Policy

Negotiators attempt to salvage plastic pollution talks, after campaigners claim latest draft text leaves key policies 'on the cutting room floor'

Energy Saving Trust calls on government to accelerate community energy development through promised Local Clean Power Plan

New report warns the EU and UK approaches to delivering a circular economy are fast-diverging, leaving businesses facing complex rules and rising costs

EXCLUSIVE: As government figures suggest around 200,000 new jobs are set to be created across the clean energy sector, trade union Prospect warns an 'ambitious' Clean Energy Workforce Strategy is urgently needed

General public overwhelmingly back policies to reduce waste, with two thirds claiming they would change habits to end 'throwaway culture'

Leading business group calls on corporate leaders to overcome logistical challenges and make their presence felt at crucial climate summit

New report timed to coincide with final few days of Global Plastics Treaty Summit warns that without urgent reforms plastic industry subsidies will soar in the coming years

Defra confirms rules requiring online platforms and marketplaces to contribute to the cost of processing e-waste have come into effect

A failure to capitalise on this size of economic potential offered by the fledgling BNG system risks destabilising the solid foundations on which the market is growing, writes Craig Bennett from The Wildlife Trusts

Joint letter backed by more than 100 signatories calls on Ed Miliband to approve recognition of biomethane as a net zero fuel within the UK ETS