Committee on Climate Change says banning high-powered machines will result in significant carbon savings without loss of performance

Decarbonisation target and council tax rebates for energy efficiency improvements among party's manifesto plans

Company files proposal with US government for two rigs off the Alaskan coast

Funding scheme offering vouchers to household that recycle is only open to councils with weekly bin pick ups

Ministers must authorise Ofgem to positively discriminate towards community renewables if UK is to reap benefits of locally-owned power generation

All the key stats from the International Energy Organisation's latest assessment of the global market

Latest renewables report finds growing risks to deployment if support wavers over cost concerns

Government figures show renewables accounted for more than 14 per cent of total US electricity production in the first half of this year

Volker Beckers is taking up a new role with Forum for the Future where he hopes to promote community renewable energy projects

Leaked draft report outlines huge scale of global threat, as Obama administration edges forward with strategy for international negotiations