In a statement to Parliament, Ed Miliband, the new Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, accepted the recommendations of the Committee on Climate Change's interim report on the 2050 emissions target to be established under the Climate Change Bill. Promising significant new amendments to the Bill, Miliband committed Government to an even more radical policy for the decarbonisation of Britain

Gallagher highlights need for due diligence on bio-energy sources

New regulations relating to the energy performance of commercial and other non-domestic buildings come into force from 6 April 2008.