Clean air policy

Excessive regulation: Tangled up in green tape

The EPA, Congress, activists, the courts and power companies themselves all share the blame for the chaotic nature of environmental regulation in America(166)

Planes and pollution: Trouble in the air, double on the ground

China objects to European efforts to curb its airlines’ emissions(21)

Clean energy in California: On its own sunny path

As in so much else, the Golden State’s energy plans look distinctly un-American(28)

China’s environment: Taxing times ahead

China promises a cap-and-trade system for pollution(32)

Airlines and Europe’s emissions scheme: A setback in the airlines’ battle against ETS

The European Court of Justice's Advocate General has upheld the legality of including airlines in Europe’s emissions-trading scheme. But that will not be the end of the matter(6)

This week in print: Peru's new president, Venezuela's ailing one, a winning carbon tax and football in Brazil

A roundup of the week's Americas stories(0)

Greenery in Canada: We have a winner

British Columbia’s carbon tax woos sceptics(20)

Pushing for a carbon tax in Australia: An expensive gamble

The prime minister stakes her future on a divisive scheme(110)

Australia's carbon tax: Breaching the brick wall

Julia Gillard's government grasps the very nettle that stung her predecessor(28)

Aircraft and emissions: Clean-air turbulence

Europe is right to include airlines in its emissions-trading scheme(27)

Environmentalism under fire: Soaring emissions

The rhetoric about environmental controls killing jobs is getting louder and louder(39)

Climate politics: Flush with cash. So what?

America’s greens have yet to come to terms with losing the cap-and-trade battle(43)

Environmental regulation: The irony of the tragedy of the commons

The darkly ironic side of Americans' preferred way of fighting global warming(42)

Wind power: Blowing variably

American wind energy is having trouble coping with success(30)