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29
Mar

Power Station and SmokeCaring for Climate Initiative is an initiative from the United Nations aimed at providing support and enhance the understanding of Low Carbon technology through events, exhibitions and publications. You can read more on the United Nations website.

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Category : Alternatives | Carbon Emissions | Energy Companies | Going Green | Blog
11
Nov

Lost and Confused Signpost

At present the Environment Agency is slowly but surely trying to understand exactly how many people should have registered for the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme, whether it be as full participants or simple information disclosures. With 3,100 confirmed full participants against a pre-estimated 5,000, at the moment no one’s quite sure of the total numbers.

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Category : Carbon Emissions | Going Green | Legislation | Uncategorized | Blog
4
Nov

The Environment AgencyIn line with the UK Governments spending cuts, DEFRA has announced significant cuts and structural reform to its largest non‐quango body, The Environment Agency. DEFRA believes radical reform is required in order to make the Environment Agency leaner with greater levels of efficiency, whilst it also provides an end to any potential policy‐making and lobbying activities. MORE ABOUT THE DOWNSIZING EFFECT

Category : Carbon Emissions | Legislation | Blog
22
Oct

CRC Energy Efficiency SchemeMany businesses have reacted angrily to last week’s announcement regarding the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme and the new ‘green stealth tax’.

Following George Osborne’s speech at the Comprehensive Spending Review, it now appears promised rewards for improved energy efficiency generated from CRC participants will no longer be returned back to high performing organisations. Instead the government will pocket an anticipated £1 billion per year, totaling £3.46 billion between 2010 and 2015. Within the new cap‐and‐trade scheme, organisations are required to purchase CO2 allowances at a cost of £12 per tonne of CO2 emitted, coming at a considerable expense to some organisations.
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Category : Carbon Emissions | Going Green | Legislation | Blog