Emissions Trading Scheme

Future linkages may be in the pipeline with China, South Korea, California and Switzerland

Key Senate Committee approves controversial bill that could block US airlines from complying with EU regulations

Fears of trade war mount as officials meet in Washington D.C. to try and end deadlock

Industry body calls on government to clean up "confused and cluttered" environmental policy landscape

Climate commissioner Connie Hedegaard proposes withholding an unspecified number of permits from auction

Speculation that measures designed to tackle oversupply will be delayed until late August could drive prices below €6, analysts say

EU Commission blocks 30 investments in energy plants from receiving free emission allowances

Industry association EEF says by 2020 UK companies could be paying significantly more for energy than overseas competitors

Yorkshire carbon capture project heads up list including four UK projects, but EU says initial funds may not cover lower ranked proposals

National Development and Reform Commission sets out rules for governing country's emerging voluntary carbon trading schemes