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Renting out properties with bad insulation and heating has been prohibited since April

We’ve been losing income from our solar panels since it was installed

Our buyer’s preferred lender won’t consider them for a mortgage

Our buyer’s preferred lender won’t consider them for a mortgageWe bought a house in 2010 and had solar panels installed on a leasehold basis. We want to sell, but the buyer’s preferred lender won’t lend on properties...

The United States Senate passed a controversial bill Wednesday that would require food makers to disclose genetically modified food ingredients—at least, sort of...

I was told I could claim £140 but because I chose a green energy provider, I can’t

Manufacturers are revealed to be exploiting a loophole in European tests to exaggerate the brightness and energy use of their products

Manufacturers are revealed to be exploiting a loophole in European tests to exaggerate the brightness and energy use of their products

Which? tells consumers to buy now as Best Buy cleaners fall foul of EU energy label that prohibits motors above 1,600wConsumers are being urged to buy powerful vacuum cleaners while they can after it emerged that some of...

New evidence that the energy group short-changed customers on warranties should be addressed directly by Vince CableDavid Cameron has intervened in the growing row over £79m of outstanding cashback promises made to...

Which? warns planned green energy subsidies may not be value for money, as more cost effective options may be overlookedA leading consumer group has warned Ed Davey that his proposed subsidy scheme will encourage the construction...

Community schemes offer savers 6%-8% returns a year. Plus a clear conscience. The latest promises to deliver green heat while rescuing local woodlandThe country's first "wood fuel co-operative" is offering green-minded small...

I agree with your correspondent (Letters, 26 September). As the victim of a classic cowboy builder and electrician, our local trading standards department at a London borough, which recently got rid of several already over-worked...

• Delays at prototype in Normandy raise concern in City • MPs aim to curb doorstep sales by energy companiesCentrica is being urged by the City to withdraw from a £4bn commitment to build new nuclear power stations in...

To start saving money from solar panels, you must fill in a formLate last year we had electricity-generating solar panels put on our roof. We applied to our supplier, ScottishPower, for the feed-in tariff, but it told us...