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Sutton to develop greenest suburb
24.Feb.2009
Sutton Council, the south London local authority, is looking to turn Hackbridge into the UK's greenest suburb.

Scottish Government takes action to create green energy jobs
16.Feb.2009
The Scottish Government has announced plans to create thousands of green energy jobs by 2020.

Government launches consultations
12.Feb.2009
Today the government has launched three consultations which follow on from the Prime Minister's Home Energy Saving Programme announcement in September:

LGA unveils Green New Deal
10.Feb.2009
The "Green New Deal" proposal unveiled by the Local Government Association is calling for more powers for councils to drive local energy improvements.

New international body to promote renewable energy
10.Feb.2009
A new international body, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), is to be established to promote renewable energy.

Retrofit for the future: Competition to cut carbon emissions in social housing
10.Feb.2009
In March the Technology Strategy Board is launching a new £10m competition ¿Retrofit for the future¿ to enable building and renovation companies to retrofit and refurbish social housing to make deep cuts in carbon emissions.

Campaigners lose eco-town legal challenge
29.Jan.2009
Campaigners have lost their High Court challenge over the Government's eco-towns project.

Prime Minister urged to promote future growth in the UK's environmental industry
29.Jan.2009
The Environmental Industries Commission (EIC) has launched a lobbying campaign calling on the Prime Minister to use the 2009 Budget's emergency spending measures to create a 'green jobs strategy' to tackle the recession.

Conservatives outline plans for a Low Carbon Economy
23.Jan.2009
David Cameron has launched ambitious plans to create a low carbon economy and significant increases in the green collar workforce by 2020.

David Heath adopts bill to end fuel poverty
23.Jan.2009
Liberal Democrat David Heath has announced that he intends to take forward a bill to end fuel poverty.

Domestic Energy Fact Files published
17.Dec.2008
Two new Domestic Energy Fact Files, produced by BRE on behalf of DECC, have been published.

EU agrees 2020 targets
17.Dec.2008
European leaders have agreed on an ambitious energy/climate package.

EU bans low-efficiency light bulbs from 2012
17.Dec.2008
EU Member States experts have endorsed the European Commission's proposals for a regulation progressively phasing out incandescent bulbs starting in 2009 and finishing at the end of 2012.

Building a low-carbon economy - the UK's contribution to tackling climate change
08.Dec.2008
The Committee on Climate Change's Inaugural report Building a low-carbon economy - the UK's contribution to tackling climate change was published on 1st December 2008.

Climate Change Bill for Scotland published
08.Dec.2008
Last week the Scottish Government published the Climate Change Bill for Scotland.

Enact Energy reveals Dutch solution to hard to treat homes
08.Dec.2008
Enact Energy, has carried out extensive research of international scope and revealed a revolutionary Dutch solution to serve hard to treat homes.

Energy Use In Homes 2006
08.Dec.2008
The 2006 Energy Use In Homes reports, produced by BRE on behalf of DECC, have been published.

Home Reports introduced in Scotland
08.Dec.2008
From the 1st December houses for sale in Scotland have had to be marketed with a Home Report.

Powering Our Lives: Sustainable Energy Management and the Built Environment
27.Nov.2008
The study by a government thinktank called Foresight has produced 'Powering Our Lives: Sustainable Energy Management and the Built Environment' which looks at how the country's buildings and spaces will need to evolve to help cut carbon emissions.

Winners of EAS EnergySavers Award 2008 announced
27.Nov.2008
The EAS EnergySavers Award aims to recognise excellence in local energy-saving initiatives across Scotland which tackle fuel poverty and improve domestic energy efficiency. Projects had to involve lower income or disadvantaged households or communities.

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