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E.ON launches new services to improve energy efficiency in UK businesses

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:21:58 GMT

Within a week, energy company E.ON has launched two new services aimed at improving the energy efficiency of UK businesses – one mainly for SMEs, one for high energy users.

Mexico unlikely to deliver climate treaty

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:02:27 GMT

Hopes for drawing up a global climate change treaty this year appear to be fading.

UK manufacturers embrace resource efficiency but reject eco-design

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:01:00 GMT

Despite their greater commitment to resource efficiency, UK manufacturers – particularly SMEs – are reluctant to invest in ‘eco-design’ to reduce the environmental impact of their products.

European Commission faces lawsuit for withholding biofuel data

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:08:49 GMT

A coalition of environmental groups is suing the European Commission over its refusal to release documents that allegedly contain previously undisclosed information on the negative impact the widespread use of biofuels in the EU is having on climate change.

Clean fuel and floating office come together to provide zero carbon work solution

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:35:41 GMT

A UK company that has found a way to store the energy from intermittent renewables, such as wind and solar, and turn them into hydrogen, is to test its off grid clean fuel technology in a Dutch-designed floating office, with the aim of delivering a world first in sustainable, zero carbon building solutions.

'Green' wood technology could revolutionise use of MDF

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:06:53 GMT

A low carbon technology that waterproofs, strengthens and extends the life of softwood by up to 50 years has been shown in trials to be able to turn MDF into a product for outdoor use that could revolutionise the use of the wood composite.

REA questions new Government guidance on regional renewables targets

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:32:22 GMT

The Renewable Energy Association (REA) has today questioned whether new Government guidance designed to help regional authorities assess their areas’ potential for renewable and low carbon energy, will do anything to help regions meet their renewable energy targets.

Solar and wind developer launches to take advantage of FiT

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:50:00 GMT

A new company has formed to partner with landowners, commercial property owners and managers, to build, own and operate wind and solar power generating assets on sites across the UK.

Major retailers sign up to new food waste and packaging targets

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:46:55 GMT

Major retailers and brands have signed up to new food waste and packaging targets that will see them focus on the carbon impact of packaging rather than its weight and include reducing the carbon impact of all grocery packaging by 10 per cent by 2012.

Environmental consultancy launches graduate training scheme

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:44:25 GMT

Environmental consultancy RSK Group has launched a graduate training scheme to attract new talent to the company and improve skills in a sector that is expected to help create the green jobs of the future.

British cleantech firms partner on ‘carbon negative’ building projects

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:05:24 GMT

Two British clean technology firms have joined forces to deliver commercially viable, large-scale ‘carbon-negative’ buildings.

Hemp-based natural fibre breathes new life into insulation market

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:00:00 GMT

A new insulation product made from sustainably sourced hemp is offering a renewable and low carbon alternative to synthetic equivalents.

EnvironCom opens largest WEEE recycling facility in UK

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:26:38 GMT

A waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) processor has opened the UK’s largest facility able to process and recycle hundreds of different household appliances an hour.

Carbon traders pessimistic about future market expansion

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:07:58 GMT

Carbon traders’ confidence in future carbon market expansion has been dented by the failure of governments to secure a binding global climate deal in Copenhagen last December.

New association aims to make UK restaurant sector more sustainable

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:00:00 GMT

Some of the country’s best known restaurants, including Le Manoir Aux Quat’ Saisons, Carluccio’s, Moro and Benares, have become founder members of the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA).