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  • The Rt Hon Chris Huhne MP speech to GLOBE Forum, Tianjin

    Thank you very much. It’s my pleasure to be here - and to be in Tianjin, the city that models China’s green ambitions. Those ambitions have…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Minister looks forward to "Prosperous 2012" for oil and gas industry

    Energy Minister Charles Hendry set out his hopes for a “prosperous 2012” in the oil and gas sector, as he awarded 46 new licences to explore…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Energy statistics: statistical press release

    Energy Trends and Quarterly Energy Prices publications are published today 22 December 2011 by the Department of Energy and Climate Change. …

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • North Sea storage and production vessels - SOSREP announces the situation is stable

    16 December 2011, 1700 ** This is a statement by Mr Hugh Shaw, the Secretary of State’s Representative for Maritime Salvage and Intervention…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK oil and gas regime has high standards but can still improve

    14 December 2011 An independent review commissioned by ministers in March 2011 has acknowledged the strengths of the UK’s offshore oil and …

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Next steps for the Green Investment Bank

    Government publishes criteria for deciding where the Bank will be based and what the Bank's first priorities will be until 2016.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Global agreement achieved at UN Climate talks

    Durban Summit results in agreement on roadmap to a global legally binding deal to curb emissions by 2015.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Secretary of State The Rt Hon Chris Huhne MP's Oral Statement on the outcomes of the Durban COP17 climate change conference

    With permission, Mr Speaker, I wish to make a statement on the outcomes of the United Nations climate change conference in Durban, which concluded…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Road open to new global legal climate treaty

    11 December 2011 Global agreement achieved on a roadmap to a legally binding deal Second commitment period of Kyoto Protocol…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Energy firms’ climate change plans will keep Britain’s lights on

    Energy companies’ plans to protect the UK power supply from the impacts of climate change were published by Defra today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • North Sea storage and production vessels - SOSREP announces stabilisation operation

    1930, Friday 09 December 2011 This is a statement by Mr Hugh Shaw, the Secretary of State’s Representative for Maritime Salvage and Intervention…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Investment in bus and community transport

    £60 million package of measures to improve buses and community transport.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The Rt Hon Chris Huhne MP speech to the Durban COP17 Climate Conference Plenary

    Thank you, Mr President. One year ago, we brought these negotiations back from the brink. As the global economic crisis deepened, we turned…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK passes £1bn fast start climate finance milestone

    06 December 2011 More than two thirds of £1.5bn “fast start” commitment allocated New projects announced to help the most vulnerable people…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Climate Impacts Study - speech by The Rt Hon Chris Huhne MP

    Check against delivery Thank you all very much for coming this afternoon. I’m delighted you could be here for the launch of the Climate Impacts…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New assessment shows risks of no action on climate change

    The results of a major new scientific assessment of climate change has been published today, highlighting the effects the world could face if…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK Economy on track to meet carbon targets and will reap long term benefits - Huhne

    01 December 2011 The task of rebalancing the UK economy away from carbon is well-progressed and is set to result in greater energy security…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Written ministerial statement on the carbon plan

    The Government is today publishing the Carbon Plan, setting out the Government’s long-term plans to meet its carbon targets, including the fourth…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Charles Hendry speech to the Smart Metering Forum

    Taking the Foundation Stage forward: an update on the government’s plans for the Smart Metering Implementation Programme Grateful to Richard…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The Rt Hon Chris Huhne MP letter to Lord Lawson and Lord Turnbull

    November 2011 Re: the Global Warming Policy Foundation paper The Really Inconvenient Truth or “It Ain’t Necessarily so”. Further to my letter…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government