Carbon floor price articles

Government takes wraps off energy intensive industry compensation package

Pollution

Heavy industry can apply for share of £250m pot designed to offset the impact of carbon pricing schemes from next month

20 May 2013

Who is bankrolling the anti-green Powerline group?

A coal fire

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

Carbon floor price launches at £16 per tonne

A coal power plant with a cooling tower

But IPPR warns policy will only serve to undermine UK competitiveness unless action is taken to prop up EU carbon price

01 Apr 2013

Businesses call for action as new figures reveal impact of climate policies

Government insists package of support measures could offset up to half of the cost of green surcharge on energy bills

27 Mar 2013

Budget 2013: Businesses line up to criticise carbon floor price "stealth tax"

Industry concerned rising energy prices compounded by surcharge will damage competiveness with foreign rivals

20 Mar 2013

MPs warn carbon pricing compensation for industry needs strong safeguards

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

Autumn Statement: Businesses call for clarity as CRC avoids the chop

Carbon Reduction Commitment to be simplified but controversial Performance League Table will be scrapped from 2013

05 Dec 2012

Study: Carbon pricing can help Europe cut deficits

Energy and carbon levies raise revenue, while having less of an impact on employment and growth than labour and indirect taxes

19 Nov 2012

Business leaders demand global carbon price at Doha

More than 100 companies sign communiqué warning carbon pricing mechanism is needed to drive large-scale low-carbon investment

19 Nov 2012

TUC joins calls for green industrial strategy

Trade unions and energy intensive manufacturers urge government to help carbon intensive sectors transition towards cleaner technologies

23 Aug 2012

Government agrees to be more open about embedded carbon

DECC, BIS, and Defra respond to MPs report on consumption-based emissions

25 Jul 2012

Climate change policies 'eroding' competitiveness, say manufacturers

Industry association EEF says by 2020 UK companies could be paying significantly more for energy than overseas competitors

13 Jul 2012

Blue chips again urge EU to prop up carbon price

Prince of Wales's EU Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change calls on EU Commissioners to redouble green growth efforts

03 May 2012

UK "over a barrel" on new nuclear, campaigners warn

Senior green campaigners warn nuclear policy leaves the UK dependent on French companies

13 Mar 2012

Campaign calls for link between £4bn carbon tax and Green Deal

Receipts from emissions trading and carbon floor price could be used to create jobs, lower emissions and reduce fuel poverty

28 Feb 2012

Exclusive: Green Investment Bank should borrow from the start, says Lord Stern

Nicholas Stern insists GIB board is yet to finalise the remit for new institution, warning "delay is dangerous"

24 Feb 2012

Carbon to boom in volume but crash in price, say analysts

Point Carbon forecasts volumes to grow 13 per cent this year ahead of EU ETS phase III

23 Feb 2012

MPs: "Exorbitant" carbon floor price will not reduce emissions

MPs warn policy will push polluters overseas and call on government to embrace European-wide efforts to boost carbon price

26 Jan 2012

Legal challenge threatens UK's new nuclear plans

Campaign group highlights nuclear industry subsidies it believes are in breach of EU rules

20 Jan 2012

Point Carbon issues 'very gloomy' forecast for EU carbon prices

Analyst predicts average EU allowance price in third phase of EU's Emissions Trading Scheme will be €12 per tonne

05 Dec 2011

Treasury touts energy efficiency focus of £250m polluter support package

Climate Change Agreements and promise of consultation raises prospect of tax breaks being linked to environmental performance

30 Nov 2011

Green business concessions sneak into Osborne's Autumn Statement

Measures to drive investment, boost manufacturing, and £200m support for Green Deal announced, although green groups left unimpressed

29 Nov 2011

Carbon markets plumb new depths as price falls below €8 a tonne

Analysts say record lows could worsen if Eurozone debt crisis escalates

25 Nov 2011

Smoke, mirrors and the changing definition of "green taxes"

Alan Whitehead MP investigates the government's definition of what constitutes a green tax

24 Nov 2011

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