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Tony Abbott could scrap Australia’s renewables target
Wednesday’s top 5: Australia says clean energy target could be scrapped, Chevron accused of breaking environmental laws, UK opened for fracking
EU to cut climate warming F-gases by 79%
Tuesday’s top 5: EU signs off agreement to cut HFCs, fracking chemicals cause cancer and birth defects, and EPA climate expert convicted of fraud
Australia coal faces tough future warns HSBC
Monday’s top 5: Oz coal could be ‘stranded’, US states call for climate ambition, oil chief dismisses Keystone XL, Cambridge unveils ‘greenest supercomputer’
Russia refuses to allow Greenpeace 30 home for Christmas
Friday’s top 5: Greenpeace detained indefinitely; Australian emissions fall by 0.1%; Bioenergy and CCS could keep temperatures below 2C warming target
FIFA to ‘offset’ Brazil World Cup emissions
Thursday’s top 5 – FIFA to offset the 2.72 million tonnes of CO2, pilots told to learn to land in smog, coal emissions cause quarter of a million deaths in China
Obama appoints Keystone opponent Podesta as climate advisor
Wednesday’s top five: Obama appoints John Podesta, coal exports threaten Great Barrier Reef, John Kerry to visit Philippines city of Tacloban
Canada outlines plans to claim north pole
Tuesday’s top five: Race for Arctic heats up, anger at China smog, Blackrock invests in wind, green buses ‘bad for health’
Protests halt Chevron fracking operations in Romania
Monday’s top 5: Chevron postpones fracking operations, Australian fire service warned it should double numbers, and Japan signals return to nuclear
News review: this week’s top #climate stories on RTCC
Moon power, Mandela’s legacy, rising tides and our analysis of the UN’s new Green Climate Fund complete this week’s review
UK Chancellor announces tax breaks for fracking
Friday’s top 5: Fracking given go-ahead with tax breaks, Obama calls on agencies to double renewable energy, and UN report highlights climate spending in Africa
Renewables make up 50% of China’s new electricity
Thursday’s top 5 – China’s renewables surge, Green Climate Fund launches, and IPCC’s sea level rise projections branded too conservative
UK backs offshore wind, cuts support for onshore and solar
Wednesday’s top five: UK cuts wind subsidies, US fracking regulations attacked, Nepali flowers offer climate change guide
US will share pollution lessons with China says EPA chief
Tuesday’s top 5: EPA chief prepares for China visit, Greg Hunt defends carbon price repeal, Canada’s bid to become energy superpower under threat
Obama: Generation ‘Y’ needs to take lead on climate change
Monday’s top 5: Millennials to push low carbon economy, Shanghai smog hides city, Australia’s carbon tax repeal could be “unworkable”
Lord Browne: Fracking will not bring down energy bills
Friday’s top 5: Lord Browne says fracking will not decrease energy bills, China to raise coal threshold, Oil drilling in Pechora Sea to begin in 2014, Australian bushfires linked to Indian Ocean temperature increase, Big six told to hold price increase
Beijing’s carbon trading scheme goes online
Thursday’s top five: Beijing launches carbon trading scheme, Poland starts fracking, Jordan builds first major wind farm
Krakow residents banned from burning coal
Wednesday’s top five: fossil fuels banned, EU car emissions limited, Solomon Islands face economic crisis, Kiribati resident refused climate refugee status
Shanghai carbon trading scheme opens for business
Tuesday’s top five: Shanghai ETS opens, Brazil pushes new solar, €2.2bn green bonds issued in UK, Kiribati residents feel climate pinch
Greenpeace debates future of oil rig protests post Russia arrests
Morning summary: Greenpeace activists emerge from jail with mixed reactions to protest methods; Scottish minister accuses UK prime minister of ‘planetary suicide’
Warsaw climate change talks – day twelve live blog
Live coverage from the National Stadium in Warsaw, home to the UN climate change negotiations from Nov 11-22