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UK Government to cut planning restrictions for Micro–Generation
The Government is to cut planning restrictions on micro-renewable technology as a new report proposes streamlining the planning system for household applications.
EIA Nowehere to Be Seen?
The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Directive requires Member States to carry out environmental impact assessments of certain public and private projects, before they are authorised, where it is believed that the p...
Blair presses nuclear button, but will the market stump up the cash?
The UK Government yesterday ruled out subsidies for nuclear power or market mechanisms such as a "nuclear obligation" requiring suppliers to buy a set proportion of their needs from nuclear stations, raising doubts as to...
Car industry needs carbon trading
The Financial Times, reported on 3 July 2006 - Breathing in exhaust fumes in central London as I cycle to work, I can easily understand why carmakers get so much of the blame for global warming. Few people own anything t...
ETS – Cap to be Imposed in the UK
The UK is to impose a cap of 238 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year on industry during the 2008-12 phase of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), it announced today.
Businesses face carbon rationing 'within five years'
Business leaders across the region have been warned that a carbon-rationing regime is likely to be in place by the end of this decade - unless they drastically reduce their use of fossil fuels. The claim was made in a ...
Hardwood – Hard Knocks For Blair as Greenpeace expose Illegal Timber in No10 Policy Unit
Greenpeace activists scale Admiralty Arch as investigation exposes Government's use of illegal timber. The Prime Minister's efforts to portray himself as an environmental champion suffered another set-back today as Gre...
Miliband outlines Defra's priorities ... Dear Tony ...
Environment Secretary David Miliband has set out the Department's priorities in an open letter to Prime Minister Tony Blair. He took the opportunity to explain the key areas of focus for Defra and how it will go about me...
EU Parliament backs CO2 cap on air traffic
MEPs have backed the idea of including aviation in the EU's cap-and-trade system for CO2 emissions and for ending tax exemptions on kerosene. The airline industry reacted furiously, saying the proposals totally ignore ec...
Government targets low carbon economy
Environment Secretary David Miliband today announced the UK's proposal for the next period of the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). The proposal outlines the contribution business needs to make to help ...