Policy

Food and Drug administration begins 60-day process to approve animal critics call a 'frankenfish'

Bob Graham: "We should be clear – this disaster represents an enormous, and shared, failure of public policy"

Ministers agree to work together on offshore wind energy and CCS, as well as oil and gas

Defra launches major new review to assess whether water watchdog is able to cope with climate change

Regulator and builders blame each other for construction hold-up as designs await approval

As new figures today reveal, supermarkets have again failed to hit a target for cutting plastic bag use - Jessica Shankleman asks if it's time for the government to legislate

Retailers once again fall short of voluntary target to halve plastic bag use

Vice president insists stimulus dollars will lead to a doubling of US renewable energy capacity by 2012

New bill edges US state towards creation of renewables-ready grid

Both sides attempt to declare victory as judge stays court case into alleged wind turbine monopoly