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Planners give green light to £35 million MBT plant

19 May 2008

A £35m facility to recycle biodegradable waste into renewable energy is to open in Cheshire after council planners agreed the scheme.

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Standard green standard for global building industry

16 May 2008

While national and local systems of rating environmental performance of buildings abound, there is no easy way of comparing developments in different countries, until now.

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Greener homes for the future

14 May 2008

A new leaflet highlights what the Code for Sustainable Homes (CfSH) is, how it works and what mandatory rating means.

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Code for Sustainable Homes: summary of changes

14 May 2008

A new document from the DCLG records the changes between the October 2007 version of the Code for Sustainable Homes: technical guidance and the April 2008 version.

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Prince’s eco town gets green light

7 May 2008

An eco-town partly designed by Prince Charles' architectural foundation has been given final approval by the local planning authority.

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Greenwash advertising complaints soar

6 May 2008

Record numbers of complaints about environmental claims were made to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) last year.

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