Policy

Howard Johns reflects on victories and setbacks during his stint as chairman of the Solar Trade Association

National Audit Office says cancelled funding competition was launched with insufficient planning or recognition of commercial risks

BT, Ikea, M&S, npower, and Siemens among household names criticising Chancellor’s undermining of the green economy

European Parliament backs Commission's Roadmap to 2050, but calls for improvements in Emissions Trading System

A group of European Union member states are planning to thwart key reforms aimed at conserving dwindling fish stocks

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