The vast majority of schemes that sell carbon credits to offset pollution are delivering 30% less than they promise, a report published today claims.

Voters think that taking action against climate change matters more than tackling the global economic downturn, according to a Guardian/ICM poll published today. The results, which will delight green campaigners, suggest that support for environmental action is not collapsing as feared in the face of possible recession.

Hundreds of hauliers are expected to bring London to a standstill in what is expected to be one of the largest ever protests over rocketing fuel prices.

Severn Trent could be forced to return up to £40 million to customers as Ofwat prepares to bring further sanctions against the water company.

Moves to learn the lessons of the humiliating run on Northern Rock last autumn were announced by the "tripartite authorities" yesterday.

One of America’s leading intellectual property lawyers predicted yesterday that the ruling against eBay this week would trigger a series of lawsuits from designers seeking to block the sale of fake goods on the internet.

Bob Smyth, right, who works for Bristol law firm Burges Salmon, was given the HRH Ambassador Award at the Business in the Community Awards.

Connaught, leading provider of housing maintenance and estate management services to the social housing market, has been awarded Team of the Year by Business in The Community, for community impact in the south-west, last night.

The "clean tech" sector has bounced back from the credit crunch with new global figures showing a resurgence of interest from investors in alternative energy - labelled a "green Klondike" that could reach $600bn annually by 2020.

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