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    <title>Latest News from the ENDS Report</title>
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    <description>The UK professional source for latest news on carbon, environment and sustainability.</description>
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      <title>Davey confirms UK opposition to 2030 energy efficiency target</title>
      <link>http://www.endsreport.com/39472</link>
      <description>An EU-wide target would stop member states being able to decide how best to cut CO2 emissions, says the energy and climate secretary</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:07:09 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>BT fleshes out ‘net good’ carbon goal</title>
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      <description>The telecoms company has published its methodology for calculating carbon savings from its products and services</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:00:32 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Thames Water shells out &amp;#xa3;41k for fish kill</title>
      <link>http://www.endsreport.com/39470</link>
      <description>Thousands of fish were killed when the river Ash was polluted with blue-green algae. The incident should have been foreseen, according to the magistrates</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:51:41 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DEFRA expands role of habitats advisory unit to speed up development</title>
      <link>http://www.endsreport.com/39469</link>
      <description>After a successful first year advising major infrastructure projects, the unit’s remit will be expanded to housing developments and enterprise zones. It may also provide advice on EIAs from 2014</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:03:11 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Scotland raises subsidies for new offshore wind technologies</title>
      <link>http://www.endsreport.com/39465</link>
      <description>From 2014 offshore wind developers will have access to new Renewable Obligation subsidity bands for novel and deepwater floating wind turbines</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:04:59 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Wales to propose monthly bin collections</title>
      <link>http://www.endsreport.com/39463</link>
      <description>Wales will consult on switching to monthly household residual waste collection later this year, according to a Welsh government official</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:53:43 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>MPs investigate green finance</title>
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      <description>The Environmental Audit Committee is seeking evidence on how the government can attract investors for energy and environment projects</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:45:40 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Sellafield fined &amp;#xa3;700k for landfilling radioactive waste</title>
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      <description>Management failures at the nuclear reprocessor led to radioactive waste being sent to landfill</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:41:02 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Member states set to reject stricter EIA rules</title>
      <link>http://www.endsreport.com/39448</link>
      <description>European Commission proposals for mandatory planner-led scoping and the use of ‘accredited experts’ run up against member states’ desire for flexibility and lower costs</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:25:09 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>M&amp;S to boost recycled content of clothes</title>
      <link>http://www.endsreport.com/39437</link>
      <description>Company chief Bolland tells suppliers of plans to revise the retailer's sustainability strategy</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:57:41 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Suppliers for &amp;#xa3;1bn flood defence contract named</title>
      <link>http://www.endsreport.com/39436</link>
      <description>About a dozen firms on an Environment Agency shortlist will be eligible for lucrative new flood and coastal protection contracts</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:44:32 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>B&amp;Q grapples with carbon conundrum</title>
      <link>http://www.endsreport.com/39433</link>
      <description>The retailer's experience with cutting its carbon emissions illustrates the difficulties of trying to achieve ambitious goals that require action outside its operations</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:35:39 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Centrica and Arup enter UK shale gas market</title>
      <link>http://www.endsreport.com/39432</link>
      <description>Shale gas developer Cuadrilla has sold a stake in its largest licence to Centrica and appointed Arup to carry out EIAs. The move could give the market credibility</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Two fifths of Marine Harvest Scotland farms breach pesticide standards</title>
      <link>http://www.endsreport.com/39431</link>
      <description>A company that recently signed up to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council has topped a list of aquaculture firms reporting pesticide breaches</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:23:29 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Planning process eased for hazwaste developers</title>
      <link>http://www.endsreport.com/39429</link>
      <description>The government has published its hazardous waste national policy statement , setting out the need for ‘nationally significant’ facilities</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:58:11 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>&amp;#xa3;50m GIB anaerobic digestion loan boost</title>
      <link>http://www.endsreport.com/39421</link>
      <description>The Green Investment Bank has announced it wants to directly lend to the anaerobic digestion sector in addition to part owning projects</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:58:59 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Pesticide withdrawals could increase water compliance risk</title>
      <link>http://www.endsreport.com/39408</link>
      <description>New research will help water firms understand the water quality impacts of the changing regulatory landscape for pesticides</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:32:03 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Waste firm’s licence revoked due to 'immense and appalling' crime</title>
      <link>http://www.endsreport.com/39406</link>
      <description>Derry-based City Waste has allegedly buried hundreds of thousands of tonnes of waste, with some potentially coming from five councils</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:42:39 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>‘Speculative’ water framework costs ‘must be clarified’</title>
      <link>http://www.endsreport.com/39405</link>
      <description>A committee of MPs wants better evidence on the cost of controlling oestrogens in sewage and is critical of water industry innovation efforts</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:15:27 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>New Interface carpet tile to help clean up beaches</title>
      <link>http://www.endsreport.com/39400</link>
      <description>The carpet tile maker has launched a new product made from discarded nylon fishing nets collected by fishermen in the Philippines</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:00:56 GMT</pubDate>
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