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Wales goes on the attack over changes to the Feed-in Tariff

The devolved Welsh Administration has accused the UK Government of pulling the plug on clean energy over their decision to change the process for application to Feed-in Tariffs.....

Added on: 18/09/2015

COP21: PwC survey finds climate deal won't act as catalyst for action among majority of ceos

Fewer than half (46 per cent) of the chief executives of the world’s largest companies say a binding agreement on climate change at the UN’s climate summit in Paris will push them to prioritise th....

Added on: 11/09/2015

UK Europe's third largest emitter of carbon dioxide from coal

Deaths related to emissions from coal cost the UK economy between £2.47 billion and £7.15 billion in 2013, according to a comprehensive overview of coal production in Europe.....

Added on: 11/09/2015

Food security: crop failures set to intensify due to climate change

Major "shocks" to global food production will be three times more likely within 25 years because of an increase in extreme weather brought about by global warming, warns a new report.....

Added on: 21/08/2015

Shell set to start drilling for oil in the Arctic

Shell is set to restart its controversial hunt for Arctic oil, three years after the company’s last ill-fated venture north.....

Added on: 14/08/2015

Fracking: UK public support falls to new low

British public support for nuclear power and shale gas has fallen to its lowest ever level in a long-running official government survey, which has also briefly ceased polling showing widespread public....

Added on: 07/08/2015

Plan to cut US power plant carbon emissions by 32 per cent unveiled by Obama administration

The White House insisted on Sunday it was on strong legal footing as it unveiled details of ambitious carbon-reduction plans that are likely to be fiercely opposed by coal-burning Republican states.....

Added on: 07/08/2015

Conservative Government's green policy changes slammed by environment groups

Environment and conservation groups representing millions of people have written to David Cameron to register their "major concern" at the cancellation or weakening of 10 green polices since he was re....

Added on: 07/08/2015

Climate change threatens to wipe £2.7tn off value of private investments

Private investors stand to lose $4.2 trillion (£2.7 trillion) on the value of their holdings from the impact of climate change by 2100 even if global warming is held at plus 2C, a report from the Eco....

Added on: 31/07/2015

Most London boroughs fail EU pollution target

All but two of London’s boroughs are exceeding EU limits for a toxic gas linked to respiratory problems, ministers have admitted.....

Added on: 10/07/2015