Fossil Fuels
US and Japan strike deal to cut coal finance
NEWS: Obama administration reportedly gets Japan on board to phase out controversial coal export credits
Poland can break coal chokehold, says clean power body
NEWS: Country can loosen fossil fuel’s grip on energy system by quintupling share of renewables to 38% by 2030, says IRENA
Don’t bet on a Polish EU climate policy revolt – analysts
ANALYSIS: Opposition bid to renegotiate bloc’s 2030 package dismissed as ‘posturing’ as voters set to dump government, analysts say
Turkey coal push wrecks ‘inadequate’ climate pledge – analysts
NEWS: Planned dirty power plants will wipe out clean energy gains, says Climate Action Tracker, jeopardising an already weak emissions target
Fossil fuel majors accused of ignoring potential demand crash
NEWS: ExxonMobil, Shell and BP’s bullish energy use projections are based on dodgy assumptions, say analysts at Carbon Tracker
Japan bucks trend as G7 quits coal
NEWS: Bloc seen phasing out dirty fuel driven by United States, but Japan remains stubborn advocate says report
Oil majors climate declaration avoids targets, carbon pricing
NEWS: Saudi Aramco, Shell, Total and seven other companies voice support for 2C warming limit, but lack concrete plans
Methane, flaring targeted in oil major climate pledge
NEWS: Total, Statoil, BP, Saudi Aramco, Pemex, Sinopec, Eni and Repsol are to reveal carbon-cutting plan in Paris on Friday
Who’d buy a coal mine? Two very different bids
ANALYSIS: X2 Resources and Greenpeace have their reasons for acquiring coal assets amid low commodity prices and climate concerns
BP, Shell, Rio Tinto offer support to Paris climate deal
NEWS: Major oil, mining and IT companies say they are behind plans for a global climate deal that includes the world’s leading economies
BP admits climate concern makes some oil unburnable
NEWS: Oil major’s chief economist accepts analysis that two thirds of fossil fuels must stay in the ground to hold warming to 2C
UN climate talks: Will only a global carbon price do?
ANALYSIS: Former chief UK climate science advisor says Paris talks won’t solve global warming, but an unprecedented price on pollution would
Fracktivists ‘win’ as Brazil shale gas auction flops
NEWS: Climate campaigners claimed victory after just 37 of 266 hydrocarbon exploration blocks found buyers on Wednesday
South East Asia coal use to triple – IEA
NEWS: Bleak analysis suggests regional leaders invest in energy efficiency and ditch lavish subsidies to limit climate damage
Can we trust Shell’s ‘Energy Transitions Commission’?
COMMENT: An industry inspired effort to muddy the waters or a real push to develop a low carbon future? The jury is out
Emerging economies should embrace carbon pricing – report
NEWS: Greenhouse gas taxes and markets work and must extend to the developing world, says New Climate Economy report
ExxonMobil boss warns against tougher climate regulations
NEWS: Global warming risks “serious” says Rex Tillerson, but innovation not regulation is answer to soaring greenhouse gas emissions
Oil majors to release climate plans on 16 October, says Total chief
NEWS: Industry must take offensive with carbon cutting plans to avoid portrayal as “devils”, CEO tells top executives at London conference
Ex-BP chief: Oil majors must heed Volkswagen scandal
NEWS: Lord Browne urges fossil fuel giants to prove their worth, as executives downplay climate risk at major industry event
OPEC chief defends members over missing climate pledges
NEWS: Petropowers like Saudi Arabia and Nigeria should only submit carbon-cutting plans if they are “win-win”, says Abdalla Salem El-Badri