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  • Doctors-to-be: stop funding fossil fuels

    Doctors-to-be: stop funding fossil fuels May 06, 2015 Laura Buckley Markets Finance, Sustainability Environment 0 Image: Thinkstock A group of student doctors have asked health research funders to stop investing in fossil fuels. The open letter which asked the Wellcome Trust and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to remove funding was published in the […]

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  • Competition launched to boost green-tech

    Competition launched to boost green-tech May 06, 2015 Laura Buckley Energy Efficiency, Sustainability Environment 0 Image: Thinkstock A competition to help eco-tech developers become verified as green has been launched. The competition is run by the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) offering free Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) to successful technology developers. ETV is a tool to help […]

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  • US invests $2m in clean energy projects

    US invests $2m in clean energy projects May 05, 2015 Laura Buckley Sustainability Environment 0 Geothermal Energy Image: Thinkstock The US Energy Department has invested $2million (£1.3m) into five clean energy projects. The projects will explore the potential of geothermal energy. They are the first part of the multiphase ‘Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal […]

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  • Beauty firm cuts CO2 emissions by over half

    Beauty firm cuts CO2 emissions by over half May 05, 2015 Laura Buckley Energy Efficiency, Sustainability Environment 0 A global beauty company has cut its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 57% since the launch of its sustainability program. L’Oreal USA has saved nearly 60,000 metric tons of CO2 since the scheme ‘Sharing Beauty with All’ […]

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  • ‘61% of Brits to switch suppliers after high bills’

    ‘61% of Brits to switch suppliers after high bills’ May 01, 2015 Laura Buckley Markets Finance 0 Image: Thinkstock Nearly two thirds of energy customers plan to switch suppliers after unexpected high bills, a new survey claims. It revealed 61% of UK customers had received an unexpected high bill in the last year and 71% […]

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  • Tesla’s batteries store energy for homes, firms

    Tesla’s batteries store energy for homes, firms May 04, 2015 Priyanka Shrestha Sustainability Environment 0 Tesla’s ‘Powerwall’ and electric car. Image: Tesla US electric car manufacturer Tesla Motors has unveiled batteries that can store energy for homes and businesses. The ‘Powerwall Home Battery’ is a rechargeable battery designed to store solar power for backup and […]

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  • US strikes $73m settlement over radiation leak

    US strikes $73m settlement over radiation leak May 03, 2015 Priyanka Shrestha Low Carbon, Markets Finance 0 WIPP recovery team getting samples from the damaged drum following the incident. Image: US Department of Energy The US Department of Energy has offered $73 million (£48m) as compensation to the state of New Mexico for a nuclear […]

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  • The Daily Market Report – 1st May 2015

    The Daily Market Report – 1st May 2015 May 01, 2015 Alexander Holder Market Report 0 Find out what’s influencing gas supply, power prices and what you should watch out for in the new daily market report on the energy market from the optimisation desk at npower. The npower Optimisation Desk team uses technical terms when […]

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  • UK green energy jobs rose by 9% in 2014

    UK green energy jobs rose by 9% in 2014 May 02, 2015 Priyanka Shrestha Markets Finance, Sustainability Environment 0 Image: Thinkstock Jobs in the UK clean industry grew by as much as 9% last year. That’s according to a new report, which estimates employment reached 112,026, with the biomass heating sector seeing the most increase […]

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  • Senior Project Manager – McLean Ross

    Senior Project Manager – McLean Ross May 01, 2015 george marshall Latest Jobs 0 An exciting opportunity has arisen to work with a world renowned consultancy in the Building Services team in Central London. You will be working on New Build, Commercial and Transportation projects based around South England. Key responsibilities: – Project Manage small […]

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