Councils that generate their own electricity from green sources will be allowed to profit from any surplus they contribute to the National Grid, the government has announced
The Welsh Government has published planning guidance for greener new buildings just as the public sector in Wales comes under fire for failing to minimise the environmental effects of its existing...
Plans for environmentally friendly light rail schemes are likely to be shelved in the forthcoming emergency Budget because they are considered unaffordable, Public Finance has been told
Green issues took a back seat in the general election but that’s no reason for town halls and NHS trusts to ignore them. Installing wind and solar power in public buildings will cut both costs and...
The costs of emitting carbon dioxide are unlikely to rise high enough to stimulate green energy production, despite a range of government climate change policies, research has found
The troubled Rural Payments Agency has admitted it will still be ‘some time’ before it fixes the IT systems that have left the £1.6bn Single Payments Scheme for farmers mired in crisis since 2005.
A government target that requires 60% of new homes to be built on brownfield sites is slowing down house building and restricting growth in urban areas, a think-tank claims
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is failing to meet its target to reduce the amount of harmful business waste sent to landfill sites, according to auditors
Cornwall Council has admitted it cannot afford to scrap a Private Finance Initiative waste scheme, which centres on a controversial incinerator that has been refused planning permission
Sustainability is no longer a choice for the public sector, with legal requirements to cut carbon emissions to be introduced in April. John Thornton says technology can help meet these targets and...
The chair of an influential MPs’ panel on the environment has claimed that a new carbon emissions trading scheme covering much of the public sector could prove to be ineffective.
The Environment Agency has expressed doubts that the Treasury will ramp up funding for flood defences to keep pace with increased risks from climate change
The government’s energy strategy must be reviewed to stop the increase in fuel poverty that is contributing to a high number of deaths, according to a think-tank
A former environment minister has urged the Treasury to ‘get its act together’ on climate change by including natural resources in the UK’s economic assets
Lord Mandelson has published the government’s strategy for economic growth, pledging investment in infrastructure and in sustainable and communications technologies