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Planning minister, Nick Boles, loses control of wind farm policy as his brother works for turbine manufacturer
Friday 02 August 2013
The planning minister has lost powers over wind farm policy because his brother works for a major turbine manufacturer, it has been disclosed.
Home Office is now a tool for stirring up racial tension
Thursday 01 August 2013
Over the last few weeks we’ve seen some very visible signs of the Government’s “hostile environment” crusade. There have been vans out on the streets with threatening slogans and, reportedly, non-white people being visibly stopped and searched.
26,000 new jobs lined up in Nick Clegg's seven-year plan to boost offshore windfarms
Thursday 01 August 2013
Deputy PM wants to more than quadruple industry, but critics say lack of clear targets is holding back confidence
Can they wheelie do it? Radio 5 Live aim to run on power generated by Team GB cyclists
Friday 26 July 2013
The radio station will be powered entirely by bicycles and biofuel for Energy Day in September
Enjoy summer all year round
Friday 26 July 2013
Stephanie Hirschmiller on the garden furniture you can leave outside in any season and in any weather
New Design Museum exhibition claims 'the future is here'- but are we ready for home manufacturing?
Wednesday 24 July 2013
The Future Is Here - A New Industrial Revolution is to open at London’s Design Museum. It’s a chance for the public to get up close to new technologies that are as significant to the future of global manufacturing industries as they are popular on Twitter and Youtube.
The natural world, photographed by Sebastião Salgado – sponsored by a corporation that's despoiling the Amazon
Wednesday 17 July 2013
Natural History Museum under fire for accepting cash from mining giant
Olympics legacy: Green enough to deserve environmental gold, but why so quiet?
Tuesday 16 July 2013
A neglected aspect of the Games’ success
Life on Marsden: I’m turning into the worst sort of middle-class snob
Tuesday 16 July 2013
I was cross, but I wasn’t sure why...
Chancellor has scared off desperately-needed investment in electricity generation, says Ed Balls
Wednesday 10 July 2013
Shadow chancellor accuses George Osborne of anti-green agenda
Big fishing firms lose battle over quotas
Wednesday 10 July 2013
High Court rules in favour of reallocating some fishing rights from big producers to small-scale fishermen
Anthony Hilton: The road to gross domestic happiness
Saturday 06 July 2013
Interesting lunch on Tuesday with Jonathon Porritt, who was a guest of The Foundation, a growth and innovation consultancy to which I have been an adviser for some years.
Solar can shine with democratic finance
Friday 05 July 2013
New scheme aims to harness people power to raise profits from renewable energy
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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