Energy
Ecuador reheats oil export tax in climate pitch
NEWS: Carbon levy more valuable in UN deal than “simple promises” of underfunded climate pledges, says Quito envoy
‘Renegade’ UK physicists say they’re on fast track to nuclear fusion
ANALYSIS: Venture capitalists take on establishment with experimental device, but are optimistic time frames damaging the race?
G20 urged to switch fossil fuel subsidies for climate finance
NEWS: Transfer public support for polluting products into green growth and protection from extreme weather, says CAN Europe
Investors urge businesses to quit climate-unfriendly EU lobby groups
NEWS: Nine companies including Glencore, Rio Tinto and BP targeted over membership of Brussels trade body Business Europe
Ex-BP chief to advise oil giants on climate strategy
NEWS: Lord Browne-led panel to present fossil fuel industry with set of plans in November on how it can contribute to UN climate deal
US Navy invests in world’s largest solar farm
NEWS: Mesquite 210MW project soon to be overtaken by Indian and Chinese mega-arrays, as cheap solar panels compete with coal
Why coal miners need a moratorium (but can’t ask)
ANALYSIS: Australia’s dash for coal threatens existing miners as well as the climate, argues The Australia Institute’s Richard Denniss
Glencore results show more pain for coal sector
NEWS: Climate change risk recognised as share price for commodities giant hits record low on first half earnings slump
Will the clean energy revolution be good for women?
NEWS: As energy system goes clean, it will become “more local, more human in scale and more digital”, says BNEF founder
Citigroup: Coal mining sector running out of time
NEWS: Industry is optimistic that demand will pick up but banking giant warns that without carbon capture technology it will struggle
IMF: Saudi Arabia should rely less on oil
NEWS: Fossil fuel giant must continue efforts to diversify economy away from oil, gas, International Monetary Fund says
Hillary Clinton opposes Arctic oil as Shell starts drilling
NEWS: US presidential candidate tweet sets her apart from Barack Obama stance slammed as “hypocritical” by campaigners
Climate vulnerable Philippines plans huge bet on coal
NEWS: Extreme weather events linked to climate change represent a huge risk for Manila, but green groups say the government is embracing dirty energy
Germany coal protest in pictures
NEWS: Organisers say 1,000 activists got into RWE’s opencast lignite mine in Rhineland, Germany on Saturday and halted diggers
Activists to halt diggers at RWE coalfields in Germany
NEWS: Organisers expect a thousand people from across Europe to target opencast lignite mine, a major source of emissions
UK government outlines plans to bypass fracking opposition
NEWS: Green groups say plans to fast track shale gas are an assault on democracy, but government insists new rules are needed
Shell starts Arctic oil drilling amid risk warnings
NEWS: Former BP boss Lord Browne says high cost, environmentally sensitive project could harm Shell’s reputation
Green with gas: Oil majors eye UN climate deal
ANALYSIS: Shell and BG are leading calls for an ambitious global pact in Paris, but it’s still unclear how they will help lubricate talks
Saudi Arabia’s failed oil gamble and the climate
ANALYSIS: As low oil prices fail to bankrupt US oil, could climate action help Middle Eastern petropower rebalance its economy?
Will China rescue Europe’s nuclear energy industry?
NEWS: UK sees nuclear power as a way of combating climate change, but costs mean it is struggling to get new reactors built