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China's coal use falls for first time this century, analysis suggests

22 Oct 2014: Drop of 1-2% in amount of coal burned offers ‘a window of opportunity’ to bring climate change under control, say Greenpeace energy analysts
Take it from us in India: the world needs renewables, not more Australian exported coal

22 Oct 2014: Debi Goenka: Carmichael’s coal will be exported to India from Queensland. But India’s clean energy industry is already booming – we don’t need your coal
US greenhouse gas emissions rise despite Obama's new climate change push

21 Oct 2014: Federal agency finds that emissions increased during 2014 polar vortex, raising questions about US’s targeted 2020 cuts
The indigenous land rights ruling that could transform Canada

21 Oct 2014: Martin Lukacs: Indigenous rights offer a path to a radically more just and sustainable country – which is why the Canadian government is bent on eliminating them
Former Environment Agency head to lead industry-funded fracking task force

21 Oct 2014: Lord Chris Smith will lead a new ‘independent’ task force, funded by shale gas companies, to look into the risks and benefits of fracking in the UK
Russia prepares for ice-cold war with show of military force in the Arctic

21 Oct 2014: Vladimir Putin sends troops and jets to oil- and gas-rich region also coveted by Canada, United States, Norway and Denmark
Siding Spring observatory under threat from coal seam gas light pollution

21 Oct 2014: Astronomers warn light pollution from planned Santos coal seam gas developments in NSW may force Australia’s top observatory to close
Divest MPs' pension fund from fossil fuels, says Caroline Lucas

21 Oct 2014: Green party MP calls on parliament to pull money out of gas, coal and oil investments
Didcot B power plant blaze stokes blackout fears

20 Oct 2014: Lights will not go out this winter, insists energy department, after fire leaves part of Oxfordshire power station non-operational
While Didcot B burned, renewable energy powered on

20 Oct 2014: Damian Carrington: Fire at Oxfordshire power station is a reminder of the energy security risks of centralised fossil fuel power and that all energy sources suffer from intermittency
Fossil fuel divestment: climate change activists take aim at Australia's banks

18 Oct 2014: A ‘national day of divestment’ will see more than 1,000 bank customers switch their accounts away from the big four banks
Fossil fuel divestments are putting the Abbott government on notice

17 Oct 2014: Christine Milne: ANU’s decision to end investment in fossil fuels is democracy up against crony capitalism
ANU fossil fuel divestment furore proves movement is no sideshow

17 Oct 2014: Guardian Australia: That the university’s investment decision escalated so quickly into a national issue has fossil fuel companies worried
Pacific Islanders blockade Newcastle coal port to protest rising sea levels

17 Oct 2014: Pacific Climate Warriors’ group aims to draw attention to climate change and protest Australia’s commitment to coal
'Pacific Climate Warriors' blockade Newcastle harbour – in pictures

17 Oct 2014: Guardian Australia: Protesters from 12 Pacific nations launch kayaks and other vessels into coal port’s harbour to highlight their concern about climate change