Taxation

New vehicle excise duty bands will let zero emissions cars go free, but could discourage take-up of other low-carbon vehicles

Emergency Budget also aims to boost road building and tax breaks for North Sea oil and gas

Coalition of 42 businesses ask Treasury to use mini-Budget this week to restore investor certainty in energy efficiency sector

Study finds governments are under-utilising taxes as a tool to curb pollution and emissions and calls for reform

European Court of Justice rules lower VAT rates for energy saving contravenes EU law, potentially raising prices for homeowners

Since 2012 the tech giant has put an internal fee on carbon, which feeds into a multimillion-dollar fund to reduce the company's footprint, buy green energy and develop new clean technologies

Jim Yong Kim calls for five-point plan to deliver low-carbon growth, including removal of incentives to exploit oil, gas and coal

Fleet managers are risk averse, but operating electric vehicles requires a change of mindset, writes Ashley Martin

Offical figures show revenues from environmental levies are up since 2010, but critics claim the government has 'defined its way out of a problem'

New report by Communities and Local Government Committee says taxpayers are covering up to £850m in litter costs each year