Legislation

Shell and BP distance themselves from lobby groups' "fake rallies"

Industry lodges official complaint over proposed changes to transmission funding regime

Leaked email reveals that American Petroleum Institute is planning a series of rallies to protest against Waxman-Markey bill

Yvo de Boer closes Bonn talks with stark warning that the current pace of the Copenhagen negotiations remains far too slow

Chinese negotiator voices "unhappiness" at rich nations' reluctance to sign up to ambitious emissions targets

Corn ethanol industry accuses EPA of influencing independent panel to boost support for controversial biofuel carbon life cycle regulations

Pro-business and green camps unite to vote against broad cap-and-trade scheme

New UN figures show current targets for rich nations fall well short of those proposed by climate scientists

Executive Order expected to require US government suppliers to provide information on carbon emission reduction plans

The gap between rich nations and emerging economies over carbon emissions targets is beginning to look unbridgeable