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Oil sands imports could be banned under EU directive
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Fuel from oil sands projects face effective ban under EU proposals, though UK may oppose green plan...
EU seeks 85 per cent e-waste recycling target
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MEPs vote for ambitious package of reforms designed to push European Council to agree to more demanding e-waste targets...
Green Alliance calls for scarce resources recycling incentives
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Profligate use of metals, phosphorus and water is economically and environmentally unsustainable, says think tank...
Airlines cannot avoid EU carbon trading, say green lawyers
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Preliminary decision expected tomorrow on whether bringing aviation into emissions trading scheme violates international law...
Scots launch new funds for zero-waste carbon innovators
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Scotland moves closer to goal of zero-waste society with launch of two funds to promote improved packaging design and waste recovery technologie...
Peugeot 3008 HYbrid4 - the future of motoring?
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Paul Clarke gives the world's first diesel-electric hybrid top marks...
China to tighten air pollution standards
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Ministers bow to pressure in agreeing to monitor tiny yet dangerous PM2.5 particles and combat pollution, local media reports...
Poo power could clean up Accra's acrid beaches
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Columbia University project backed by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation aims to turn Ghana's untreated sewage into energy...
BP clicks its heels to build $800m wind farm in Kansas
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Oil giant to start work on 419MW Flat Ridge 2 project before year end...
SSE downplays risk of Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm delay
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Company insists it remains confident giant wind farm will open on time despite legal wrangling...
UK services firms set to cash in on global emissions standards
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Carbon Trust director says new regulations on supply chain emissions will benefit 'pioneering' monitoring and certification companies...
Food and drink giants on track to cut water use 20 per cent by 2020
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Voluntary Federation House Commitment saves the equivalent of 520 Olympic sized swimming pools in 2010...
The smart grid needs smarter marketing
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Experts at a roundtable hosted by BusinessGreen and Trilliant debated the barrier to deploying a smart grid in the UK...
Paris electric car sharing scheme sparks into life
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€35m Autolib scheme starts with 66 specially designed cars, but mayor aims to top 3,000 by the end of next year...
Energy bills and emissions still rising due to gadget addiction, says report
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Energy Saving Trust says consumers must be weaned off TVs, laptops, tablet PCs and fridges if emission targets are to be met...
Conservatives face fresh calls to revive green agenda
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Friends of the Earth slam environmental record as prime minister reasserts commitment to 'modern, compassionate conservatism'...
Curtain falls on US loan guarantee scheme with $5bn solar blow out
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Three solar plants and a nationwide rooftop scheme net billion dollar deals ensuring controversial programme ends with a bang...
Tesla aims to produce 20,000 Model S sedans by 2013
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Company reports more than 6,000 orders already received for new electric sedan...
Green economy sacrificed as Osborne plays up climate ambivalence
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He may be playing to the gallery, but the Chancellor's anti-green rhetoric is still a blow to the low carbon economy...
Solar bridge puts railways on right track to sustainability
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Blackfriars station to host London's largest solar array when it opens next year...
Poll: 'Smarter' companies to muscle Big Six out of metering opportunity
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Consumers trust smart meters offered by mobile phone and tech firms far more than those from energy companies...
Ignore the GOP critics, US loan guarantees offer template for the world
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The US government's loan programme is encouraging new technology and creating sustainable jobs - the UK should follow suit...
More than 200 people are blockading a nuclear power station in protest at plans to build new reactors at the site....
The hidden workings of the sun revealed by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory
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The workings of the sun revealed by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory....
Conservative Party Conference 2011: Green initiatives watered down to help business
Written by TheTelegraph
George Osborne has pledged to water down green initiatives if British companies are put at a disadvantage compared to their European counterparts....
George Osborne vows UK carbon emissions cuts will not lead Europe
Written by guardian
Chancellor hints he could water down UK's ambitious carbon targets...
EU carbon credits scheme tarnished by alleged murders in Honduras
Written by guardian
Calls for Honduran credits to be thrown out of ETS following alleged killings, while consultation process goes under review...
'World's first' biomass exchange to open in Rotterdam
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Trading in wood pellets to begin in Dutch port next month to tap into increasing European demand for sustainable biomass...
Jonathan Grant of PwC takes the pulse of the UN's latest round of climate change negotiations...
Paris electic car sharing scheme sparks into life
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€35m Autolib scheme starts with 66 specially designed cars, but mayor aims to top 3,000 by the end of next year...
Indian summers to become more frequent - though this one is about to end in rain
Written by TheTelegraph
South England to become hotter due to global warming but current hot weather will end later this week....
The Cabinet is clashing over controversial plans to kill thousands of badgers after Theresa May, the Home Secretary, warned that the cull will coincide with the Olympics and put further pressure on police resources....
Litter to be replaced by noise pollution
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It is hard to object to the good folks at Keep Britain Tidy. ...
Government attempt to entice councils' return to weekly bin collection threatens environment
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Eric Pickles unveils £250m fund for local authorities that guarantee weekly pick-ups for at least five years...