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SHAKEUP: A coal-burning plant in Washington, where a Senate subcommittee approved a bill to create a cap-and-trade system for carbon dioxide emissions. Support is not as strong in the House

SHAKEUP: A coal-burning plant in Washington, where a Senate subcommittee approved a bill to create a cap-and-trade system for carbon dioxide emissions. Support is not as strong in the House

SHAKEUP: A coal-burning plant in Washington, where a Senate subcommittee approved a bill to create a cap-and-trade system for carbon dioxide emissions. Support is not as strong in the House

SHAKEUP: A coal-burning plant in Washington, where a Senate subcommittee approved a bill to create a cap-and-trade system for carbon dioxide emissions. Support is not as strong in the House

SHAKEUP: A coal-burning plant in Washington, where a Senate subcommittee approved a bill to create a cap-and-trade system for carbon dioxide emissions. Support is not as strong in the House

SHAKEUP: A coal-burning plant in Washington, where a Senate subcommittee approved a bill to create a cap-and-trade system for carbon dioxide emissions. Support is not as strong in the House

Former Premier of NSW Bob Carr has argued that Governments serious about providing adequate solutions to climate change should see that recycled or recovered waste should be included in carbon emission trading schemes. Mr Carr, chair of the advisory board to the Australian Climate Institute, said a new report produced …

Councils in England are to be given the power to introduce pilot schemes to charge households according to the amount of rubbish they throw away. BBC reports that this news comes as MPs warn the UK could face fines of up to £180m a year from the European Commission if …

New York Daily News reports that while still voluntary this year, next year the use of biodegradable paper composting bags will be mandatory under city law, with violators facing fines. According to the Department of Sanitation, leaves should be placed in large heavy-duty paper lawn and leaf bags or in …

A new Government backed campaign that reveals we are throwing away a staggering third of the food we buy in the UK – most of which could have been eaten – was launched on November 1. The astonishing statistic follows pioneering research undertaken earlier this year by WRAP (Waste & …