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  • Low carbon co-operation memorandum of understanding

    Memorandum of understanding between the National Development and Reform Commission of the People’s Republic of China and the Department of Energy…

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  • ‘Bin tax’: myths busted

    Owners of second homes rented out for less than 140 days per year pay council tax and will continue to receive a normal waste collection.

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

  • The Rt Hon Chris Huhne MP answers questions to Financial Times blog

    In the first weekly readers’ Q&A session of 2011, The Rt Hon Chris Huhne MP answered questions put by readers of the Financial Times Energy …

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

  • Risk of pesticides to bees: myths busted

    All current evidence shows that if neonicotinoid products are used correctly there is not an unacceptable risk to bee health.

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

  • Reappointments to the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management

    The Chair and twelve members of the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) have recently been reappointed for a second term of office…

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

  • New Common Agricultural Policy must be fundamentally different: Spelman

    CAP reform should be more ambitious, particularly in its approach to direct subsidies and in emphasising payments for farmers who deliver public goods.

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

  • Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman’s speech at the Oxford Farming Conference 2011

    I’ve been really looking forward to the Oxford Farming Conference.

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

  • Councils urged to make 2011 the year of the electric car

    The government has outlined more support for green drivers to encourage greater use of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles.

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

  • Pet owners given peace of mind over safety of medicines

    New controls to reassure people that the medicines they buy for their pets are safe were announced today by the VMD.

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

  • England’s special wildlife sites show dramatic improvement

    Natural England is responsible for monitoring the condition of SSSI land in England.

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

  • Bovine disease compensation payable during January 2011

    Compensation payable during January 2011, in England (and in Wales and Scotland for BSE only).

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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 23 December by the Department of Energy and Climate Change. Energy…

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

  • Chief Executive appointed to new Government Agency

    Catherine Brown as the first Chief Executive of the new Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA).

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

  • Local authorities receive additional funding to prepare for floods

    Funding will be allocated to Lead Local Flood Authorities (LLFAs).

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

  • DECC guidance on the NER300 funding mechanism for innovative renewable energy demonstration projects

    ORED has published its guidance on the EU NER competition. DECC guidance on the NER300 funding mechanism for innovative renewable energy…

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

  • Three winners get hot £1.1m prize in geothermal competition

    Three geothermal projects run by Keele University, Newcastle and Durham University and Cofely District Energy in Southampton have won a total…

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

  • Bee scientists to force killer mites to self destruct

    Scientists may be able to halt global honey bee losses by forcing the deadly Varroa mite, lethal in the freezing weather, to self destruct.

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

  • Environment Agency staff help registrars get to the church on time

    Environment Agency staff are the toast of newlyweds in West Sussex for helping snow-bound registrars get to the ceremony on time.

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

  • Greg Barker's article in the Daily Telegraph - 17 December 2010

    It’s not only the climate that can take heart from the agreement reached during the early hours of Saturday morning in Cancun, Mexico. The significant…

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

  • Government calls for peat to be phased out

    A consultation on proposals to phase out the horticultural use of peat by amateur gardeners in England by 2020 has been published today.

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