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A huge snow storm is set to cause widespread disruption across the UK this weekend as an Atlantic weather system moves in from the west.
The East of England Co-operative Society has teamed up with a locally recognised carbon standard to help its suppliers in Suffolk, Norfolk and North Essex go green.
The manufacturer of an innovative recycled plastic plywood is set to double production at its plant in Luton to meet growing demand for its product from the agricultural sector.
The Government has given formal consent to two new biomass plants planned by Drax Power, the owner and operator of the UK’s largest coal-fired power plant.
Low carbon businesses in Britain’s coastal communities are set to benefit from a new multi-million pound Treasury fund.
A sustainable wood product has for the first time been incorporated into a new home in an area prone to flooding because of its exceptional durability and eco friendly features.
UK solar company Enecsys has secured £25 million investment in what is being described as the biggest European cleantech private equity deal so far this year.
Work has begun on the UK’s largest rooftop solar project on a site in the East of England.
The Environment Agency has teamed up with a private bank to develop a market to manage biodiversity as sea levels rise on the Suffolk and Essex coast.
A low carbon innovation fund for small businesses in the East of England is looking to invest in firms from outside the region willing to relocate.
The first of a series of anaerobic digestion (AD) plants backed by Government opens today at a vegetable production company in Lincolnshire.
Transport Secretary Phil Hammond gave the greenlight yesterday to a £25 million "sustainable transport" scheme in Ipswich, as he pledged to spend £5.9 billion on road and public transport upgrades.
The CBI called on Government today to encourage more waste to energy projects, as the first renewable gas from brewery and food waste is delivered to the National Grid.
Germany could derive all of its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2050 and become the world's first major industrial nation to kick the fossil-fuel habit, the country's Federal Environment Agency said today.
The renewable energy industry has welcomed the decision by the Government to let local councils sell green electricity to the grid.