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Day: 1 July 2009

Wealthy states pledge to promote ‘green growth’

The aspiration of economies emerging from the global downturn with a distinct green hue gathered more force this week with Ministers from dozens of the world's richest countries pledging to promote low-carbon growth as part of their recovery plans.

Northern Ireland calls for Green New Deal

A coalition of industry bodies and environmental campaign groups is calling for new approach to tackling the 'triple crunch' of climate change, recession and rising energy prices.

Ontario to clean up Cold War radar sites

Remote radar sites in the backwaters of Ontario are to receive government funding to clean up contamination.

Tradespeople want to give trustworthy energy efficiency advice

Most tradespeople would be more willing to give advice on energy efficiency if they had access to better information themselves, according to a poll conducted for the Energy Saving Trust.

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