• Renewables

  DECC changes FITs regime to benefit solar

  
  24 May 2012

  Solar feed-in tariff cuts will be later and lower than expected, the energy and climate department has confirmed

• Waste & Recycling

  HMRC drops landfill tax bombshell

  24 May 2012

  Two changes to landfill tax may increase tax liabilities of waste operators, but some waste firms have welcomed them

• Carbon & Energy Efficiency

  Energy Bill produces more questions than answers

  
  23 May 2012

  The government has published its long-awaited energy bill confirming plans to reform the electricity market. But some proposals will worry renewables firms and anyone interested in energy efficiency

• Carbon & Energy Efficiency

  Green Deal loan consortium grows

  23 May 2012

  An industry consortium aimed at boosting low-cost credit for Green Deal loans has doubled its numbers

More environment news

Knowledge Hub: the LGA’s antisocial media

Last week, I joined the Knowledge Hub, the successor to the Local Government Group’s LACORS website. I was also persuaded to join Twitter, and am...

Could civil sanctions have an ‘unsavoury outcome’?

There is some risk the public might see donations made to green council projects through the civil sanctions regime as bribes.

Let’s have more green advertisements like this one

Sales of all-electric, battery powered cars have got off to a disappointingly slow start, not just in the UK but globally. Perhaps the whimsical and...

• Mind the gap: UK EU ETS emissions 2008-10

  
  February 2012

  ENDS presents a detailed overview of the UK's performance in phase two of the EU emissions trading scheme. This report provides a unique sectoral breakdown of how well UK industry and services have managed to keep within their free allowance allocations.

• ENDS Directory 2012

  
  December 2011

  ENDS' complete guide to environmental consultants and eco-service providers. Printed version available for £65: call +44 (0)20 8267 8123 or report@ends.co.uk

• CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme 2011

  
  December 2011

  The CRC’s first performance league table has been published. ENDS mines this wealth of new data on corporate carbon cutting activities.

Quick links to key documents and reports

• 24 May 2012

  DECC response to the consultation on phase 2A of the Feed-in Tariffs Comprehensive Review

• 24 May 2012

  Ofgen tariff rates for the Feed-in Tariff scheme from 1 August 2012

• 24 May 2012

  Greenpeace International: Oceans in the Balance report

• 24 May 2012

  DCLG: Quarterly statistics on the code for sustainable homes and average energy efficiency

More carbon & environment documents

ENDS survey: Organising for sustainability

ENDS has launched a new survey asking companies how they organise their sustainability departments

April 2012

• Electric dreams: turning public sector fleets green
• Concerns raised over reform of environmental regulators
• 'Conservatory tax' row threat to Green Deal
• Worldwatch throws the gauntlet down to sustainable business
• Waste experts raise concern over landfill tax
• B&Q topsoil contains two-fifths peat despite reduction pledge
• Water trading plan aims to ease England’s spreading drought
• DECC takes second stab at CCS scheme
• Domestic RHI delayed for twelve months

Browse print editions

• Carbon & Energy Efficiency

  Insufficient public engagement could threaten Green Deal

  
  16 May 2012

  A piecemeal approach to promoting behavioural change could fail to engage consumers and businesses in key energy policies such as the Green Deal

• Carbon & Energy Efficiency

  Lack of council climate action threatens carbon budgets

  17 May 2012

  Ambitious council carbon plans and a statutory duty to cut emissions are needed to meet the UK’s carbon budgets, says the Committee on Climate Change.

• Carbon & Energy Efficiency

  More regulatory discretion in draft EU ETS rules

  9 May 2012

  DECC's aims to tidy up EU ETS regulation and substantially change the relationship between operators and regulators

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