ecologists warn cuts will hamper efforts to set up marine conservation areas and safely build offshore windfarmsPlans to set up a network of marine conservation areas and safely build vast offshore windfarms and deep-sea...

Exclusive: Government's decision to put pollution standards 'on hold' raises possibility of dirtiest coal plants going aheadThe coalition is watering down a commitment to tough new environmental emissions standards, raising...

Government plans to secure energy supplies and cut carbon emissions means higher energy prices and bills for businessesBusinesses can expect to face a steep rise in energy bills after the government today published a comprehensive...

Minister to reveal wind and nuclear strategy but says renewables target of 15% by 2020 is 'a stretch'Energy secretary Chris Huhne will today set out the government's policy to secure the UK's energy supplies amid warnings...

Coalition government to announce plans to scrap the Sustainable Development Commission as part of public sector spending cutsThe coalition government will on Thursday announce plans to axe its sustainability watchdog in...

Plans to scrap the commission come as the agency announces tens of millions of pounds of savings from green improvementsThe coalition government will on Thursday announce plans to axe its sustainability watchdog in order...

PM announces commitment to 10:10 campaign during visit to Department of Energy and Climate Change with Chris HuhneThe prime minister has said he wants the new coalition administration to be "the greenest government ever"...

As more oil drifts towards the Mississippi delta, we must hope that BP questions its future dependence on fossil fuelsSoon after taking over in 2007, BP's newly appointed chief executive told an audience of business students...

Greg Clark, Ed Miliband, Simon Hughes could all have been fronting a Friends of the Earth campaign from a few years agoHere's something I didn't expect to write: I found all three of the politicians at last night's green...

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Tickets have sold out for our climate debate featuring Ed Miliband, Greg Clark and Simon Hughes. But you can still take part by posting a question below … and follow the debate on a live audio stream and via TwitterTomorrow,...

As the three main political parties focus on the economy, green issues have hardly featured in the election debateIt's the dog that didn't bark, the issue that no one feels pressed to talk about...

Don't miss your chance to quiz the next minister of energy and climate change on their policies in a special Guardian debateClimate change and energy issues are critical over the next decade and beyond...

Green policies lack detail but some experts detect 'seismic shift' in new era of regulations, sanctions and subsidiesDisappointment greeted the Labour environment manifesto today as experts from all quarters suggested there...

Nuclear power is where Tory energy policy falls down: confused, incoherent and lacking in credibilityLaunching the Tories' energy policy in July 2006, David Cameron, gave a convincing and well-reasoned argument explaining...