Tax

Federal tax cuts are one way governments can help renewable energy grow in both the residential and business sectors.

Reallocation of £2.4 billion in tax breaks could benefit nature and society, help reduce flooding, promote access and enhance England’s wildlife.

Clothing companies must take responsibility for the waste they create, a cross-party parliamentary committee has said.

Environmental groups cautiously welcome action on plastic waste - which does not go far enough.

Campaigners have welcomed chancellor Philip Hammond’s call for ideas on financial carrots and sticks to drastically cut single-use plastics in his spring statement. However, they stressed the need for more rapid action, reports CATHERINE EARLY

Clear and well written, Julie Hill's opus sheds light on the issues of waste and consumption but provides solutions that are too simplistic to be of real use, argues Ruth Styles

Chancellor George Osborne promises only to 'explore' proposals for bringing in a per-plane tax on the aviation industry

In the last budget before the general election, Alistair Darling announced a series of measures that could have a positive environmental impact, including a £2 billion green investment bank

A tax on unhealthy foods would be more effective at tackling obesity than making healthy foods cheaper but could hit the poorest the hardest

The lack of agreement at Copenhagen has left some thinking that the only way to protect national economies is to tax imports from nations who don't pay a carbon price...

Lord Adair Turner - head of the FSA and the Climate Change Committe - has ruffled feathers by suggesting a tax on currency trading. Here's why

Dr Adrian Wrigley lays out his ideas for a radical Carbon Tax and explains how replacing the Council Tax with a Land Value Tax could solve the current housing crisis...

Environmentalists had waited with baited breath for the Chancellor's 2007 Budget. Gordon Brown had intimated that it would be the 'greenest ever'. In fact, it was a resounding disappointment.

Gordon Brown’s ‘green budget’ has met with scorn from the motoring lobby and disappointment from environmentalists.