Policy

George Monbiot and Mark Lynas among those to warn that meeting UK's carbon targets is near impossible without new reactors

Friends of the Earth argues George Osborne's rare green initiatives are fatally undermined by his anti-environmental rhetoric

Report finds government has invested less than a third of £120m needed to grow marine power sector

More new reactors must be built if the UK is serious about decarbonisation, former chief scientific adviser says

He may be public enemy number one for environmentalists, but by default or design the chancellor is overseeing the rapid growth of the green economy

Open letter from 26 leading economists says President should drop US opposition to emissions trading

New strategy aims to create tens of thousands of new jobs through low carbon energy and efficiency investment

First it was carbon targets and emissions trading, now it's aviation and shipping levies - the EU's climate strategy is having a global impact

Senior green campaigners warn nuclear policy leaves the UK dependent on French companies

Shell, Tesco, Unilever and EDF among those calling on Osborne to demonstrate commitment to green economy