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Spending on home energy efficiency measures rose by 4% between 2013 and the end of 2014, according to a new report on ethical spending habits.

One third of London’s 8,900-strong bus fleet will run on B20 biodiesel from next March after two operators signed supply deals with Argent Energy.

Energy secretary Amber Rudd has been quizzed over the need for a concerted plan for heat and transport after the UK government committed to more ambitious climate goals at last week’s COP21 summit in Paris.

Ford is to invest almost £3 billion in the development of a range of new electric vehicles by 2020, with the first to be launched in the UK next year.

The UK’s energy efficiency and electric vehicle markets look set to receive significant boosts through deals signed as part of the country’s trade deal with China, valued at hundreds of millions of pounds.

The Republic of Ireland government is to launch a €130 million fund for energy efficiency and domestic renewables in a bid to combat fuel poverty in the country.

The Conservative Party’s candidate for the London Mayoralty Zac Goldsmith has said he wants London to be the “greenest city on Earth” and eyed a greater adoption of electric vehicles to solve its air pollution problem.

The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has said that a replacement for the Zero Carbon Homes initiative, effectively scrapped by the government in July, is one of two “main concerns” for the Committee alongside the development of electric vehicles.

Schneider Electric and Hitachi Capital Vehicle Solutions have signed a five-year partnership that will see the companies work together to provide electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions.

The office of low emission vehicles has confirmed that it will extend the current plug-in grant offered to electric vehicles out to February 2016 at a minimum.