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UK foreign aid for fossil fuels was double the amount spent on overseas renewable energy between 2010 and 2014. That’s according to the Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD), which says out of the money spent on improving energy systems in developing countries, 46% went into areas such as coal, gas and oil compared to […]

Ofgem has confirmed it will reduce National Grid’s spending allowance for running the electricity grid and gas main. It follows a mid-period review of the 2013-2021 energy transmission price controls and the regulator’s plans to cut spending by £185 million last year. The changes in allowances mean a £168.8 million reduction for the high pressure […]

Planning applications to build new green waste management sites have dropped by 20% since last year. That’s according to a new report from commercial law firm EMW, which shows the figure fell to 189 in 2015/16 from 237 in 2014/15, a five-year low. These figures include applications for materials recycling sites, composting and anaerobic digestion centres and incineration […]

The US Department of Energy would be banned from spending money on climate change research and prevention under a rule change passed by lawmakers in the House of Representatives. It came in an amendment to the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2015, which was passed a week ago (10 July) and […]

Ed Balls is backing calls for the Government to stop “dithering” on its support for low carbon targets if it is to avoid losing billions of pounds of green investment. The Shadow Chancellor’s comments come as research by think tank Green Alliance shows £180 billion of new infrastructure investment, the same as 12% of GDP, […]

Chancellor George Osborne today revealed the Department of Energy and Climate Change is one of seven to agree to take an axe to its spending so far. As part of its Comprehensive Spending Review due in June, the Government wants to cut £11.5billion out of the budget for 2015/16. In an interview this morning, Mr […]

Energy Minister Charles Hendry has revealed the Government’s spending on low carbon technologies since 2009 has eclipsed £1.1 billion. Between 2009 and 2010 £1.1bn was spent on the Renewables Obligation, the Government’s main financial incentive for large scale renewable electricity. During the same period, £90.1m was spent on research and development grants for renewable energy […]

Pollution and damage to property could increase because of cuts to public sector funding. That’s the message from the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) who want urgent action to address cuts in funding for the brownfield sector. They say Government budget cuts mean councils and the Environment Agency are suffering from a […]