Decision set to spark fierce criticism from climate campaigners who have warned new fossil fuel projects risk breaching the UK's legally-binding emissions targets

Parliament's Energy Security and Net Zero Committee argues Ministers should reduce electricity bill relative to gas in order to accelerate adoption of heat pumps and other clean technologies

Importers of aluminium, cement, fertiliser, hydrogen, iron, and steel will soon face levies based on the carbon emissions associated with their products

Global CCS Institute tallies 113 commercial projects currently capturing, transporting, and storing carbon emissions worldwide

Energy network firms and their supply chains are planning to invest £200bn in upgrading Britain's grid over the next 10 years, driving economic growth and creating jobs in the process

Commitment comes as global governments gather in Armenia for crunch UN biodiversity talks aimed at urgently accelerating progress towards 2030 nature goals

Plus France emissions projected to fall this year, Engie plots a major new biomethane plant, and Inter Milan's publishes its first sustainability plan

Environment Agency to step up compliance checks on companies' water use, as large areas officially designated as being in sever drought

Organisations backing TNFD guidelines include investors representing $26tr in managed assets and publicly-listed firms representing $10.5tr in market capitalisation

Energy UK, We Mean Business Coalition, and IIGCC pen joint letter to EU Council in response to proposed shake-up of the bloc's flagship Emissions Trading Scheme