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The Coalition Government has reportedly decided not to back the Severn barrage, the world’s biggest tidal energy project.
About 45 nations met on Thursday to seek ways to raise billions of dollars in aid to help the poor combat climate change as the United Nations warned them of a long haul to slow global warming.
A global fund to help poorer countries switch to green industrial technology is vital in any new international pact to battle global warming, Switzerland's top climate change negotiator said on Wednesday.
Aid promises from rich nations to help poor countries slow global warming are reaching the $30 billion (£19.3 billion) goal agreed in Copenhagen but analysts say much of that is old funding dressed up as new pledges.
Spain will cut the subsidised electricity prices paid to new photovoltaic solar power plants by up to 45 per cent, the industry ministry has announced, in a move designed to increase efficiency and cut Government spending at a time of austerity.
A Government grant scheme to give motorists up to £5,000 off the cost of a new electric car has been cut by 80 per cent, opposition politicians and green campaigners claimed.
The Government’s sustainability watchdog has had its funding cut just as it has issued a report showing that sustainability measures are saving the taxpayer £60-£70 million a year.
The Carbon Trust has today launched a service to fast track green technology start-up firms from development stage to commercialisation.
The Government adviser on climate change has said the UK should ring-fence funding for green technologies in order to meet long-term climate change targets and low carbon economic growth.
The Scottish Government has today unveiled five marine energy projects that are to share £13 million worth of development funding to harness energy from Scotland’s waters.
Siemens Windpower has been awarded £5 million of Government funding in the first round of grants for developing next-generation offshore wind technology since the Budget last month.
President Barack Obama, under pressure to spur job growth, said on Saturday two solar energy companies will get nearly $2 billion (£1.3 billion) in U.S. loan guarantees to create as many as 5,000 green jobs.
A £52 million bioethanol plant is set to be built in the North East of England following a £7.3 million Government grant.
The Regional Development Agencies (RDAs), which have been responsible for delivering climate change targets across England are to scrapped, it has emerged.
Chancellor George Osborne delivered his emergency Budget today, with barely a mention of green measures, but promising big spending cuts for Government departments, including those charged with delivering a low carbon Britain.