The Specials

Miliband hopes trade-off will make UK greener

Under a new strategy, bills will rise by up to £249 a year to pay for a sevenfold increase in low-carbon energy by 2020

Slipper makers included in 1m green jobs ‘sham’

The figures were found to include workers in the North Sea gas industry as well as suppliers of wallpaper and animal bedding

Ex-Sinopec boss wins reprieve from death row

China steps up clampdown on corporate corruption as four Rio Tinto workers, accused of spying, languish in detention

Australian PM warns China over Rio spy claims

Kevin Rudd reminds 'our Chinese friends' of economic links with Australia as Rio Tinto workers languish in detention

UK may go back on pollution pledge

Report also suggests Government might need to overturn a commitment that Britain would not resort to carbon offsets

Chinese quiz steel traders over Rio 'spying'

In latest development, officials at mills owned by Baosteel, Anshan Iron and Steel and Shougang Group were questioned

Exxon in a better kind of slime

A joint venture to produce biofuels from algae looks at first sight like a huge U-turn, but it is classic Exxon strategy

China widens Rio spy probe to local traders

State targets some of the country's largest steel mills after arrest of four Rio Tinto staff for alleged espionage

Centrica cashes in on a glut feeling

There is too much gas about — with US discovery of new reserves, tankers are queueing to dump their cargoes in Britain

Venture investors back Centrica bid rejection

Stocks surge as shareholders that own nearly 13% of the business brand the takeover offer as 'opportunistic'

China president endorsed Rio Tinto probe

Investigation into Rio Tinto began before mining giant angered China by cancelling $19.5 billion deal with Chinalco

Centrica told to pay 900p a share

Venture chief executive Mike Wagstaff demands at least 900p a share to accept a takeover by British Gas owners

Consumers denied benefit of gas price fall

Margins in the gas industry are reaching record levels because of over supply but companies are not passing on the savings

Rio four held as China prepares case

The workers detained over espionage and bribery claims face nearly 18 months in jail while authorities gather evidence