Carbon Trading

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

Policy Exchange's Simon Moore makes the case for ambitious carbon market reform based on a demanding 2035 emissions cap

More than 635 companies to take part in cap and trade pilot seen as a model for future schemes in Beijing and Shanghai