Day: 29 June 2015

Lancashire Council rejects Cuadrilla fracking application

BREAKING: Lancashire County Council has rejected Cuadrilla's second fracking planning application at a meeting this morning (29 June).

Obama to Attenborough: ‘We’re not moving fast enough on climate change’

US President Barack Obama has admitted to Sir David Attenborough that the US is "not moving as fast as we need to" in its efforts to tackle climate change.

Formula E finale sparks business support for green energy

Business leaders threw their support behind renewable power over the weekend as the final two races of the Formula E season took place in London.

Half of Europe’s electricity set to be from renewables by 2030

Europe will likely get more than half of its electricity from renewable sources by the end of the next decade if EU countries meet their climate pledges, according to a draft commission paper.

DECC awards £6m to heat network innovators

Nine heat network projects from across the UK will receive a share of £6m as part of a competition run by the Government's Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).

Unilever launches global crowdsourcing campaign for sustainable innovation

Unilever's innovation platform, Unilever Foundry, has launched a new global crowdsourcing community to find new ways to tackle global sustainability problems.

Bill Gates: Next-gen renewable tech could be solution to climate change

Microsoft founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has called for international Governments to triple R&D funding for renewable technologies in order to find a 'magic solution' to climate change.

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