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Green tactics are at the forefront of a multi-million pound BIG Lottery Fund investment announced this week to tackle the root causes of youth crime and support struggling pupils.

The National Consumer Council (NCC) today called for collective action on climate change by urging government, business and regulators to address the domestic tourist industry and make UK destinations more attractive and better value for consumers.

Landlords with property in Adur, Arun, Chichester and Worthing Districts are invited to attend a free evening event to learn about the financial and other benefits they can receive by improving the energy efficiency of their rented property.

US Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Samuel W. Bodman has announced the Department will award a total of up to $21.5 million for eleven cost-shared research and development (R&D) projects that aim to improve the fuel efficiency of light-duty vehicle engines.

Hydrogen is a tease: it's one of the most plentiful gases around, when used to produce electricity or in a combustion engine it produces no greenhouse gases, but it is energy intensive and expensive to produce.

Climate change is likely to undermine food production in the developing world, while industrialised countries could gain in production potential, FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf said on Tuesday in a speech at the M.S. Swaminathan Foundation Conference in Chennai, India.

energywatch and the National Consumer Council (NCC) have called for the planned government-backed green energy accreditation scheme to provide consumers with tariffs that are clear, honest and make a difference – genuinely saving carbon emissions and backed by cast iron evidence.

In the future drivers may only have to glance at the dashboard to see the pollution spewing out of their vehicle's exhausts.

Shoppers in Nuneaton and Bedworth are receiving a helping hand to become more environmentally friendly this week with Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council handing out highly fashionable sustainable bags!

The Carbon Trust has awarded more than £1 million of funding to seven pioneering technologies at the cutting-edge of the UK's carbon reduction innovation work.

Top United Nations climate change officials have voiced optimism that international leaders are ready and willing to tackle climate change on the second and final day of a General Assembly meeting on the issue.