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COAL RETURNS AS FLASHPOINT IN GLOBAL CLIMATE-CHANGE FIGHT
Coal emerged as the surprise winner from two weeks of international climate talks in Germany, with leaders of the host country and neighboring Poland joini... READ MORE›
WORLD VOWS TO STICK TO GLOBAL CLIMATE DEAL DESPITE US PULLOUT
The Bonn meeting was under the shadow of Trump's decision in June to withdraw from the Paris accord and instead promote the coal and oil industry... READ MORE›
'POLITICAL WATERSHED' AS 19 COUNTRIES PLEDGE TO PHASE OUT COAL
A new alliance of 19 nations committed to quickly phasing out coal has been launched at the UN climate summit in Bonn, Germany... READ MORE›
POPE REBUKES CLIMATE DENIERS AS 'PERVERSE' IN BONN MESSAGE
Francis issued a message to the Bonn meeting, which is working to implement the 2015 Paris accord aimed at capping global emissions... READ MORE›
CHINA'S CARBON MARKET READY - BUT WAITING
There were 87 low carbon provinces and cities, 51 low carbon industrial parks and 400 low carbon communities in China which will peak sooner, he said... READ MORE›
'A STEP BACK': EMISSIONS RISE AS WORLD ECONOMY GATHERS PACE
Carbon emissions will rise 2 per cent in 2017 to almost 37 billion tonnes as the world economy heads for 3.6 per cent annual growth... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP CANNOT HALT US CLIMATE PROGRESS, FORMER OBAMA ADVISER SAYS
Paul Bodnar believes US president has ability to hamper progress towards a lower carbon economy - but that market forces will ultimately stop him... READ MORE›
MICHAEL BLOOMBERGS WAR ON COAL GOES GLOBAL WITH $50M FUND
The money will support grassroots campaigns, research on the health impacts of coal and legal action against coal plants that are breaking pollution rules... READ MORE›
UN WARNS OF CATASTROPHIC MASS FAMINE IN YEMEN
The money will support grassroots campaigns, research on the health impacts of coal and legal action against coal plants that are breaking pollution rules... READ MORE›
NATURAL GAS EMISSIONS WILL BLOW EUROPE'S CARBON BUDGET AT CURRENT LEVELS
Extracting and burning natural gas produces substantial quantities of methane and carbon dioxide which warm the climate in different ways, Broderick said... READ MORE›
NATURAL GAS EMISSIONS WILL BLOW EUROPE'S CARBON BUDGET AT CURRENT LEVELS
Extracting and burning natural gas produces substantial quantities of methane and carbon dioxide which warm the climate in different ways, Broderick said... READ MORE›
NATURAL GAS EMISSIONS WILL BLOW EUROPE'S CARBON BUDGET AT CURRENT LEVELS
Extracting and burning natural gas produces substantial quantities of methane and carbon dioxide which warm the climate in different ways, Broderick said... READ MORE›
NATURAL GAS EMISSIONS WILL BLOW EUROPE'S CARBON BUDGET AT CURRENT LEVELS
Extracting and burning natural gas produces substantial quantities of methane and carbon dioxide which warm the climate in different ways, Broderick said... READ MORE›
NEW DATA GIVES HOPE FOR MEETING THE PARIS CLIMATE TARGETS
When the global economy has been strong, we've consumed more energy, which has translated into burning more fossil fuels and releasing more carbon pollution... READ MORE›
SOUTH KOREA SURVEY BACKS RESTARTING CONSTRUCTION OF TWO NUCLEAR REACTORS
The suspension was one of President Moon Jae-in's key campaign pledges to allay public worry over nuclear power... READ MORE›
EPA CHIEF SCOTT PRUITT DECLARES OBAMA'S 'WAR ON COAL IS OVER' AS TRUMP CAMP DUMPS CLEAN POWER PLAN
EPA chief Scott Pruitt declares Obama's 'war on coal is over' as Trump camp dumps Clean Power Plan... READ MORE›
'THE WAR ON COAL IS OVER'
For Pruitt, getting rid of the Clean Power Plan will mark the culmination of a long fight he began as the elected attorney general of Oklahoma... READ MORE›
MEGA-BATTERY PLANT TO COME ONLINE IN SHEFFIELD
Facility run by E.ON, to be followed by many more, will help UK grid cope with fast-growing amount of renewable energy... READ MORE›
TRUMP MAY HAVE FOUND PATHS TO SAVE COAL AND HOBBLE CLEAN ENERGY
One to prop up large traditional power plants and a second to impose tariffs on solar panels... READ MORE›
BRITAIN FACES HUGE COSTS TO AVOID POWER SHORTAGES WITH ELECTRIC CAR PLAN
The cost of Hinkley Point C alone, the only nuclear power station now under construction in Britain, is estimated at 19.6 billion pounds... READ MORE›
FACTBOX SHENHUA AND GUODIAN - CHINAS LATEST STATE MARRIAGE
It will also be the largest wind power developer in the world with 33 gigawatts of capacity and the biggest coal producer... READ MORE›
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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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
EU ENERGY COMPANIES PLEDGE NO NEW PLANTS FROM 2020
Europe will have to phase out all of its coal plants by 2030 or else vastly overshoot its Paris climate pledges, climate experts say... 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›
TRUMP SAYS ENERGY REGULATIONS ARE HURTING ECONOMIC GROWTH. THE EVIDENCE SAYS OTHERWISE.
The assumption they are making is that economic growth depends upon increasing carbon emissions... 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›
GLOBAL CARBON INTENSITY FALLS AS COAL USE DECLINES
The result was just 0.1 percent lower than the previous year, but it occurred against the background of healthy growth, which usually spurs carbon emissions growth... 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›
ENERGY MINISTER TO BE GIVEN MORE CONTROL IN STATE'S $500M PLAN TO SECURE FUTURE
Photo SA wants to secure its own interests, say Energy Minister Tom Koutsantonis and Premier Jay Weatherill... 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›
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›
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›
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›
EXPLOSION AT EDF'S FLAMANVILLE NUCLEAR PLANT IN NORTHERN FRANCE
Nuclear power provides four-fifths of France's electricity generation, but much of the country's ageing nuclear fleet is expected to close in the 2030s... READ MORE›
COAL DOESN'T HELP THE POOR; IT MAKES THEM POORER
Delivering electricity to those in energy poverty is certainly important... 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›
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›
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›
'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›
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›