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• Is it time for councils to buy back control of the energy grid?

  22 Oct 2014: Brits oppose energy developments, while Germans welcome new plants because they know they bring local benefits. It’s time to learn from our neighbours, says Kate Henderson

• Weak EU 2030 climate deal risks nearly a million jobs, warn unions

  22 Oct 2014: Leader of European Trade Union Confederation joins major brands, including Philips and Shell, calling for ambitious climate and energy package to create jobs and support businesses

• Labor rejects Abbott government's first attempt at renewable energy deal

  22 Oct 2014: Opposition and industry groups immediately reject ‘phoney’ opening offer as negotiations start on renewable energy target

• 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

• Are solar farms really hitting British food production?

  21 Oct 2014: Environment secretary Liz Truss has cut solar farm’s subsidies saying they harm food production, but most UK solar farms successfully produce food as well. Karl Mathiesen investigates

• Climate Change Authority to conduct second renewable energy target review

  21 Oct 2014: Review to be conducted before December as Coalition attempts to broker deal on winding back of renewable energy target

• 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

• Hinkley Point C subsidy scheme being investigated by National Audit Office

  16 Oct 2014: Watchdog checking whether guaranteed prices of £92 per MW/hour for planned nuclear plant represents ‘value for money’

• Owen Paterson: fracking would be boon for poorest parts of the UK

  16 Oct 2014: Former environment secretary’s comments ‘a reminder of just how out of touch the Tories are’, says Labour

• Ed Davey: compromise possible on EU energy efficiency target

  16 Oct 2014: ‘No red lines’ on goal of improving energy efficiency 30% by 2030, says UK’s energy and climate secretary

• First US public offering of solar bonds: can crowdfunding take clean energy to the next level?

  15 Oct 2014: SolarCity just changed the way solar projects will be financed. Will retail investors give solar a boost?

• Fracking boom will not tackle global warming, analysis warns

  15 Oct 2014: Nature paper shows abundant gas would squeeze out renewable energy and likely increase overall carbon emissions

• Hawaiian mission to Mars will explore the furthest frontiers of sustainability

  Guardian Professional, 15 Oct 2014: Six people are entering a geodesic dome in Hawaii for eight months to simulate a mission to Mars and push the boundaries of sustainability

• Poo power: turning human waste into clean energy in Kenya's slums

  Guardian Professional, 15 Oct 2014: Bio-centres turning human waste into electricity prove that faeces is the ultimate source of renewable energy, writes Frederika Whitehead

• Ed Davey, secretary of state for energy and climate change – live chat

  14 Oct 2014: This is your chance to ask the energy secretary anything. Join Ed Davey MP live online from 10.30-11.30am BST on Wednesday 22 October

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