Australia's Pollution Level Seen Rising Beyond Abbott's Target

Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions are likely to rise in the next 15 years, missing by a wide margin a target proposed for United Nations talks on global warming, a team of researchers said.

China and India call on rich countries to step up climate change efforts

China and India, the world’s first and third biggest greenhouse gas emitters, projected a united front on climate change on Friday with a rare joint statement that asked rich countries to step up efforts to reduce global carbon emissions.

Power storage group Alevo plan 1bn US battery plant

Could a long-vacant cigarette factory in North Carolina build the rechargeable battery that will unlock the future of the clean energy economy?

EU energy and climate talks – not Juncker – are the real show in Brussels

Drivers through the European quarter in central Brussels on Friday got a shock as giant banners were unfurled in front of the EU buildings showing political leaders speeding off the edge of a cliff.

Pope Francis urged to back fossil fuel divestment campaign

Religious groups have urged Pope Francis to back a campaign to encourage millions of people, organisations and investors to pull their money out of the fossil fuel industry.

European parliament votes for stronger climate targets

The European parliament voted on Wednesday to require member states to meet binding national targets on renewable energy, energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions.

Cut carbon emissions by 40% in 16 years, Ed Davey tells EU

Ed Davey, the energy secretary, has called on EU heads of state to endorse a target to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by 2030, but reject a specific binding renewables target.

Wind power was Spain's top source of electricity in 2013

Remarkable new figures from Spain's grid operator have revealed that greenhouse gas emissions from the country's power sector are likely to have fallen 23.1% last year, as power generation from wind farms and hydroelectric plants soared.

UK opposition to new EU green energy targets could risk 'half a million jobs'

Over half a million new jobs over the next two decades could be at risk from the UK's opposition to new EU targets for green energy, according to a leaked official report from the European commission.

Forests could face threat from biomass power 'gold rush'

Britain's new generation of biomass power stations will have to source millions of tonnes of wood from thousands of miles away if they are to operate near to their full capacity, raising questions about the claims made for the sustainability of the new technology.

US supreme court to hear challenge to EPA climate change regulation

In a blow to the Obama administration, the US supreme court on Tuesday agreed to hear a challenge to part of the US Environmental Protection Agency's first wave of regulations aimed at tackling climate change.

I don't want UK to be at forefront of tackling climate change, says Osborne

George Osborne has said he does not want Britain to be a world-leader in fighting climate change because the UK should not price itself out of international energy markets by placing too heavy an environmental burden on suppliers.

Fracking splits public opinion down the middle, poll finds

The site in west Sussex that has become the intense focus of the UK's fracking protests may never become a site of fossil fuel production, the company involved admitted on Tuesday night.

Europe Rejects Bid to Raise Cost of Carbon Emissions

LONDON — The European Parliament narrowly rejected an effort to raise companies’ costs of emitting greenhouse gases, a potential death blow to Europe’s world-leading effort to combat climate change.

China energy consumption rises 3.9% in 2012

BEIJING: Energy consumption by China, the world's leading emitter of C02, rose 3.9 per cent in 2012 from the previous year but fell by 3.6 per cent per unit of gross domestic product, the government said.

Gas fracking: Ministers approve shale gas extraction

The government has given the go-ahead for a firm to resume the controversial technique known as fracking to exploit gas in Lancashire.

China's emissions expected to rise until 2030, despite ambitious green policies

China's position on its rising greenhouse gas emissions may seem contradictory. While the country flaunts ambitious green-tech investments and energy consumption targets, its officials continue to prioritise GDP growth over many environmental concerns.

Time is running out: the Doha climate talks must put an end to excuses

Last month was the 333rd consecutive month that global temperatures were above the 20th century average, and 2012 will almost certainly be the hottest ever recorded in the US.

Mitt Romney champions coal – but Americans turned on by natural gas

Mitt Romney hit the campaign trail in Ohio and Virginia this week accusing Barack Obama of waging war on coal.