• Certainty essential for growth

• DEFRA introduces mandatory carbon reporting for listed firms
• Nuclear subsidy plans head for judicial review
• Electricity trade plans to meet renewable goals
• Growth still top government priority in plans
• CBI calls for overhaul of all green taxation
• WRAP launches grocery and DIY collaboration
• Natural England fails to find new head
• Three out of seven water company hosepipe bans lifted

Green Strategy

• M&S reveals sustainability lessons learned from its Plan A strategy
• ISO 14001 boost urged by green professionals
• Firms clip wings to save cash and carbon
• Employment gets unexpected boost from green industries

Carbon & Energy

• Lenders and insurers seek reassurance on the Green Deal
• Offshore wind puts brave face on cost-cutting
• Top law firms slash carbon emissions
• Call for border tariffs on high-carbon imports
• Heat storage gets £3m boost
• Push to encourage demand-side response
• Siemens targets smart grid opportunity
• Green Deal regulators hired
• Scotland unveils 100% renewables contract
• Home insulation rates rise ahead of Green Deal

Waste & Recycling

• Experts lambast DEFRA minister for lack of vision on waste policies
• Industry battles for clarity over landfill tax rules
• UK risks over-supply of waste treatment sites
• Wood recycler pays £6,000 for dust escape
• Infographic: Anaerobic digestion reaches new heights

Water

• Thames tunnel the ‘only option’ to deal with sewage problems
• Universal water metering ‘necessary’
• Self-reporting in place for water companies

Pollution & Health

• Mineral oils in food packaging pose health concerns, says EFSA
• EU chemical mixtures plan ‘lacks urgency’
• NGO loses air quality appeal
• Upland post-Chernobyl sheep controls ended
• Floods pose heavy metal pollution fears

Products & Supply Chain

• Scientific basis for horticultural peat phase-out disputed
• GAR seeks to protect carbon-rich forests
• BREEAM home refurb scheme for Green Deal
• Supermarkets pledge to buy sustainable soya
• Global trade causes 30% of species threats
• NHS researches drug carbon footprints

Land & Ecology

• Natural England board urges caution over advice charges
• MoD ‘dragging feet’ on contamination
• Wind turbines slashed from Bristol project

Transport

• Low-carbon vehicles pose serious tax challenge for the Treasury
• European airline chiefs slam EU ETS ‘posturing’
• HS2 awards over £3m for land referencing
• Fresh opposition to 80mph speed limit plan
• Rapid electric vehicle charging network

• Mixed messages on a bright green future

National

• DECC could suspend renewable heat incentive at short notice
• Green Deal ‘won’t boost’ installations
• Industry warns of ‘inadequate’ compensation
• Small emitters can opt out of next ETS phase
• Exemptions to remain on light pollution
• New industrial emissions plan ‘short-sighted’
• Simplification of CRC faces uphill battle
• Scotland’s draft water bill ‘lacks green duty’
• N Ireland plans 60% recycling target

International

• Bonn climate talks held up by bureaucracy and ambiguity
• Commission sets out 2030 energy options
• EU strikes deal on energy efficiency law
• ECHA rejects phthalates cocktail ban
• MEPs back Seveso II revisions

• Political commentary: Demanding a demand-side for electricity reform FREE

• Richard Macrory's legal commentary: EU court navigates the legal minefield of SEA
• Illegal waste operator jailed for two years
• Summer sewage spill costs South West Water £33k
• Council prosecutes illegal waste dumper
• Agency accepts 13 new undertakings
• Skip firm fined for illegal waste storage