Budget 2013

Dan Byles MP argues only carefully monitored exploration and testing will show whether exploiting UK shale gas reserves is desirable

Friends of the Earth wonders why the Chancellor continues to defy his colleagues by opposing a decarbonisation target

Barry Gardiner accuses Chancellor of ignoring businesses' calls for more action on resource and climate risk

Labour's Barry Gardiner argues the Chancellor is right to raise the issue of inter-generational justice, but badly wrong to ignore the impact climate change and resource scarcity will have on our children

Trade body warns denying tax breaks to companies leasing green cars could force up emissions, despite boost for firms purchasing electric vehicles

The Green Party's Natalie Bennett laments a budget that offered little succour for a green economy that could revive the UK's fortunes

There is a rift at the top of government over the UK's green economy – it's about time the Prime Minister pulled rank

BusinessGreen runs down all the green business news from Budget 2013

There was more green news in the budget than you'd think - BusinessGreen Plus analyses the hidden gems

Industry concerned rising energy prices compounded by surcharge will damage competiveness with foreign rivals