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Washing powders and dishwasher detergents will need to be almost phosphorus-free in future, following a vote in the European Parliament.
Cash-strapped businesses looking to save energy will be offered better protection against unscrupulous energy suppliers and brokers under new proposals set out today by the energy regulator.
Rio Tinto has become the latest multinational to blame a factory closure on new carbon taxes, after it announced that it was shutting an aluminium smelter near Newcastle upon Tyne with the loss of 515 jobs.
The UK's failure to achieve EU standards on air pollution is leading to the deaths of thousands of people, according to a report by an influential group of MPs.
France's state energy firm EDF has been fined €1.5m by a Paris court for spying on Greenpeace.
British American Tobacco, Centre Parcs and Manchester United are among more than 20 companies and organisations that have won joint top spot in a new league table published today that ranks businesses and public sector bodies according to their efforts to improve energy efficiency.
The lights are going out for incandescent bulbs, as China pledges to replace the 1 billion it uses annually with more energy efficient models within five years.
Solarcentury, one of the UK’s leading solar installation companies, says it has stopped recruiting and halted "all orders" from suppliers because of a fast-track review by the Government to cut the Feed-in Tariff (FiT).
The delayed Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) will go-ahead, but not without cuts to the tariff for large-scale biomass.
The Green Deal will be as "easy as ABC", Chris Huhne said today as the framework for the multi-billion pound green makeover programme for UK homes and businesses was enshrined in law.
The UK Government has threatened to call a halt to controversial gas drilling after geology reports linked a series of earthquakes with shale gas extraction.
US airlines are wrong to think that they can force the European Union to back down from plans to make carriers pay for emitting carbon, environmental organisations and the EU warned on Tuesday.
Wales will officially become the first country in the UK to introduce a charge for carrier bags from tomorrow.
Changes to planning rules for small-scale wind turbines have been branded "nonsensical" by a leading renewable energy company.
Marks and Spencer (M&S) has been fined £1 million for asbestos breaches at two of its stores.