Government to make it easier for businesses to go green

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The government has undertaken to change planning rules and make it easier for retail, office and leisure businesses to install green technologies such as solar panels and wind turbines.

Communities Secretary Hazel Blears has asked environmental and planning consultancy Entec to draw up new planning rules that will ensure the system encourages the use of renewable energy.

The plan is to look specifically at removing barriers to installing small-scale renewable and low carbon technology equ... (146 more words)

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