Green champion’s push to funnel car emissions into the emissions trading system seen as attempt to bend rules.

Europe’s surplus of carbon permits may more than double by 2020, threatening to render the world’s biggest emissions trading system irrelevant for the foreseeable future, according to environmental

DUSSELDORF, Oct 13 (Reuters) - The head of Germany's biggest utility, E.ON, said on Monday an EU package of 2030 targets for tackling climate change looks likely to bring deep carbon emissions cuts

IKEA Group, the world's biggest furniture retailer, may introduce an internal carbon emissions price to help its drive to protect the environment and create a "new and better" company, chief execut

Since 2008, Europe’s carbon market has shown symptoms of terminal decline. Rock bottom prices for allowances have given industry little incentive to diversify away from fossil fuels.

MEPs last night (8 October) approved Miguel Arias Cañete as the new EU Energy and Climate Commissioner, despite widespread concern from environmental groups about his background as an 'oil baron' a

An Australian senator released on Wednesday a proposal to penalise companies failing to meet carbon emission targets and give firms access to the international carbon market, in a move to try and b

California, operator of the nation’s biggest carbon market, plans to revoke offset credits issued to EOS Climate Inc. and Environmental Credit Corp.

European Union governments are considering the use of carbon-permit funds to help finance clean technologies and spur poorer nations toward a low-carbon economy under a planned deal on 2030 climate

Carbon dioxide emissions from Beijing's major polluters fell 4.5 percent in 2013 as a nascent emissions trading scheme cut compliance costs for firms, the Chinese capital's municipal government sai