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CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION A 'MORAL NECESSITY', SAYS MINISTER IN CHARGE OF PLAN
Climate change action a 'moral necessity', says minister in charge of plan... READ MORE›
CLEAN ENERGY IS TROUNCING OIL, GAS AND COAL IN TRUMP ERA
President Donald Trump took office vowing to revive the coal industry's fortunes. So far, the smart money has been on clean energy... READ MORE›
TURNBULL LABELS OPPONENTS OF COAL-POWERED ELECTRICITY AS 'DELUSIONAL'
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says those who say coal has no future are delusional ... READ MORE›
TRUMP WANTS TO STEER UN CLIMATE CASH TO BUILDING COAL PLANTS
Board members include representatives from France, Sweden and other countries that are eager to combat climate change... READ MORE›
100 FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES CREATE 71 PERCENT OF WORLD'S GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
The 100 fossil fuel producers around the world known as carbon majors are responsible for almost three-quarters of the total greenhouse gas emissions, according to a report... READ MORE›
WHY YOU'RE ABOUT TO PAY THROUGH THE NOSE FOR POWER
Right now, coal accounts for 76 per cent of our electricity generation... READ MORE›
TRUMP VOWS TO UNLEASH THE 'VAST ENERGY WEALTH' OF THE U.S.
Trump also touted Sempra Energy's decision to sign an agreement to begin negotiations over selling more liquefied natural gas to South Korea... READ MORE›
TRUMP VOWS TO UNLEASH THE 'VAST ENERGY WEALTH' OF THE U.S.
Trump also touted Sempra Energy's decision to sign an agreement to begin negotiations over selling more liquefied natural gas to South Korea... READ MORE›
TOP GLOBAL BANKS STILL LEND BILLIONS TO EXTRACT FOSSIL FUELS
A spokesman said The emerging markets we operate in need reliable and accessible energy to support economic growth... READ MORE›
THESE 5 CHARTS SHOW THE SEISMIC SHIFTS HAPPENING IN GLOBAL ENERGY
Even China's Turning Away This map shows that most of the world's economies are turning away from coal, the most environmentally harmful fossil fuel... READ MORE›
JAPAN DISAPPOINTED BY TRUMP'S DECISION TO QUIT PARIS AGREEMENT
America's announcement that it is pulling out of the Paris climate change agreement is regrettable... READ MORE›
PAUL KRUGMAN TRUMP GRATUITOUSLY REJECTS THE PARIS CLIMATE ACCORD
As I said, however, these days the fight against climate action is largely driven by sheer spite... READ MORE›
IF TRUMP DUMPS THE CLIMATE ACCORD, THE U.S. IS THE LOSER
China is meeting its Paris accord targets, and more, by shutting down coal-fired power plants, says Yohe... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP READY TO PULL US OUT OF PARIS CLIMATE DEAL, SAYS WHITE HOUSE
Nearly 200 nations, including the US, agreed in 2015 to voluntarily reduce their greenhouse gas emissions in an effort to combat climate change... READ MORE›
TRUMP TAKES AIM AT WESTERN MONUMENTS THAT MAY HOLD OIL RICHES
At Grand Staircase-Escalante in Utah, which was also established by Obama in December, the potential riches include coal, according to the U.S. Geological Survey... READ MORE›
TRUMP TOWER RALLY DEMANDS DIVESTMENT AHEAD OF DECISION ON PARIS CLIMATE DEAL
Environmental activists seek to use Trump's cabinet of fossil fuel millionaires to pressure New York City pension funds to divest... READ MORE›
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WINS VICTORY IN EFFORT TO ROLL BACK OBAMA CLIMATE CHANGE EFFORTS
The limits are part of the Clean Power Plan, a centrepiece of President Barack Obama's efforts to reduce emissions from existing power plants... READ MORE›
THE CHEAP ENERGY REVOLUTION IS HERE, AND COAL WON'T CUT IT
Unsubsidized wind and solar are beginning to outcompete coal and natural gas in an ever-widening circle of countries... READ MORE›
'NO PLANS' TO CUT RENEWABLE ENERGY TARGET, JOSH FRYDENBERG SAYS
A report by the commission found that the cost of wind power had fallen by 60 percent in the past five years... READ MORE›
U.K. JUST WENT WITHOUT COAL POWER FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1880S
Coal plants by 2025 How to Hit the Brakes on Climate Change The U.K... READ MORE›
BRITAIN GOES A DAY WITHOUT BURNING COAL FOR ELECTRICITY
Coal-fired power generation contributes heavily to climate change burning coal produces twice as much carbon dioxide as burning natural gas... READ MORE›
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SWEDEN CRITICISES US CLIMATE STANCE AS IT REVEALS AMBITIOUS CARBON EMISSIONS LAW
The European Union as a whole has set a target of an 80-95 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050... READ MORE›
CHINA AIMS TO SPEND AT LEAST $360 BILLION ON RENEWABLE ENERGY BY 2020
China surpassed the United States a decade ago as the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gasses, and now discharges about twice as much... READ MORE›
TRUMPS EPA PICK REJECTS CLIMATE SCIENCE, FIGHTS FOR FOSSIL FUELS
Scott Pruitt, the Oklahoma attorney general, has spent six years waging war against the EPA's climate and clean air initiatives... READ MORE›
TRUMP MAY BE GOOD FOR OIL TROUBLE FORRENEWABLES
The president-elect has promised to promote oil, natural gas and coal aggressively, and pull back on Obama administration commitments to fighting climate change... READ MORE›
FOSSIL FUELS 'MUST GO BY 2100'
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says in a stark report that most of the world's electricity can... READ MORE›
COOPERATION AND CONFLICT ON MENU WHEN OBAMA AND XI JINPING MEET
Now, however, China appears poised to enact the same climate change policy that Mr. Obama failed to move through Congress... READ MORE›
FOSSIL FUEL DIVESTMENT FUNDS DOUBLE TO $5TN IN A YEAR
Institutions worth 2.6 trillion have now pulled investments out of fossil fuels... READ MORE›
RENEWABLES INVESTMENT IN UK WILL FALL 95% OVER NEXT THREE YEARS - STUDY
In contrast, public sector high carbon investment is rising, although slowly, the authors wrote... READ MORE›
A STORY OF HOPE THE GUARDIAN LAUNCHES PHASE II OF ITS CLIMATE CHANGE CAMPAIGN
So a major strand of our climate coverage up to Paris and beyond will be about climate change as a story of hope... READ MORE›
OBAMA'S CLEAN POWER PLAN HAILED AS US'S STRONGEST EVER CLIMATE ACTION
The final rules propose a 32 percent cut in carbon emissions from power plants by 2030 on 2005 levels, up from the initial proposal of 30 percent ... READ MORE›
G20 COUNTRIES PAY OVER $1,000 PER CITIZEN IN FOSSIL FUEL SUBSIDIES, SAYS IMF
G20 countries pay over 1,000 per citizen in fossil fuel subsidies, says IMF... READ MORE›
WORLD'S BIGGEST SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND DUMPS DOZENS OF COAL COMPANIES
And others have warned investors that action on climate change would leave many current fossil fuel assets worthless... READ MORE›
CHINA CALLS US 'SELFISH' AFTER TRUMP SEEKS TO BRING BACK COAL
Climate change China calls US 'selfish' after Trump seeks to bring back coal... READ MORE›
KEEP FOSSIL FUELS IN THE GROUND TO STOP CLIMATE CHANGE
I m not suggesting that the negotiators decided not to talk about fossil fuels, or signed a common accord to waste their lives... READ MORE›
COAL DOESN'T HELP THE POOR; IT MAKES THEM POORER
Delivering electricity to those in energy poverty is certainly important... READ MORE›
CLIMATE FIGHT WON'T WAIT FOR PARIS
Because the fossil fuel industry faces a closing pincers... READ MORE›
UK SPENT 300 TIMES MORE ON FOSSIL FUELS THAN CLEAN ENERGY DESPITE GREEN PLEDGE
UK government failed to keep its pledge to support clean energy over fossil fuels abroad... READ MORE›
STOP BURNING FOSSIL FUELS NOW: THERE IS NO CO2 'TECHNOFIX', SCIENTISTS WARN
In a thought experiment they tried another option the future dramatic removal of huge volumes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA'S LARGEST SOLAR FARM SET TO SPROUT IN A QUEENSLAND FIELD
That is equivalent to one fifth of the current total renewable energy target for the entire country in a single power station... READ MORE›
'CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL': COMPANIES CHALLENGE TRUMP'S REVERSAL OF POLICY
Trump, for his part, has called climate change a hoax ... READ MORE›
BURNING ALL FOSSIL FUELS WILL MELT ENTIRE ANTARCTIC ICE-SHEET, STUDY SHOWS
Burning all fossil fuels will melt entire Antarctic ice-sheet, study shows... READ MORE›
MARCH TEMPERATURE SMASHES 100-YEAR GLOBAL RECORD
This means that there is a high risk of record global temperatures over the next few months, Scaife said... READ MORE›
CHAMPIONING ENVIRONMENT FRANCIS TAKES AIM AT GLOBAL CAPITALISM
Francis' embrace of the issue of climate change, and his broader critique of global capitalism, stem from his signature economic concern eradicating poverty... READ MORE›
FOR TONY ABBOTT, IT'S FULL STEAM AHEAD ON COAL, 'THE FOUNDATION OF PROSPERITY'
Australia's insistence on locking itself into fossil fuels while distancing itself from ambitious efforts to combat climate change has not gone unnoticed overseas... READ MORE›
IS THIS THE BEGINNING OF THE END
Since the 1990s, coal use soared in tandem with the rapidly developing economies of Asia, chiefly China and to a lesser extent India... READ MORE›
WEAK SUN COULD OFFSET SOME GLOBAL WARMING IN EUROPE AND US STUDY
Regional impact of a weaker solar cycle likely to be larger than global effect, with only minimal impact on worldwide temperature rises caused by climate change... READ MORE›
EDITORIAL PRESIDENT OBAMAS TOUGH ACHIEVABLE CLIMATE PLAN
It imposes the first nationwide limits on carbon dioxide pollution from power plants the source of 31 percent of America's total greenhouse gas emissions... READ MORE›
OIL INDUSTRY KNEW OF 'SERIOUS' CLIMATE CONCERNS MORE THAN 45 YEARS AGO
Former US president Lyndon Johnson also received an early warning about climate change, with scientists explaining the mechanism of the greenhouse effect in 1965... READ MORE›
FOSSIL FUEL LOBBY GOES ON THE ATTACK AGAINST DIVESTMENT MOVEMENT
Yet the fossil fuel industry spent 670bn in 2013 exploring for more coal, oil and gas reserves that will be worthless if climate change is tackled... READ MORE›
ON THE BALLOT TWO CLASHING VISIONS OF HOW AMERICA WILL POWER ITS CARS HOMES
Critics have said Trump's plan to revive natural gas drilling would finish off the very coal industry he promises to restore, because the two fuels compete... READ MORE›