Energy
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Graham Readfearn: Religious leaders are taking on coal with polite letters and coal blockades and say they’re in it for the long haul in the name of climate change
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Scientists in the US have linked chemicals used to fracture shale rock with fertility and developmental problems
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People living near fracking operations should be monitored to assess the risk of chemicals to human health, say scientists
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MPs approve building of reactor despite opposition at home and EU calls for member states to curtail energy deals with Moscow
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Financial support for seismic surveys welcomed by oil industry but criticised by environmental campaigners
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How the country could look in six years’ time if spending cuts and austerity measures continue
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Finance Lawsuits, scams and whistleblowers: is the hunt for solar fraud bad politics or a good thing?
As clean energy cases hit the courts, investigations are underway – and not just from the usual suspects -
Chief executive says construction of UK’s first reactor in 20 years should begin early next year despite financial pressures
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Scores of lawsuits by sick workers uncover previously secret documents detailing campaign to undercut science and ‘protect member company interests’
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George Osborne says move shows commitment to jobs in the industry, but some experts say tax rates still much too high
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Martin Lukacs: Canada’s oil corporations have made a profitable mess of the country: it’s time to put them under public, democratic control
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Join our panel of experts from 2-3pm GMT on Tuesday 9 December to discuss how to help those who cannot afford to heat their home
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Australia heads to major climate negotiations in the wake of high level defence of its coal industry
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Last month, Denton, a college town not far from Dallas, voted to ban hydraulic fracturing – thanks in no small part to a dedicated band of mainly female activists. How did they manage to beat big oil? Suzanne Goldenberg reports
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German Federal Environment Agency chief and IEA director predict more firms to switch to renewable energy generation
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Ed Davey, energy secretary, plans to start talks next month to discuss the potential of the UK’s first lagoon power project
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Possible presidential candidate draws distinction with Barack Obama, who has trumpeted boom in gas and oil exploration
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WWF poll finds overwhelming support for RET, particularly in Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania, as senators consider deal
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Israel, Cyprus and Greece seek commission meeting to discuss massive pipeline project in politically sensitive waters
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Alexander Stubb, Finnish PM, rejects suggestions that by backing Rosatom’s involvement he is bowing to Moscow
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Encouraging oil and gas operators to find ways of reusing assets comes with its own challenges – economics being one of them, writes Maxine Perella
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Enquiry to assess chances of an economic crash if climate change rules render coal, oil and gas assets worthless
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As the UN climate talks open in Lima to agree on a draft text for a binding treaty in Paris in 2015, here is a timeline of world’s top 20 emitters of carbon dioxide since the dawn of industrialisation
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Germany utility firm to sell off most power generating units amid ‘dramatically altered global energy markets’
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With oil prices predicted to keep falling, the implications for consumers and the British economy are profound
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Historic innovations that have been adopted too hastily with grave unforeseen impacts provide cautionary examples for potential side effects of fracking, says report produced by government’s chief scientist Mark Walport
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Friends of the Earth says losses are result of uncertainty about the RET and calls on Labor to commit to reinstating a target for the state
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BusinessGreen: Clean energy produced more power in Scotland than nuclear, coal or gas for the first time, in first half of 2014 industry figures show
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Guardian Australia: Opposition says it will resume talks if the Coalition takes a ‘more credible’ approach but that no concessions have been made
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Researchers have created a mirror that not only reflects 97% of light but also radiates heat into the cold depths of the universe
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France has two months to justify ‘environmental deterioration’ involved in the Sivens dam project
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EPA says crackdown on mercury could save 11,000 lives but court will consider whether implementation costs should have been weighed
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Delay to measures phasing out energy-guzzling halogen bulbs risks €8.6bn of energy savings being lost, efficiency groups warn
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Political obstacles to deal set to increase in January, after which Democratic leadership will be unable to halt new sanctions vote
Nuclear power keeps the corporates in charge. No wonder it's conservatives' preferred solution to climate change