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Fossil fuel subsidies outstrip health spending by governments globally, says IMF

Fossil fuel companies are benefitting from global subsidies of $5.3 trillion (£3.4 trillion) a year, equivalent to $10 million every minute of every day, according to a startling new estimate by the ....

Added on: 22/05/2015

Renewable energy generation up 20 per cent

Green electricity generation increased by a fifth in 2014, according to figures released today by industry body the Renewable Energy Association (REA).....

Added on: 15/05/2015

Amber Rudd appointed new Energy and Climate Change Secretary

Amber Rudd has been appointed new Energy and Climate Change Secretary.....

Added on: 15/05/2015

Green energy sector fearful about future under Conservative Government

The UK green energy sector has called on David Cameron to "show leadership", not turn his back on the renewables industry, following the Conservatives’ victory at the General Election.....

Added on: 15/05/2015

How worried should the green sector be about a Conservative Government?

The next five years will be crucial in the global fight against climate change but the Conservatives must improve their shaky record on green issues if they are to meet the challenge.....

Added on: 15/05/2015

Green’s Caroline Lucas holds seat with big increase in majority

The Green’s Caroline Lucas has retained her Brighton Pavilion seat, giving her party it’s only seat of the 2015 General Election.....

Added on: 15/05/2015

Conservatives heading for electoral victory as SNP surge in Scotland

David Cameron is on course to secure an astonishing electoral triumph as the Conservative party headed towards an overall majority and unseated a raft of senior political opponents including the Labou....

Added on: 15/05/2015

Energy Secretary Ed Davey loses seat as Conservatives set to win majority in election

Liberal Democrat Energy and Climate Change Secretary, Ed Davey, has lost his seat in a General Election result that has seen his party practically wiped out.....

Added on: 15/05/2015

Dale Vince's green plan: ban coal plants, scrap VAT for EVs and bring in 'cow tax'


Dale Vince, the chairman of the renewable energy firm Ecotricity and a major Labour donor, has published a plan for four fifths of British power generation to be derived from renewable energy wi....

Added on: 08/05/2015

Election 2015: £120 billion green sector sidelined in general election campaign

Nearly a million people are employed in the green business sector in the UK, but few would realise it from the debates so far in the 2015 general election.....

Added on: 08/05/2015