Energy
Clean energy investments at ‘record high’ in 2015
NEWS: New figures from Bloomberg New Energy Finance demonstrate clean energy surge is ‘irreversible’ say analysts, despite falling oil and gas prices
European wind industry is turning to emerging economies
INTERVIEW: Region’s turbine makers eye red-hot developing world as EU28 goes tepid on sector, says Brussels industry chief
Oil majors vague on climate plans post Paris deal
ANALYSIS: BP, Shell, Statoil and Repsol say they’re supportive of plans to avoid dangerous warming, but show little sign of deviating from primary business plan
Coal, steel sectors to suffer as China pollution drive accelerates
ANALYSIS: Experts say tougher laws and penalties could signal turning point in environmental fight in China, as president Xi Jinping urges officials to crack down on inefficient state industries
Carbon capture a justified ‘$1bn bet’ given possible returns
NEWS: CO2-sucking technology risks being abandoned, unless governments back projects on a par with other clean sources, expert warns
Arch Coal goes bankrupt as US sector declines
NEWS: Clean power plan and global demand slowdown hit mining companies for the dirtiest fossil fuel
US climate policies boosted economy $2.2 billion in 2013
NEWS: It’s not just the planet that benefits from reductions in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that intensify global warming, says new study
Brazil faces human rights probe over Amazon hydropower dam
NEWS: Regional commission forces official response to alleged abuses at Belo Monte hydro plant in Para state
Oil giant Saudi Aramco considers selling shares
NEWS: Public offering would make world’s largest oil producer more transparent, says Saudi Arabia deputy crown prince
TransCanada sues Obama over Keystone XL block
NEWS: Tar sands company seeks US$15 billion damages for ‘arbitrary and unjustified’ decision to reject Canada-US oil pipeline
India coal imports down 34% in December
NEWS: Delhi’s strategy to boost domestic production paying dividends in blow to world’s top coal exporters, but overall coal use set to soar
Oil lobby prepares to sway US presidential race
NEWS: American Petroleum Institute chief Jack Gerard backs ‘voter education campaign’ that emphasises role of fossil fuels, slashing clean energy regulations
Vladimir Putin’s global warming fix: Carbon nanotubes
NEWS: Super-strong carbon nanotubes could transform materials like steel and plastics to slash carbon pollution, claims Russia
California massive methane leak by numbers
BLOG: A bust SoCal well in Aliso Canyon is spewing natural gas into the air, in the biggest point source of pollution in the state
How Russia and neighbours could go 100% renewable by 2030
NEWS: Researchers argue Central Asia could become highly energy-competitive in a green economy, with investment in a super-grid
Obama urged to block future Arctic oil drilling
NEWS: Five-year offshore oil plan set for approval later this year, which a future president would find hard to overturn
Activists crowdfund court costs for UK coal mine shutdown
NEWS: Eight members of ‘Matt Ridley’s Conscience’ collective face £9,000 bill after pleading guilty to aggravated trespass
Climate change could dry up power production – study
NEWS: Heatwaves and droughts in a hotter planet to cripple power stations within decades without adaptation measures, researchers warn
The King is dead: FT pens obituary to coal
CRIB NOTES 4-10 JAN: Coal braces for uncertain future, BP boss eyes gas glut, China targets 21% wind and solar boost
Smog, divestment, Keystone: The stories that defined 2015
IN REVIEW: No country was left untouched by the shifting climate and energy geopolitical plates in the last 12 months. Here’s our roundup.