Legislation

Environmental issues are unlikely to turn this election, but they could yet play a more central role than many commentators think

Japanese metropolis launches Asia's first emissions cap-and-trade scheme

Senators divided on whether revenue from new climate bill tax should pay for green projects or road repairs

As Gordon Brown fires the starting pistol on what promises to be the closest election in decades, green business leaders ask whether the low carbon economy could prove a vote winner

Vehicle standards finally adopted formally in a move that should cut US vehicle emissions by around 15 per cent

"Today's announcement is unfortunately all too typical of what we have seen so far from President Obama – promises of change, a year of "deliberation", and ultimately, adoption of flawed and outdated Bush policies as his own."