Legislation

Coalition of 13 UK green groups welcomes 'tentative' progress on plastics, agriculture, and chemicals, but warns of ongoing uncertainty over enforcement of post-Brexit environmental laws

Plan to change timeline for energy use reduction puts Paris targets at risk, say MEPS

Government is said to be considering ensuring 2040 ban on internal combustion engine cars covers plug-in hybrids that travel less than 50 miles on a single charge

Perry: 'We want to understand how we will get to a zero-carbon economy in 2050'

EEF's Brad Deane argues the government should properly streamline energy and carbon reporting requirements and focus on the real barrier to efficiency progress - long payback periods

Proposed changes to the National Planning Policy Framework are a missed opportunity for green buildings, argues UKGBC's John Alker

Nestle, Danone, Mars, and Unilever issue joint statement urging Trump administration to retain Clean Power Plan or come up with alternative decarbonisation strategy

Following the publication of Labour's new domestic energy efficiency strategy, Alan Whitehead takes aim at the scandalous loophole that will allow landlords to keep renting the coldest and most inefficient homes

Andrew Warren welcomes the new Housing Secretary with a reminder that the government's plans for Display Energy Certificates remain remarkably opaque

New LSE research reveals all countries signed up to the Paris Agreement now have at least one national law or policy on climate change