Megan Darby
Megan Darby is the editor of Climate Home News. She previously wrote about UK energy and water industries for leading sector publication Utility Week. She holds a Mathematics degree from Newcastle University.
Sweden set to bring in climate law by 2018
Legislation will create the framework to deliver a cross-party agreement to go carbon neutral by 2045
Coal and oil demand ‘could peak in 2020’
Solar power and electric vehicles will wreak havoc on the energy sector, say analysts from Carbon Tracker and Grantham Institute, in contrast to rosy industry forecasts
6 takeaways from the 2017 EU state of the energy union
Brussels bids for climate leadership as US backs out, but stocktake shows clean energy momentum slowing and a carbon lock-in risk from gas pipelines
Climate ignored as Exxon Mobil takes earnings hit
US supermajor’s profits have halved since last year, on a $2bn write-down of gas assets, but executives still don’t mention climate risk
New gas pipelines could face EU climate test
Energy infrastructure should align with climate targets to avoid stranded assets, European Commission is expected to advise on Wednesday
Carbon capture lags behind 2C pathways – study
Technology to pump emissions from coal and gas plants underground is a weak link in climate plans, say researchers
Beijing is clamping down on provincial coal plans
At least 11 regions have been ordered to shelve coal power plants as China deals with surplus capacity
Crib notes: US climate kids to see Tillerson in court
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Weekly wrap: let’s talk about Ireland
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BP’s energy outlook: reality check or PR bullshit?
Energy companies predict a dangerous climate future of high oil demand, but they persistently underestimate clean energy
Irish lawmakers vote to divest from fossil fuels
Ireland could become the first country to fully divest its sovereign wealth fund from coal, oil and gas
Trump timeline: week one of the US climate action crackdown
In the first seven days from inauguration, we track the key events of Donald Trump’s push to fry the planet
How Ireland bent EU climate rules to protect farting cows
Analysis of flexibilities – or loopholes – in EU 2030 emissions targets gives Dublin the prize for creative accounting
Brexit Britain plan boosts smart grid and electric cars
Climate analysts give a cautious thumbs up to industrial strategy they say will support the clean energy transition
Medical journal the Lancet to launch Planetary Health title
Influential publisher is raising the profile of links between climate change and public health
Weekly wrap: more heat than light as Trump team speaks
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US power sector emissions fall below transport: EIA
A shift away from coal curbed the electricity sector’s carbon footprint, while cars only got marginally cleaner
Obama ties Trump admin into accepting CO2 dangers
Answering a kids’ lawsuit for tougher climate action, the federal defence agreed fossil fuel use endangers future generations
Arctic scientists take climate warning to World Economic Forum
Researchers bring warnings of a rapidly melting North Pole to world leaders in Davos