Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey has today announced that the Coalition has reached an agreement concerning future energy policy. This means that the Energy Bill can be launched next week with electricity market reforms up and running by 2014. read more...

Local communities across North Lozells in Birmingham will get make-overs after voluntary and community organisations were awarded environmental grants to help make their neighbourhoods safer, cleaner and greener. read more...

The Green Deal is looking more and more unlikely to succeed, with Greg Barker, the climate change minister admitting last week that “no assessments have yet been lodged” on the Government’s official register by homeowners. read more...

Campaigners have condemned the Prime Minister’s speech to the CBI promising to crack down on "time-wasting" caused by the "massive growth industry" in legal challenges to government policy. The Coalition for Access to Justice for the Environment (CAJE) awaits more detail. read more...

It is 50 years since three friends moved to a caravan in Moray, after listening to "inner voices". So began the Findhorn Foundation which has attracted both admiration and ridicule for its green and spiritual ethos. read more...

The tiny nation of Tokelau in the south Pacific has become the first to be entirely powered by renewables. The three atolls depend almost exclusively on New Zealand's budget for their finances, with little indigenous wealth creation. read more...

The government's new energy efficiency strategy has met with a less than enthusiastic response. Echoing what campaigners have been saying for years, Greg Barker announced that investing in energy efficiency could save up to 22 power stations-worth of energy by 2020. read more...

London Re-use Network (LRN) has exceeded its re-use and recycling targets by an impressive 30%; growing by 2,590 tonnes this year (2011/2012), according to its latest annual update. read more...