Heavy industry can apply for share of £250m pot designed to offset the impact of carbon pricing schemes from next month
20 May 2013
New lobbying group to be launched in coming days with reported goal of sending the government's electricity market reforms up in smoke
02 Apr 2013
But IPPR warns policy will only serve to undermine UK competitiveness unless action is taken to prop up EU carbon price
01 Apr 2013
Government insists package of support measures could offset up to half of the cost of green surcharge on energy bills
27 Mar 2013
Industry concerned rising energy prices compounded by surcharge will damage competiveness with foreign rivals
20 Mar 2013
Environmental Audit Committee urges government to ensure £250m support package is not handed to firms already enjoying windfall profits from carbon trading
04 Jan 2013
Carbon Reduction Commitment to be simplified but controversial Performance League Table will be scrapped from 2013
05 Dec 2012
Energy and carbon levies raise revenue, while having less of an impact on employment and growth than labour and indirect taxes
19 Nov 2012
More than 100 companies sign communiqué warning carbon pricing mechanism is needed to drive large-scale low-carbon investment
19 Nov 2012
Trade unions and energy intensive manufacturers urge government to help carbon intensive sectors transition towards cleaner technologies
23 Aug 2012
DECC, BIS, and Defra respond to MPs report on consumption-based emissions
25 Jul 2012
Industry association EEF says by 2020 UK companies could be paying significantly more for energy than overseas competitors
13 Jul 2012
Prince of Wales's EU Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change calls on EU Commissioners to redouble green growth efforts
03 May 2012
Senior green campaigners warn nuclear policy leaves the UK dependent on French companies
13 Mar 2012
Receipts from emissions trading and carbon floor price could be used to create jobs, lower emissions and reduce fuel poverty
28 Feb 2012
Nicholas Stern insists GIB board is yet to finalise the remit for new institution, warning "delay is dangerous"
24 Feb 2012
Point Carbon forecasts volumes to grow 13 per cent this year ahead of EU ETS phase III
23 Feb 2012
MPs warn policy will push polluters overseas and call on government to embrace European-wide efforts to boost carbon price
26 Jan 2012
Campaign group highlights nuclear industry subsidies it believes are in breach of EU rules
20 Jan 2012
Analyst predicts average EU allowance price in third phase of EU's Emissions Trading Scheme will be €12 per tonne
05 Dec 2011
Climate Change Agreements and promise of consultation raises prospect of tax breaks being linked to environmental performance
30 Nov 2011
Measures to drive investment, boost manufacturing, and £200m support for Green Deal announced, although green groups left unimpressed
29 Nov 2011
Analysts say record lows could worsen if Eurozone debt crisis escalates
25 Nov 2011
Alan Whitehead MP investigates the government's definition of what constitutes a green tax
24 Nov 2011
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