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  • 25 May 2013

    Chancellor urged to boost Green Deal in Budget

    George Osborne should use this week’s Budget to introduce tax breaks for energy efficient properties in order to increase take up of the Green Deal and boost jobs and growth in the construction sector, green building leaders said today.

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  • 20 May 2013

    Renewable Heat Premium Payments to double

    Grants to help households invest in renewable heat technologies are to double, the Government has announced.

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  • 09 May 2013

    Green Investment Bank boss prepares way to borrow in less than two years

    The chief of the UK's £3bn green investment bank is preparing to move the bank to borrowing and raising debt, in order to vastly expand its scope in bringing forward renewable energy and other environmental projects across the country.

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  • 08 May 2013

    30 firms share in £16m low carbon energy innovation funding

    As many as 30 UK firms are to share millions of pounds of funding in a major Government programme that aims to accelerate commercialisation of low carbon energy technologies.

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  • 07 May 2013

    UK calls for "urgent steps" to reform EU Emissions Trading System

    The UK and eight other European countries, including France and Germany, have joined together to call for urgent action to rescue the EU’s flagship scheme for cutting carbon emissions.

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