General election 2017

'Mini-manifesto' on environment features proposals for a new regulator to enforce green laws after Brexit

BusinessGreen rounds up all the major green commitments in Labour's leaked draft manifesto

Document contains pledge to transform the UK's 'outdated, expensive and polluting' energy system through price caps, public energy companies, and a new 'zero carbon' homes standard

Andrew Warren explores how the government looks like it is missing its own domestic energy efficiency targets, and asks if this policy 'neglect' will undermine recent energy-savings

Trade body calls for development of modern, flexible, and smart energy infrastructure capable of meeting the needs of 21st century consumers

Conservatives confirm energy price cap will be in general election manifesto, despite claims energy efficiency investment would be better for cutting bills

Sweeping gains for Conservatives, as Metro Mayors prepare to take control of key environmental and transport policies

The sector will obviously be hoping to avoid the challenges that arose from the last Conservative manifesto, but what other specific policies do green energy firms want to see?

Class action on behalf of asthma suffers may still go ahead over repeated failure to tackle illegal levels of nitrogen dioxide

Some 97 per cent of UK environment and sustainability experts believe tackling air pollution should be a top priority for the next government