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  PM under pressure from own cabinet to boost green energy investment

  24 Jun 2012: Two Tory ministers write to Cameron to warn that boosting low carbon energy is economic as well as environmental imperative

• Vestas abandons plans for Sheerness wind turbine factory

  22 Jun 2012: Blow for Kent port which had been earmarked for development expected to create 2,000 jobs

• Rest in fleece: demand soars for woollen coffins

  11 Jun 2012:

  Sales rise by 700% as growing number of Britons choose eco-funerals over traditional services

• Switching to a green economy could mean millions of jobs, says UN

  31 May 2012:

  United Nations Environment Programme says global move to low-carbon economy means millions could be lifted from poverty

• It's green growth or nothing

  3 May 2012: Chris Huhne: We have no choice. High energy prices are here to stay and resource-frugality is our only hope for a sustainable future

• Green investment bank HQ to be in Edinburgh

  8 Mar 2012:

  Vince Cable also says GIB fundraising office will open in London, in move that strengthens case against Scottish independence

• US wind industry warns 37,000 jobs at risk if tax credit lapses

  17 Feb 2012:

  BusinessGreen: American Wind Energy Association urges Congress to extend tax credit after measure is excluded from payroll tax bill

• Vestas board upheaval continues as two more executives resign

  8 Feb 2012: Vestas Wind Systems chairman and his deputy unveil departure plans just 24 hours after chief financial officer announces exit

• Labour accuses Tory right of 'contempt' for the environment

  7 Feb 2012:

  Caroline Flint says George Osborne believes 'environmental policies are a luxury that can only ever be afforded when times are good'

• Chris Huhne's successor faces clash as Tories attack windfarms spending

  4 Feb 2012:

  Demand for £400m subsidies to be slashed threatens claim to be the 'greenest government ever'

• Carillion warns of job cuts due to slashing of solar energy subsidies

  1 Dec 2011: Changes to feed-in tariffs results in fears for future of energy services division

• Inside politics - Green policies get the blue rinse

  30 Nov 2011: 'Green policies will only be adopted if they do not cost the voter - not so much the Tories ditching the huskies as catching a ride with them only if they are going their way'

• George Osborne and the Treasury attacked for hostility to green policies

  11 Oct 2011: Parliament's green watchdog says the department 'doesn't get' climate change and warns against backtracking on commitments

• Why Conservative party support from women is falling

  5 Oct 2011: Women give their reactions to David Cameron's keynote speech and why the Tories are failing to attract the female vote

• Why protect BAE jobs when you can convert them to the green economy?

  1 Oct 2011: Andrew Simms: The arms industry doesn't lead to additional productive economic activity. Those engineering skills are needed elsewhere

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