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Carbon Trust says standard will help promote environmental merits of nation's export goods

WWF hopes deal will encourage more retailers to shun non-certified palm oil

ASA rules that Malaysian Palm Oil Council's claims that plantations are sustainable and help to tackle poveerty are likely to mislead

European and US manufacturers set to benefit from relaxation of controversial policy

Oil industry exec argues it's not trips to Tesco that regulators should be clamping down on, but haulage firms traveling long distances

Despite high-profile commitments to phase out use of uncertified palm oil, only 19 per cent of certified sustainable palm oil has been sold

Tax breaks, fuel costs and concerns over carbon combine to drive down company car emissions

State think-tanks suggest government impose carbon tax scheme by 2013

Move comes as German lobby group mulls legal action to tackle alleged dumping of subsidised solar panels in European market

Government cuts duty by 50 per cent on components used in solar, wind and geothermal power plants