Carbon Emissions

The idea of a personal energy allowance, dismissed by government officials, could help ensure fair and equal access to energy and spur collective action to meet emission reduction targets says a new report

George Osborne pledged £1billion to a green bank that could help Britain reduce carbon emissions. But with low carbon technologies unproven, banks, institutions and energy companies are wary, meaning the venture may not attract the capital to make it viable

A pioneering social marketing project in Richmond and Ham is using neighbourhood networks to improve energy efficiency in the borough

Campaigners say ruling 'opens the door' to the US to limit carbon emissions from industry under existing laws and removes the need to force through new bitterly opposed climate legislation

BT, Aviva and Microsoft among host of big corporations urging the Government to make reporting on carbon emissions a legal requirement by the end of 2010

Plan to charge large polluters abandoned in favour of narrower legislation focusing on increasing firms' liability for oil spills

High petrol prices mean less demand and less pollution, right? Not necessarily, finds Mark Jansen. Our relationship with our cars is far more complex...

Majority of UK Government departments are choosing to fly staff to destinations easily accessible by train, such as London to Glasgow, Edinburgh and Manchester

21st century nuclear power needs a 21st century subsidy... no blank cheques this time - just an apparently green tweak to the emissions trading system, and voila!

Current climate policy of emissions targets and trading will not suceed and should be replaced by a 'politically attractive' one based on providing cheap, non-carbon energy, says new paper

Carbon trading plans were opposed by conservative politicians and criticised by environmental groups for containing loopholes for industry

Study shows industrialised countries are 'outsourcing' carbon emissions to countries like China, one quarter of whose CO2 emissions are from exports

NESTA's Big Green Challenge inspired community groups to come up with innovative ways to reduce carbon emissions. Along the way, it has proved that change really can come from a grassroots level

UK emissions figures are ‘misleading’ and need to be recounted because they include offsets, according to a committee of MPs

A post-Copenhagen look at where the carbon emissions are coming from and how that is projected to change over the coming decade

Oceans becoming noisier as sounds travel further in increasingly acidic water

You can turn it into everything from fuel to plastics. But will the surge in demand for sugar end up having a serious environmental impact?

Phasing out fossil fuels, encouraging faster take-up of renewables and making radical improvements in energy efficiency would double Europe's emission cuts, says study

Survey of whether UK's biggest brands are reducing their carbon emissions finds more greenwash than progress

Forecasts of our likely failure to meet carbon reduction targets is putting UK Government credibility on climate change at risk, say independent analysts

Carphone Warehouse and British American Tobacco among companies refusing to reveal data on carbon emissions

One of the first travel companies to offer carbon offsetting to customers has decided to remove the facility from their website

Government climate watchdog says a 'step change' in Government policy is needed to meet carbon reduction targets

Domestic carbon emission reductions are being offset by increased emissions in countries like India and China through the consumption of imported goods and services