Climate Change & Energy News
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Ed Davey takes over energy hot seat - 
Chris Huhne's vacated role as energy secretary has been given to a fellow Lib Dem with a history of speaking out on controversial issues.
Business reaction to Chris Huhne's departure - 
Former energy secretary Chris Huhne leaves office as a man who has taken environmental issues to the forefront of politics, but will be forever tainted by solar subsidies changes and a failure to tackle rising energy bills.
Updated: Huhne quits cabinet as he faces trial over speeding points allegation - 
Energy secretary, Chris Huhne, will face trial over allegations he asked his ex-wife to take driving license speeding points for him.
UK green corporate spending forecast to grow rapidly - 
UK sustainable business spending is set to grow twenty times faster than economic growth in 2012 and will be responsible for driving green growth, it has been claimed.
Compensation for false teeth lost in nuclear reactor 'rebuffed' - 
An engineer who sneezed sending his dentures plunging to the bottom of a nuclear reactor was turned down for compensation.
DECC ponders staggered FITs reduction option - 
Plans for introducing a staged reduction to Feed-In Tariff (FITs) as an attempt to sort out confusion engulfing the solar industry are due to be announced next week.
Biofuels tax drivers €18 billion but don't reduce emissions - 
Motorists across Europe are to pay €18 billion a year for petrol and diesel as a result of EU biofuel targets that do not to reduce emissions, according to new research today (February 2).
Ireland gets first zero-carbon store - 
Supermarket giant Tesco has opened what it has hailed as Ireland's first zero-carbon store.
VIDEO: French nuclear watchdog orders billions in industry investment - 
A report ordered in the wake of the Fukushima disaster has given France's nuclear sector a clean bill of health but demanded improvements at more than 50% of power stations and said 'billions' of euros will be needed to improve the industry.
Ireland's renewables roadmaps could save billions - 
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has unveiled three energy roadmaps to 2050 focusing on the benefits of the country moving to a smart-grid.
University College Cork achieves world energy first - 
An Irish university has said it is the first campus in the world to achieve the ISO 50001 standard in energy management.
Ireland and UK energy ministers back ocean power - 
Irish and United Kingdom ministers have pledged to work together to unlock the potential of ocean power around the coastlines and called on the European Union (EU) to back the technology.
IBM heads up global corporate sustainability council - 
Global brands including IBM, Coca-Cola, Boeing and Walt Disney have joined forces to form a sustainability council that will explore innovative solutions for materials recovery, water and energy usage.
New research could end variability of renewables - 
Research aims to look at the local options in power grids to reduce peaks and dips associated with renewable energy and cut fossil fuel use.
Google puts $94m into solar PV - 
Search engine giant Google has put $94m into four solar photovoltaic (PV) projects currently under construction in California.
Facebook and Greenpeace end feud over renewable energy - 
Social network megalith Facebook has announced it will work with Greenpeace to promote clean energy ending a feud between the two.
Huhne: EU cannot achieve legally binding deal alone - 
A legally binding deal on global emissions cannot be achieved by the European Union alone, according to UK energy secretary Chris Huhne.
South Africa could lead continent's energy revolution - 
The South African Government has pledged to back an increase in wind power as its Department of Energy announced the winning bids from the first round of tenders for renewable energy projects.
Enviro Technology predicts air quality will move up the political agenda in 2012 - The next 12 months will see a substantial increase in awareness of the issue of air quality in the UK and a renewed focus on solving the problem, according to air quality monitoring experts, Enviro Technology.
ABB installs UK's first privately-owned DC rapid-charging station - 
Transport Minister Norman Baker opens electric-vehicle rapid charger at Midlands printing company RCS
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