Emissions

Crown Estate signs agreement for lease that would allow National Grid to store CO2 70 miles off the coast of Yorkshire

Relatively warm year sees gas usage at power stations at its lowest level since 1998, while homeowners turn down the heating

Doubling of renewable energy capacity, rise in natural gas production, and improving energy efficiency contribute to 13 per cent fall since 2007

Report advocates implementation of 'technically and economically feasible' market-based measures ahead of High Level meeting this week

World's largest shipping container company cuts emissions by a quarter and ups 2020 target to a 40 per cent reduction

Study says fuel production and transport emissions hamper performance and suggests coal with CCS is environmentally worse than unabated gas

MEPs set to debate proposals to cut average new car emissions, as auto lobbyists prepare to rev up opposition

Average emissions now at 133g/km as purchases of alternatively fueled vehicles rise at double the rate of petrol cars

Rules to limit soot from power plants and diesel engines set to save 40,000 premature deaths and cut healthcare bills by $4bn

As London 2012's sustainability team issues its final report, David Stubbs talks to BusinessGreen about the green successes from this year's Games