Legislation

Overall exports are unaffected by tougher environmental policies, OECD study finds

Draft law would require wind turbine permits to be renewed every two years

New report suggests Chinese emissions may have peaked, as latest five year plan says that by 2020 China will have slashed energy consumption per unit of GDP by 15 per cent

Ex-Labour leader assembles group of MPs and NGOs to demand UK legislation on net zero emissions agreed at Paris climate talks

Newly formed business and civil society group calls for more climate action from Europe to bring it into line with pledges made in Paris deal, as Commission praises bloc's role in delivering historic agreement

Three-year survey of eleven European countries by MarketWatch finds only a quarter of white goods sold online in UK were correctly labelled

Environmental law firm has given Defra 10 days to better its plan to tackle air pollution or face further legal action

With new plans to cut emissions by 85 per cent by 2045 and offset the rest abroad, the Scandinavian country is demonstrating how green ambition can be ratcheted up post-Paris

More than two-thirds of larger wind developments miss out on subsidy contracts, as developers compete in a midnight race to secure accreditation that went down to the millisecond

Ruling says "domestic content" clause in India's Solar Mission violates trade law, prompting warnings "outrageous" decision will undermine clean energy development