Legislation

New proposals will limit crop-based biofuels' contribution to renewable energy targets but fail to take indirect emissions into account

Industry insiders warn any move to cut funding for low carbon technologies could prove 'counter-productive'

Zoe Leader of WWF-UK says the forthcoming Energy Bill must incentivise measures to reduce energy demand in the same way as it plans to boost new supply

New Green Alliance and WWF report calls for efficiency feed-in tariff to be part of Energy Bill ahead of crucial ministerial meeting this week

Pro-gas Environment Secretary, Owen Paterson, questions whether Climate Change Act targets can and should be met

Government ditches proposals that would have left projects between 50kW and 5MW dependent on feed-in tariffs

Raft of new regulations designed to make it easier for businesses to install renewable energy technologies

Draft proposals in October will cap biofuels derived from wheat or rapeseed at five per cent of transport fuel

Republicans seek to counter Obama's 'war on coal'

Ignoring land-use changes increases chances of raised emissions, while separate Oxfam study warns of effect on food prices