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Going green at the heart of economic strategy
Newly appointed Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey will be joining Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg in sending a clear signal that green growth and green jobs will remain at the heart of...
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Dundee embraces green transport
Dundee City Council’s environment department is set to champion green transport for the area. The environment committee is being asked to approve charging points for vehicles across the city following...
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Fund to help Scottish business develop green technologies
New funding to increase the energy and low carbon support available to Scottish companies has been announced by Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney. The Scottish Government has awarded £3.4m of...
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Conservatives – more needs done to promote green council tax in Scotland
The Scottish Conservatives have criticised the Scottish Government by saying a green council tax discount scheme, which was supposed to encourage people to make their homes more energy efficient, has...
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Manchester City Council becomes cleaner and greener
Manchester City Council has become cleaner and greener over the last four years, but more work is needed if it is to meet targets to reduce the amount of energy it uses. New figures show the City...
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Record investments of £40 billion in renewable electricity to bring green...
Additional investments of around £40 billion are expected in renewable electricity generation projects up to 2020, following updated contract terms and strike prices published and wider reforms to the...
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Commission helps make city journeys easier and greener
The European Commission is stepping up its support to towns and cities in a new “urban mobility package” adopted recently. The Commission will reinforce the exchange of best practice, provide targeted...
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Green Construction Board to continue cutting CO2
Green Construction Board to continue for a further two years its work on reducing industry carbon emissions. Government and construction industry leaders have announced that the Green Construction...
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CBI comments on government climate change report
The CBI commented on the Government’s report: Paris 2015: Securing our prosperity through a global climate change agreement. In December 2015, the world will gather in Paris to secure a legally...
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Black taxis go green with £45m government investment
A £20 million fund will be made available to local authorities to support the rollout of ultra-low emission taxis across the UK. The money will be available to reduce the upfront cost of purpose built...
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Scottish SME businesses are falling short on green credentials
Scottish small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) are putting their competitiveness and reputation at risk because they are not doing enough to improve their environmental credentials, according to new...
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LCV 2015 sees funding support for low carbon innovations
LCV 2015 has brought together leading UK innovators in the field of low carbon vehicles for the unveiling of new concept vehicles and announcements on current and future multi-million pound funding...
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Greenspace funding
Projects in Central Scotland that support trees, woodlands and green infrastructure, encourage community growing or promote active travel can now apply for a share of up to £700,000 with the...
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Welsh bio-refining research and innovation project gets the ‘green’ light
A new £12m investment in Wales’ ‘green’ economy was announced on Thursday 3 December by Welsh Government Finance and Government Business Minister, Jane Hutt. Backed by £8m of EU funds, the BEACON+...
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Hundreds of cleaner buses for England’s towns and city centres
Upgraded buses will complete more than a million greener journeys a year helping improve air quality. Nearly 450 buses in England will be fitted with green technology to cut harmful emissions by up to...
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£38m fund will use F1 technology to design greener cars
Winners of government competition will develop ideas to cut vehicle emissions and help plug-in cars drive further. Formula 1 (F1) technology could soon make family cars lighter, improve fuel efficiency...
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Businesses throughout the Highlands invited to get green vision at VIBES event
Businesses throughout the Scottish Highlands are invited to pick up ideas from environmental champions at a special event to celebrate the launch of the 2016 Vision in Business for the Environment of...
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£21m green transport funding to support job creation and clean up air quality
Successful schemes get funding to improve lives and increase access to jobs. Councils across the country have won nearly £21 million of funding from the government to promote green forms of transport,...
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Leading the way in saving energy costs
Hounslow Council is leading the way in saving energy costs and being one of the greenest boroughs, by putting into place the largest solar panel installation using battery storage in Europe. Supported...
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Government pledges £290 million boost for low emission vehicles
Government committed to reducing carbon emissions from transport and aims for nearly all cars and vans to be zero emission by 2050. Thousands of buses and taxis will be made greener and cleaner after...
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