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  • Baroness Randerson: Wales needs to harness its unique energy potential

    Baroness Randerson represents the UK Government today (15 December 2014) when she delivers a keynote speech on energy policy in Wales.

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

  • Energy and Climate Change Secretary responds to new agreement on climate change

    In response to the new agreement reached by UN members to tackle climate change, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Ed Davey said:

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

  • First Norfolk stretch of England Coast Path opens today

    Walkers can now enjoy 41 km of coastline between Sea Palling and Weybourne in Norfolk.

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

  • Changes to protect consumers from increased costs of support scheme

    Changes to the Renewables Obligation (RO) for Biomass are being proposed to protect bill payers from extra costs.

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

  • Successful Projects for Ambitious Mitigation

    Germany and the UK announce new ambitious NAMA Facility climate change mitigation projects in Burkina Faso, Peru, Thailand and Tajikistan and welcome the EU Commission and Denmark as additional donors to announce a third cal…

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

  • Francis Maude speech on open data and transparency

    Francis Maude spoke at the Institute for Government and announced the release of flood risk assessment data to help local communities.

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

  • UK lobbies for fair fisheries deal in Europe

    Ahead of EU Fisheries Council next week the government has pledged to lobby hard to deliver a fair deal for the UK's fishing industry

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

  • Regulatory Justification of the UK ABWR nuclear reactor

    Statement by Edward Davey on the regulatory justification of the UK ABWR nuclear reactor.

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

  • River Sowy and King’s Sedgemoor Drain drop-in

    The Environment Agency is inviting people living on the Somerset Moors and Levels to a community drop in event at Othery Village Hall on Wednesday, 10 December.

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  • 7500 fish in Christmas stocking helps revive West London river

    The River Crane in Middlesex has been restocked with thousands of fish as it continues its recovery from 2 serious pollution incidents.

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  • 3 offshore wind farms get the go ahead off the coast of Yorkshire, supporting up to 2,500 jobs

    An offshore wind project that is expected to bring up to 2,500 local jobs and millions of pounds’ worth of investment to the UK’s economy has today been given consent from the Government to go ahead.

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

  • Exciting new waste prevention projects receive £330,000 funding

    Innovative repair and renew projects receive funding to move communities away from a throw away culture.

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

  • Speech at Sustainable Mobility Conference in Kuala Lumpur

    Political and Economic Counsellor Nigel Boud delivered a speech on the importance of sustainable transportation policies during the conerence in Kuala Lumpur on November 25, 2014

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

  • Carbon cuts and climate finance commitments needed to keep up COP momentum

    UK Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey called on more countries to bring forward fair and ambitious climate finance and carbon cuts to keep up momentum for a 2015 global climate deal, as he arrived at the COP 20 tal…

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

  • #BackClimateAction tweetathon

    The UN, Microsoft and the WildlifeTrusts will be among a huge number of national and international organisations taking part in a global ‘tweetathon’ on climate change – and they want you to take part.

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

  • Defra and local partners set up Somerset Rivers Authority

    In a Memorandum of Understanding, Defra and Somerset County Council have agreed funding for the Somerset Rivers Authority.

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

  • SPS 2014 – RPA creates new record on first day payments

    The Rural Payments Agency achieves best-ever performance on first day of payment window.

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  • British Embassy Riga invites project proposals

    The British Embassy Riga announces a call for project proposals under Bilateral Programme Budget (BPB)

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

  • British Embassy Riga invites project proposals

    The British Embassy Riga announces a call for project proposals under Bilateral Programme Budget (BPB)

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

  • EU consultation of RoHS exemptions

    Stakeholder consultation on exemptions from the substance restrictions in the RoHS Directive.

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