Legislation

Transport secretary to announce increase in speed limit from 70mph to 80mph at Tory conference

Prime minister brands five per cent increase in plastic bag use unacceptable

Campaign for new international law gains momentum as lawyers prepare to stage mock ecocide trial

Rule allowing extended solar farms to receive higher level of incentives despite August cuts will be revoked next month

More details on demanding US fuel efficiency standards not now expected until mid-November

Labour's green agenda is slowly taking shape, but without more detail it risks fuelling investor uncertainty

Study claims incentives have generated £65m surplus for the Treasury at a cost of just £2 on consumer energy bills

Prime minister hints at clearer definition of 'sustainable development' in controversial planning reforms

Who said what in the world of green business this week

Administrator Lisa Jackson admits the agency will miss target to float new utility-focused proposals by end of September