Energy Efficiency News Feed

MPs have demanded the government push ahead with plans to tax gas-guzzling cars, saying current plans are too timid.

Almost half of the world's monkeys, apes and other primates are in danger of going extinct due to man's activities, a new review has warned.

Energy companies' social tariffs must equal their cheapest deals, Ofgem has said as part of the regulator's new guidelines to help fuel-poor consumers.

Thousands of jobs are at risk unless the wholesale gas market undergoes reform, a group of MPs have warned.

Severn Trent warned on Tuesday that more customers may struggle to pay their water bills as the country comes to grips with the apparent economic downturn.

The prime minister has spelt out the government's policy drive to make Britain the 'electric car capital of Europe' within the next decade.

Residents of a street in Scotland have been making a concerted effort to reduce their environmental impact.

Household waste could fuel cars in just two years, claims Ineos.

What has been described as an underwater windmill by its creators has been connected to the national grid for the first time.

Centrica has revealed that gas prices are expected to rise considerably in coming years.

The impending peak in global oil production will retard international development and undermine efforts to make poverty history, according to MPs.

UK firms are wasting £2.5 billion a year in energy bills through inefficiencies such as draughty windows or leaving lights and computers on, the Carbon Trust has said.

A school in Somerset is to benefit from low energy bills and a low carbon footprint thanks to environmentally-friendly refurbishment, it has been reported.

The first zero carbon apartments in the UK are to be built in Manchester, helping to meet both affordable housing and carbon emissions targets.

Numbers of four species of woodland birds have declined by over half since 1994, a new survey has revealed.