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Updated: Giant Galloper wind farm clears planning hurdle

BusinessGreen staff — Fri, 24 May 2013 11:46:00 GMT

Greater Gabbard set to double in size as government green lights 504MW extension project

Turtle power!

BusinessGreen staff — Fri, 24 May 2013 11:44:00 GMT

Sea turtles are being scared off nesting sites by bright lights - but energy efficient LEDs could provide a solution

World faces 'self-inflicted' water shortages within a generation

BusinessGreen staff — Fri, 24 May 2013 11:34:00 GMT

Coalition of 500 scientists says businesses and government must work together to solve water mismanagement

Reports: China eyes absolute CO2 cuts for 2016

BusinessGreen staff — Fri, 24 May 2013 11:09:59 GMT

Green campaigners hope move will pave the way for ground-breaking global climate deal in 2015

Sustainable purchasing gets its own umbrella organisation

Heather Clancy, GreenBiz.com — Fri, 24 May 2013 08:35:54 GMT

The Sustainable Purchasing Council is creating a framework for sustainable purchasing mirroring the LEED system for green buildings

Tesco pledges action on food waste

Rebecca Smithers, the Guardian — Fri, 24 May 2013 08:02:23 GMT

In its corporate responsibility report for 2013, supermarket chain says it will use its position to engineer social change

Greenpeace: IoD's basis for a predicting a shale gas boom is "deeply flawed"

Doug Parr — Fri, 24 May 2013 02:01:00 GMT

Doug Parr, chief scientist at Greenpeace, says the assumptions used to base projections of a £4bn UK shale gas industry ignore key data

Alstom switches on to electric fleet

BusinessGreen staff — Fri, 24 May 2013 01:30:00 GMT

Engineering giant pilots Nissan Leaf at Rugby headquarters

Offshore Wind Needs Tripartite Solution to Energy ‘Trilemma’

Benj Sykes — Thu, 23 May 2013 23:51:00 GMT

Government, developers, and suppliers must work together to bring down the cost of offshore wind energy, says Benj Sykes of DONG Energy

Google to purchase kite-power start-up Makani

BusinessGreen staff — Thu, 23 May 2013 23:43:00 GMT

Company developing high altitude wind energy device set to become part of secretive Google X lab

Video: UK ports poised for offshore wind boom

Jessica Shankleman — Thu, 23 May 2013 23:15:00 GMT

BusinessGreen Plus visits Belfast Harbour to see construction of the West of Duddon Sands wind farm, as first turbine installed at Gywnt y Mor

Carbon capture in Europe a 'farce', say researchers

Will Nichols — Thu, 23 May 2013 23:14:00 GMT

Several years of stalled progress means EU should consider adopting a target for CCS to accelerate the technology

Are you guilty of a "musn't, not now, can't" mentality?

James Murray — Thu, 23 May 2013 23:05:00 GMT

Too many industries claim to support action on climate change, but still resist any measures that challenge polluting business-as-usual models

UK leads charge against EU solar tariffs on Chinese imports

Jessica Shankleman — Thu, 23 May 2013 11:28:00 GMT

Climate Minister Greg Barker lobbies EU to halt plans for punitive tariffs against China, as EU leaders back plans for 2030 climate targets

IoD: Greenpeace is wrong to say shale gas cannot play a useful role

Corin Taylor — Thu, 23 May 2013 10:28:00 GMT

Corin Taylor of the Institute of Directors says claims a UK shale gas industry is incompatible with environmental concerns are wide of the mark

Some light in clean tech investing, despite the gloom

Dan Self, GreenBiz.com — Thu, 23 May 2013 08:46:11 GMT

The vast majority of clean energy investment not coming from VCs is actually a positive indicator for the maturation of clean energy markets

Keystone pipeline: House votes to bypass Obama for approval

Suzanne Goldenberg, the Guardian — Thu, 23 May 2013 08:10:07 GMT

Representatives approve bill declaring that controversial oil pipeline from Canada does not need president's permission

UK's first Bio-LNG filling station opens in Daventry

BusinessGreen staff — Thu, 23 May 2013 07:05:00 GMT

Pump near Daventry could be the first of a nationwide network dispensing the low emissions fuel

Tonga eyes wind energy future after building first turbine

BusinessGreen staff — Thu, 23 May 2013 02:49:00 GMT

Pacific nation says up to 2.3MW of wind energy capacity could be installed, helping the country phase out expensive fossil fuel imports

Greg Barker: 'The era of negawatts has arrived'

Jessica Shankleman — Wed, 22 May 2013 23:28:00 GMT

Climate Minister insists energy saving is businesses' "greatest ally"

Statkraft sizes up to Big Six as it pushes into corporate clean power market

Jessica Shankleman — Wed, 22 May 2013 23:11:00 GMT

Norwegian renewable energy company in talks over pure green energy contracts for big UK businesses

DECC aims to pilot energy saving auctions next year

Jessica Shankleman — Wed, 22 May 2013 23:08:00 GMT

Greg Barker says government will nurture fledgling 'negawatt' market to compete against large scale generators

Climate Committee warns 'dash for gas' more costly than low carbon energy mix

James Murray — Wed, 22 May 2013 23:05:00 GMT

Report slams Treasury support for gas-focused energy strategy, warns failure to deliver post-2020 policies will push up cost of decarbonisation

Tesla's Model S set to bring electric vehicles into the mainstream

Trade Plan Insurance — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:54:16 GMT

Motor traders should prepare themselves for a changing commercial landscape, says Trade Plan Insurance

Humber renewable energy hub faces delay

BusinessGreen staff — Wed, 22 May 2013 10:26:40 GMT

Transport Minister pushes back planning decision on Able Marine Energy Park to July