UN proposal will result in consumers being hit in the pocket

Sheffield burger restaurants have cut their carbon footprint and the waste sent to landfill through a partnership with a local power plant

Hybrids and smaller cars to dominate rental fleet at new green centres

Bottled water firm releases carbon data for each of its products

Electricity and gas customers to pay surcharge to pay for new Institute for Climate Solutions

Shareholder activists claim victory as Ford becomes first US car manufacturer to outline how it plans to meet voluntary emission targets for its fleet

Biofuels seem to be demonised on an almost daily basis, but is there hope for this currently much maligned sector? Primafuel chief executive Rahul Iyer insists the industry still has a major role to play in the low carbon economy

"At the moment, we don't believe the UK is a viable place to conduct biofuel refining"