Energy
Top Republican spars with EPA chief on Obama climate agenda
NEWS: Senate majority leader McConnell attacks legal footing of US headline carbon-cutting policy in Capitol Hill hearing
Leading oil producers commit to slash gas flaring emissions
NEWS: New initiative to stop gas being flared off from oil production sites could prevent release millions of tonnes of emissions
UK government ordered to cut air pollution
NEWS: Supreme court tells ministers to take “immediate action” to meet safe limits of nitrogen dioxide 25 years after original deadline
Japan eyes weak climate goals as nuclear plans fade
NEWS: Atomic energy’s role in power generation won’t recover to pre-Fukushima levels, opening door for coal and gas
A 7-step plan to avoid stranding your fossil fuel assets
BLOG: Most coal, oil and gas must stay in the ground to avert climate disaster. What is an energy company to do? We’re here to help
China’s electricity could go 85% renewable by 2050 – study
NEWS: Emissions will peak by 2025 if wind, solar and bioenergy are rolled out quickly, finds Chinese government report
Sweden takes Canada to task over tar sands pollution
NEWS: Country probed how it will curb climbing CO2 emissions from oil and gas sector as tar sands crude pumping set to double
London academics rise in support of divestment campaign
NEWS: Staff at SOAS and UCL write to governing bodies urging them to ditch nearly £20 million in oil, gas and coal holdings
BP adopts climate risk proposal after shareholder vote
NEWS: Oil major agrees at AGM in London to analyse which of its assets could be stranded by curbs on greenhouse gas emissions
Former UN climate chief Yvo de Boer defends coal finance
NEWS: Politicians “too cowardly” to back carbon price, which would offer better climate benefits than attacking coal, says de Boer
US carbon pollution set for 2015 drop as coal plants close
NEWS: Analysts say decline of coal and rise of wind and solar will lead to significant fall in emissions this year
Brazil eyes solar as drought squeezes hydropower resources
NEWS: Drought-hit Brazil is turning to the solar energy source once dubbed a fantasy by the country’s president
Developing countries close to taking lead in clean energy race
NEWS: Renewables close to supplying 10% of global electricity supply says UN report, as China’s solar surge continues
Pakistan shelves six coal-fired power projects
NEWS: Environmental concerns, lack of infrastructure and foreign investment hold up 14GW of planned power plants
Coal mining banned in India’s Mahan forest
NEWS: Campaigners claim victory after Ministry of Coal confirms a controversial coal block in sensitive forest will not be auctioned
US coal crash ‘serves as a warning’ to fossil fuel investors
NEWS: At least 26 US coal companies have gone bankrupt in the last three years, finds Carbon Tracker, in a sign of things to come
Solar eclipse to test Europe’s power grid
NEWS: Up to 35GW of solar power could drop off the European network on Friday 20 March as the moon partially obscures the sun
UN climate talks may boost small nuclear reactors
NEWS: The nuclear industry is getting very enthusiastic about small factory-built reactors, which could help its flagging prospects
Should the Green Climate Fund back waste to energy plants?
COMMENT: Burning trash is polluting, expensive and inefficient say zero waste campaigners, and should not receive backing from low carbon funds
Global coal growth slows, but impact on climate set to rise
NEWS: The building of coal power plants is declining, but it’s is not enough to avert the risk of dangerous climate change says says Sierra Club report