• Comment: A dangerous climate storm

• Concerns raised over reform of environmental regulators
• 'Conservatory tax' row threat to Green Deal
• Geologists give green light to fracking activity
• Elgin gas leak could raise CO2 emissions 4%
• Collaboration 'vital' to future of sustainability
• Illegal waste activities cost landowner £255k
• Water pollution costs United Utilities £200k

Green Strategy

• Worldwatch throws the gauntlet down to sustainable business
• Pensions ignore environmental and social risks
• Future leaders must see the 'bigger picture'
• Balfour Beatty’s mixed waste and carbon aims
• BAE report reveals few environmental figures
• New tool helps firms manage water risks

Carbon & Energy

• UK ETS sites undershoot their allocated emissions for first time
• Community fees rise up the new nuclear agenda
• Councils face up to Green Deal
• First 22 Green Deal providers revealed
• Sharp rise in surplus EU ETS allowances
• Infographic: Offshore spills in long-term decline

Waste & Recycling

• Stoke considers return to weekly collections of 'black bag' waste
• Waste experts raise concern over landfill tax
• Glass target split 'unlikely to boost recycling'

Water

• Water trading plan aims to ease England’s spreading drought
• New flood risk scheme set up for insurers

Pollution & Health

• London fails air quality standard as suppressant row escalates
• SEPA halves checks in 'better regulation' push
• Flame retardant scheme reports lower emissions
• LACORS replaced by social media website
• BAT conclusions pose a challenge for glass sector

Products & Supply Chain

• B&Q topsoil contains two-fifths peat despite reduction pledge
• Many councils unready for ban on illegal timber
• DEFRA catering meets food buying rules
• Birds Eye nets frozen fish finger ecolabel

Land & Ecology

• Funding cuts threaten council biodiversity responsibilities
• SEPA agrees Dalgety Bay investigation plan

Transport

• CCC: Aviation and shipping should be included in carbon budgets
• DfT downgrades HS2 economic benefits again
• US airlines give up EU ETS legal fight
• Ministers examine low-carbon car potential

• Electric dreams: turning public sector fleets green

  Public sector organisations are struggling to get to grips with ultra-low-carbon vehicles. But new tools and guidance are offering support to fleet managers and finance departments, ENDS finds

National

• CRC scheme reforms could cut both costs and accountability
• Biodiversity offset pilots get started
• DECC takes second stab at CCS scheme
• CCA plans may weaken biomass heat incentive
• Domestic RHI delayed for twelve months
• DECC issues flood of smart meter proposals
• Council officers want powers on dark smoke
• DECC calls for ideas to spur heat revolution
• Permit needed to transfer oil between ships
• Revised NPPF allays worst green fears
• Rolling solar tariff cuts will hurt industry
• Green Deal’s focus on fuel poverty widened
• Consultation on UK targets for marine directive
• Minerals and timber guidance to be revised
• Permitting guidance for councils updated
• Scotland consults on nitrates rule changes
• DEFRA delays decision on carbon reporting
• DECC launches £20m wave and tidal fund
• Delays to waste proposals
• Nuclear liability to rise
• Water reporting simplified
• Nature groups oppose drainage opt-out
• BIS consults on new RoHS rules for the UK

International

• Deal reached on legislation to revise the Seveso II Directive
• Owners could find loopholes in proposed ship-breaking rules
• Danish presidency cleared to negotiate on energy efficiency

• UK climate policy must tackle outsourced emissions, say MPs

• Richard Macrory's legal commentary: Court of Appeal rules on nuisance principles
• Penalties for illegal water abstraction top £12,000
• Food firms face pollution fines
• Retailer fined for pollution offences
• Man sentenced for illegal waste burning
• Farmer fined for illegal waste disposal
• Civil sanction for GlaxoSmithKline pollution
• Unpermitted scrapyard costs operator £10,000