Policy articles

Government leaves it late to meet deadline to appeal against previous solar court cases

22 Feb 2012

Prime minister writes to 100 Conservative backbenchers who complained about wind farm subsidies and planning rules

22 Feb 2012

Business group issues pre-budget call for Chancellor to replace Carbon Reduction Commitment with expanded Climate Chevy Levy

22 Feb 2012

Republican presidential candidate attacks Obama and party rival Mitt Romney for "falling prey to the rhetoric of the environmental left"

22 Feb 2012

Ed Davey angers solar firms with decision to push forward with controversial feed-in tariff appeal

21 Feb 2012

Water utilities at risk of drought urged to co-ordinate hosepipe ban from early spring

20 Feb 2012

Governments warned failing to account for externalities will make climate change harder to manage

20 Feb 2012

The row over the EU's plan to label tar sands oil as highly polluting escalates, as Canada says it 'will not hesitate to defend its interests'

20 Feb 2012

Leaked agenda for meeting in Moscow this week details 26 countries opposed to emissions trading, fuelling trade war fears

20 Feb 2012

Tax hikes confirmed for iron and tin ore, as well as several rare minerals

20 Feb 2012

Solar sector celebrates as government ties PV installation to energy-efficiency rules

20 Feb 2012

New report from Energy and Climate Change Committee calls on government to establish long term goals for marine energy industry

19 Feb 2012