Over 150 million AAUs to be sold to Nomura, Dighton Carbon, and Tawhaki International

New fund forms part of £30m green investment programme for North West businesses

Japanese electronics giant latest to debut solar-powered mobile phone

Reflecting sunlight on buildings and cars among dozens of ideas considered by Steven Chu and the US energy department

End to free distribution policy by retailers leads to plastic bag use falling by two-thirds in a year

Interoperability standards outlined for Obama's "energy internet"

New best practice guide to provide template on how to accurately report carbon data

Government adviser Lord Stern suggests debate on the issue had been immature

From Coca-Cola's "Plantbottle" to Europe's largest wind farm, we run down the big stories from the past week