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  • 17 May 2012

    Hertz to launch electric vehicle car share service in Oxford

    In a move that should encourage the take-up of electric car use, leading car rental company Hertz is planning to launch a new electric vehicle (EV) car share scheme in Oxford.

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  • 16 May 2012

    Hertz to launch electric vehicle car share service in Oxford

    In a move that should encourage the take-up of electric car use, leading car rental company Hertz is planning to launch a new electric vehicle (EV) car share scheme in Oxford.

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  • 16 May 2012

    Energy display pioneer embarks on non-domestic expansion drive

    Scottish energy management firm, Ewgeco, is embarking on an expansion drive to bring its pioneering real-time energy display monitoring system to businesses across the UK.

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  • 16 May 2012

    Small investors get chance to invest in wind energy project ‘from as little as £5’

    Small investors in the UK for the first time are being given the opportunity to back a local renewable energy project 'from as little as £5’ thanks to a new financial service that aims to make green energy investment accessible to the masses.

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  • 16 May 2012

    Boris Johnson to boost London green building retrofit programmes

    Boris Johnson says he will make green jobs and growth key priorities of his second term of office as Mayor of London, including scaling up green building retrofit programmes across the capital.

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  • 15 May 2012

    Unilever’s ‘Monkey’ encourages tea drinkers to reduce food waste

    Consumer goods group Unilever has teamed up with two Essex councils to get householders to cut down on the amount of food waste they send to landfill.

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  • 11 May 2012

    Parts of England no longer in drought

    Large parts of England are no longer in drought, after the wettest April since records began in 1910 and continuing rain this month.

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  • 11 May 2012

    AD firm Biogen fined for polluting Bedfordshire stream

    Leading UK anaerobic digestion (AD) company Biogen has been fined £5,000 for polluting a stretch of a Bedfordshire stream.

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  • 08 May 2012

    Giant onshore wind farm gets Government go-ahead

    The UK Government has given the greenlight to the biggest onshore wind farm yet to be built in England and Wales.

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  • 03 May 2012

    Consultation gets underway into barriers to waste infrastructure in South East

    A consultation has got underway with industry and the public sector to unblock barriers to delivering business waste management infrastructure in London and the South East of England.

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