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  • 19 Jun 2013 - The Guardian
     The company has admitted liability for two spills but disputes the quantity of oil and damage doneOil company Shell will resume talks next week in London with lawyers representing 15,000 of the poorest people in the world who are claiming millions of pounds' compensation for oil spills on the Niger delta.…
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  • 19 Jun 2013 - The Guardian
     Eco, the coalition's household energy efficiency scheme, is ? inefficient. Costs are rising and a green backlash awaitsI am about to sign off after 10 years as the chief executive of a major British energy company, and this is my last confession: I am an Eco worrier.I'm worried for customers, because…
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  • 19 Jun 2013 - The Guardian
     Campaigners fear lobbying by industry and farmers' unions will weaken plans to limit role of food crops in biofuels productionVotes taken by European parliamentary committees this week could determine the future of EU biofuels policy, which has been strongly criticised for its negative impact on developing…
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  • 18 Jun 2013 - The Guardian
     The green credentials of biofuel crops have been sullied in recent years. Rienk van Grondelle believes the answer to the world's clean energy needs will be super-efficient algaeDriving through the countryside in the south of France, you would probably be charmed by the vineyards and delighted at the thought…
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  • 18 Jun 2013 - The Guardian
     Government subsidies raising interest in renewables, but higher bills could complicate Shinzo Abe's economic recovery planAcross Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping…
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  • 18 Jun 2013 - The Guardian
     Top executive Astro Teller calls innovation unit 'moonshot factory of Peter Pans with PhDs kind of running amok'Google's innovation unit Google X is working on a green energy project which its top executive Astro Teller believes could "have an important part to play in the future of the world energy production".The…
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  • 18 Jun 2013 - The Guardian
     Radio presenter Alan Jones acknowledges turnout of around 150 demonstrators was lower than expectedLenore Taylor…
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  • 18 Jun 2013 - The Guardian
     Ministers give license to those threatening to derail Europe's efforts to tackle the world's most difficult environmental problemThe parliamentary debate on the energy bill resumes in the Lords on Tuesday and is set to be distorted by a small but influential group of global warming contrarians. This group…
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  • 17 Jun 2013 - The Guardian
     Model of fracking platform at Liverpool's Fact gallery recreates sounds, tremors and flames of real hydraulic fracturing operationIt is one of the biggest, most polarising issues there is, but artists who have created an indoor fracking installation insist they are not trying to sway opinion either way."We…
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  • 17 Jun 2013 - The Guardian
     Study finds improving the energy efficiency of your home through green deal scheme could substantially improve its valueImproving the energy efficiency of your home could increase its value by up to 38 per cent, according to new government figures to be released today.A study of over 300,000 property…
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  • 16 Jun 2013 - The Guardian
     Business and energy minister plans to announce initiative for raising further funds for sector at Paris air show on MondayThe government will vow to help Britain capitalise on fast-growing global demand for new aerospace technologies when it unveils plans for up to £25m of research funding at the Paris…
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  • 16 Jun 2013 - The Guardian
     Nuclear Decommissioning Authority proposes use of Essex site to store intermediate level waste until 2040When it comes to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, the only way is Essex. Bradwell-on-Sea has been identified as a possible site to dump radioactive waste."Everybody was aghast when a local representative…
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  • 16 Jun 2013 - The Guardian
     Voyage by Solar Impulse ? the first to fly by night as well as day ? is designed to showcase clean energy technology It took nine minutes from the time the Solar Impulse first appeared in the midnight sky, lit up along the entire elegant swoop of its Airbus-size wings, to the moment the plane glided slowly…
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  • 16 Jun 2013 - Telegraph
     Telegraph View: The wind-power industry is expensive, passes costs on to the consumer and does not create many jobs in return    …
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  • 15 Jun 2013 - The Guardian
     Whether the UK can get shale gas flowing as fast as the US has remains in doubt, but Centrica seems ready to give it a tryExpect to see more big names from the oil industry, such as Shell, ExxonMobil and Statoil, moving into the British shale sector now that one of their competitors ? Centrica ? has taken…
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