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When the US last tried to kill the UN climate talks
Buoyed by a climate-hostile Congress, George W Bush set out to kill the UN climate talks stone dead. Despite his (and the oil industry’s) best efforts, a knockout proved elusive
VIDEO: Trump interior pick says climate is no hoax
Asked by Bernie Sanders if he agreed with Donald Trump about climate change, Ryan Zinke said “I don’t believe it is a hoax”
Exxon has ‘excellent future’ in Russia says ex-energy chief
Former Putin minister and CEO of Rosneft says renewed cooperation with US would open up “massive investment” in Arctic oil and gas
Obama’s climate legacy: can it survive President Trump?
In the third of our Obama years trilogy, we ask whether the climate gains of the past eight years can last as the Donald takes power
Obama’s climate legacy: China, India and the Paris pact
In the second of a three-part series, we look at how President Obama galvanised international action on climate change
Obama’s climate legacy: a battle of attrition at home
In the first of a three-part series, Climate Home looks at Barack Obama’s domestic record on one of his top priority issues
Trump threatens UK climate science, PM May told
Letter signed by 100 UK scientists says Republican plan to de-fund NASA would harm British interests
Reader survey: Obama’s greatest climate impact was in China
Email subscribers and twitter followers were most positive about President Obama’s impact on the world stage
US opens door for climate geoengineering research
Global Change Research Program indicates support for further exploration of how geoengineering could be used to tackle global warming
As it happened: Tillerson tells senate climate science “very limited”
As the former Exxon boss is grilled by the senate, Karl Mathiesen captures the key exchanges. Watch the full hearing live here
At State, Tillerson could get Exxon off human rights charges
As secretary of state the former Exxon CEO could influence long-running case that alleges company is responsible for murder and torture committed by its employees
US business to Trump: don’t ditch climate laws
Coalition of American businesses repeats call made at 2016 UN climate summit, urges new administration to respect global climate pact
UK to engage with Trump on climate, says minister
Nick Hurd tells lawmakers London will seek to influence US on climate policy, says momentum is with Paris Agreement and low carbon economy
Kerry criticises ‘vested interests’ as he steps aside for oil man
Secretary of state set to be replaced by Exxon boss Rex Tillerson said US faces ‘resistance from combination of doubters and people making a lot of money’
Obama: ‘I didn’t kill coal, gas did’
Donald Trump has accused Barack Obama of waging a “war on coal”, but the current president says it was “market forces”
Obama warns Trump against quitting Paris climate deal
Writing in the journal Science, outgoing US president tells his successor that scrapping the UN’s 2015 climate pact would lead to economic and diplomatic harm
Kerry warns Trump against nixing climate progress
Outgoing secretary of state’s final memo to president Obama outlines his department’s successes, but warns that “the months and years ahead will be critical”
The age of Xi: will China flex its climate muscles in 2017?
Beijing’s policies have seen China invest heavily in renewables and support the UN’s first major climate pact – but without US cover it will face new scrutiny this year
Climate kids call on Rex Tillerson to testify in court
Plaintiffs in lawsuit against oil majors and the US government want Exxon chief-turned-secretary of state to give evidence the day before Donald Trump’s inauguration
Trump’s climate impact could be ‘vanishingly small’
Trump has called climate change a hoax, but what’s truly scary, scientists tell ProPublica, is how much larger the problem is than one American president.