Emissions Trading Scheme

Report warns attempts to protect industry from emissions trading scheme will simply shift costs to consumers

Amendments may also give farmers a chance to sell carbon offsets on the open market

Metals, building materials, textiles and ceramics could all receive free pollution permits to help tackle threat of "carbon leakage"

Carbon markets have been hijacked by speculators and should be replaced with direct taxation, says Friends of the Earth

Report predicts that recession, coupled with failure to deliver a strong deal at Copenhagen, will result in a lower-than-expected carbon price

Report urges governments to lead carbon capture and storage projects as high costs deter private sector

New figures suggest controversial ruling allowing countries to reset emission caps will not lead to an influx of new carbon credits

Market activity continues to grow with African carbon offsets emerging as the season's "must have"

European Commission proposes reforming VAT rules to help tackle surge in carbon trading fraud

Environment Ministry officials coy on possible inclusion of carbon trading scheme