Carbon Trading

Low carbon leaders respond to the European Parliament approving plans to withhold 900 million carbon credits from auction temporarily

MEPs approve proposals to temporarily withhold auction of 900 million CO2 allowances in attempt to reduce glut in the market

MEP Matthias Groote predicts reworked carbon market proposals will be approved by MEPs in Strasbourg today

UK Energy Secretary joins 11 other environment ministers and major businesses in calling for backloading proposals to be approved

The consultancy's head of carbon markets and offshore wind says

Campaign group Sandbag warns ailing system is now cancelling out CO2 reductions from renewable energy and energy efficiency directives

Refrigerant producers threatening to release huge amounts of HFC-23 after ban on trading credits generated by destroying the gas

European Parliament Environment Committee approves backloading proposals, allowing vote to be put to the whole house in July

EXCLUSIVE: Shell, Ikea, Swiss Re and others urge MEPs on Environment Committee to vote in favour of backloading

Strong carbon reduction target without prescriptive green energy goal would encourage cost-effective low-carbon growth, secretary of state argues