We mentioned the forthcoming UK Government white paper which is expected to propose a large increase in the numbers of organizations required to reduce their carbon emissions through indirect monitoring and reduction of their energy usage. This is how the wider scheme is expected to operate.
The FT report of this white paper [...]

The UK Government is considering a major expansion of the cap-and-trade system for managing national carbon emissions, which would make as many as 5000 organizations subject to compulsory quotas, 5 times the current number.
“As many as 5,000 businesses and public-sector bodies would be forced to buy greenhouse gas permits under plans for a [...]

Donald MacKenzie, professor of sociology at Edinburgh University and a prominent sociologist of economics, has written an article reviewing the political economy of carbon emissions trading, available from his web-page here. The article is a gentle introduction to the history and structure of the emissions trading, for anyone reading this who is new to [...]

The British Government has been forced by a legal ruling to re-do its energy review. The High Court has ruled that the Government did not undertake adequate public consultation in its rush to complete its Energy Review Report in the summer of 2006. The court ruling followed an appeal by Greenpeace. [...]

British supermarket chain, Marks and Spencer, announced plans yesterday to spend GBP 200 million (300 million euros) to become carbon-neutral by 2012. 
A cynic would note that the target market for M&S groceries is wealthier on average than is the British population as a whole, so this high-profile focus on environmental issues would play well to [...]