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A new report warns of the environmental impact of Asia's rise. But the relationship between pollution and economic growth is not simple, argues Anna Petherick.

The rules guiding the third round of the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme are about to be formally approved. Anna Petherick looks at how well they have set up the system until 2020.

Moving freight over land is a dirty job, fraught with political complexities. Anna Petherick looks at the economic issues behind cleaning it up.

The United States looks set to slash its maize subsidies. This will be good for many reasons, including combating climate change — and it shouldn't even hurt the US ethanol industry that much, writes Anna Petherick.

The insurance business must get to grips with climate science faster than most, Anna Petherick reports.

India and China's schemes to reduce greenhouse gases may be delayed and imperfect, says Anna Petherick, but they should be applauded.

After an earthquake and a huge wave damaged three nuclear reactor cores in Japan, energy and carbon markets around the world were hit with a surge of activity. Anna Petherick traces the wave.

With a burgeoning population and a warming climate, Anna Petherick asks how the world might quell food-price volatility in the long-term.

Anna Barnett reports on the recent dip in projects entering the UN emissions-offsetting programme.