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The Government today attempted to position London as the world centre for low carbon finance with the launch of a new climate change investment forum.
A bike hire scheme designed to encourage thousands more cycle journeys in central London has begun.
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.
The Regional Development Agencies (RDAs), which have been responsible for delivering climate change targets across England are to scrapped, it has emerged.
London business fleet users are to test out Prius plug-in hybrid cars as part of a three-year lease demonstration programme launched today by Toyota and EDF Energy.
A UK company has developed a 'green’ sterilising solution powerful enough to kill life-threatening germs, such as MRSA, C.Diff and Salmonella, but harmless to humans and the environment.
East London is to be the location for a major Green Enterprise District, the flagship of which will be a £30 million low carbon exhibition and conference centre built by Siemens, the global engineering and technology services company.
The founders of the latest UK hotel to mix designer chic with sustainability are planning to open more.
A new car rental scheme that aims to make car usage in the UK more efficient has had dozens of cars and hundreds of drivers registering a week after its launch.
Transport for London (TfL) has issued a tender worth £67 million, for up to 1,300 zero and low carbon vehicles.
A Dorset-based wind farm development company is planning to build a five-turbine farm on the Isle of Wight.
The UK’s beleaguered car manufacturing industry got a much needed shot in the arm today as two car giants – Nissan and Ford –confirmed nearly £2 billion worth of new investment into the production and R&D of electric and low carbon vehicles at sites across England and Wales.
Energy companies E.ON and ScottishPower have been awarded a share of £90 million worth of Government funding to compete to build the first commercial-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) plant in the UK.
Proposals for a high speed rail network announced yesterday by Transport Secretary Andrew Adonis, have received a mixed reaction from business leaders and environmental campaign groups.