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Is Solar still a good option despite subsidy cut and VAT hike?

The 12.47p per kWh incentive for electricity from solar panels has now been closed to new applicants for three weeks. Anyone now installing panels will get 4.39p per kWh which is a 65% cut, previou...

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UK environment ministers face court action to speed up plans for reducing air pollution

Law firm ClientEarth will be taking UK environment ministers to court to make them speed up plans to reduce dangerous urban air pollution as it warns that thousands of peoples lives are at risk if...

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A year in review: 2015!

2015 has come and gone, so we would like to take the opportunity to look back on Cedrec's achievements and milestones.

Cedrec turned 21 in 2015, and launched not one but two new produc...

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Introducing: Cedrec Energy

We at Cedrec have seen the legislation area of the environment grow exponentially. It's an area so massive now that not all of it is relevant to a subscriber's needs. Cedrec Energy was ou...

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Controversial planning amendment considered

The Housing and Planning Bill is currently working its way through Parliament and aims to increase the number of new homes being built by removing potential obstacles. This...

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School fined after experiment goes wrong

Bristol Cathedral Choir School has been fined a total of £26,000 and ordered to pay £12,176 in costs after a chemistry experiment went wrong, resulting in injuries to a chemistry lab te...

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Historic buildings threatened by Crossrail 2

The current Crossrail project in London is well underway and the first Crossrail services will hopefully start running in late 2018. Now, Transport for London has proposed Crossrail 2, which could...

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Over 475,000 homes unbuilt

Research commissioned by the Local Government Association (LGA) has revealed that there are 475,647 homes in England which are yet to be built, despite the fact they have planning permission.

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University fined after worker seriously injured following bomblet explosion

A worker sustained serious injuries at the Shrivenham Campus of Cranfield University after one of the bomblets he was dismantling exploded. Three employees from the Explosives Research Section at t...

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Government to commission new homes

The Government has announced that it will be directly commissioning the construction of up to 13,000 new homes in London, Dover, Cambridgeshire, Chichester and Gosport in 2016. By directly commissi...

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Huge fine following unauthorised development

Property developer Yusuf Sarodia has been hit with a £700,000 fine and has been ordered to pay costs of £25,000 after building a six-storey block of flats in Hoxton, London, without planning permis...

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Electricity from cheese! No Whey!

A new power plant in the French Alps is using cheese to generate enough electricity to power a community of 1,500 people.

The plant in Albertville uses skimmed whey, a by-product from the l...

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Wind energy could be Europe's largest power source by 2030

A report by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) has stated that if governments follow their ambitious climate and energy policy framework then wind energy could be the EU's largest pow...

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Planners need to do more for green energy

Welsh Planning minister Carl Sargeant is encouraging planning authorities to make sure that green energy policies are included in local development plans.

Under the Plan...

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Littering targeted in 2016

As ministers prepare a strategy to create a "clutter-free legacy for England", the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) is planning on increasing the fine for those dropping litte...

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