Policy

New manifesto from Conservative Environment Network comes amid fears government could break promise on peat compost ban and relax UK emissions targets

Unless the UK invests now in the green economy, the cost later – in offsetting the damage and trying to catch up with global competition – will be orders of magnitude higher, argues CBI chief executive Rain Newton-Smith

CBI proposes new innovation credit, lower corporation tax rates on clean tech profits, and enhanced super-deduction rate to catalyse green investment

Australian campaigners criticise plan to back gas production beyond 2050, Portugal celebrates record renewables output, and Kazakhstan backs carbon pricing in our weekly Global Briefing

As the aviation industry lobbies for sustainable jet fuel, new tax breaks could help lower the carbon footprint of business travel

Government pauses another hydrogen pilot project, ahead of long awaited 2026 decision on the role of the gas in decarbonising heating

Office of Environmental Protection warns legal targets to improve water quality in rivers, lakes, and coastal areas are likely to be missed

New homes are the easy part of the heat electrification challenge - but the Future Homes Standard is falling short, writes Culmer Raphael's Edward Robsinon

Cavity wall and loft insulation no longer required to access grant funding, as experts forecast roll out of cheaper and easier to install heat pumps

Revenues from taxes designed to reduce negative environmental impacts have returned to pre-pandemic levels, new ONS data confirms