Industry concern after confidential impact assessment models scenarios for paring back the 'priority dispatch' system for clean energy

Therese Coffey claims 5p charge is not warranted as industry and chains are already doing enough voluntarily to reduce waste

Letter to trading standards body calls for manufacturers to remove 'misleading' labelling to prevent wipes from blocking sewers and washing up on beaches

Car industry successfully lobbied for loopholes to dilute EU laws limiting toxic particulates emissions for new cars, the Guardian has learned

Some of the world's biggest shipping groups say 'ambitious' action is needed at a key UN meeting to bring the industry in line with Paris climate goals

Deals worth millions of pounds to help keep UK's lights on over 15-year period spark anger among environmental groups

Almost half of all plastic bottles used in the home end up in landfill sites, research shows, with huge impacts on marine life

China leads EU and US in market size, with Nissan Leaf taking the top spot for best-selling model followed by Tesla's Model S and two Chinese-made models

New technology is a significant step towards the creation of virtual power stations that would enable smarter electricity use by homes and businesses

Jim Yong Kim says slowing down growth in coal-fired power stations is essential in order to reduce emissions