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Ed Davey, the new Energy and Climate Change Secretary, has pledged to support green jobs and investment and help grow a green economy.
Liberal Democrat MP Ed Davey has become the new Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change following the resignation of Chris Huhne.
Chris Huhne has resigned as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change after being charged by the Crown Prosecution Services for perverting the course of justice.
Chris Huhne has been charged over speeding ticket offences and is now expected to step down as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change.
The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Chris Huhne, will learn this morning if he is to face criminal charges relating to speeding ticket offences.
Friends of the Earth is calling on the Government to stop plans to increase the level of biofuels in UK petrol, saying it will do nothing to cut carbon emissions and cost motorists and businesses billions of pounds at the petrol pump.
A growing number of solar firms are seeking legal advice about compensation for losses incurred as a result of the Government’s move to retrospectively cut the Feed-in Tariff [FiT] for solar electricity, according to a leading legal advisor to renewable energy firms.
Measures to drive up demand for the Green Deal, the Government’s flagship energy efficiency scheme, have been announced as part of long-awaited Government proposals to make Britain’s buildings greener.
Energy Ministers have come under attack after spending tens of thousands of pounds on lavish away days to private members clubs, hotels and football grounds – and even going on one away day to plan another away day.
The UK's five leading green media companies have joined together to impose a voluntary blackout of renewable energy companies looking to exploit consumer confusion surrounding the Feed-in Tariff (FiT).
Significant investment in renewables means Scotland is on the right course to meet ambitious targets to reduce carbon emissions by the end of the decade, the UK’s climate change watchdog has said.
The British Photovoltaic Association has come under increasing pressure today after the organisation claimed it did not act alone in unsuccessfully applying to have the Feed-in Tariff court case shelved.
Solarcentury has quit the British Photovoltaic Association (BPVA) in a row over its support for the Government's appeal bid on the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) cuts.
The Government's decision to set a unilateral Carbon Price Floor could have a "devastating effect" on UK industry and will artificially raise electricity prices for consumers –while having no overall impact on emissions – MPs on the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee have warned.
Major new research into the risks of climate change to the UK predicts that, without action, by the second half of this century warmer temperatures in the summer could cost businesses £15 billion in staff absenteeism a year.