Solar farms 'will not spread unrestricted across British countryside'

Solar farms must not spread unrestricted across the British countryside and become as controversial as onshore wind turbines, a minister warned on Friday. Instead, solar panels will be rolled out on millions of homes, businesses, schools and government buildings, said energy and climate change minister Greg Barker.

EU backs compromise on plane CO2 emissions

The EU will not levy a carbon emission tax on airlines when their planes are outside European airspace, the European Parliament has decided.

Anadarko Pays Billions in Settling Toxins Case

HOUSTON — A giant Texas oil company, Anadarko Petroleum, has agreed to pay $5.1 billion for a vast environmental cleanup, a sum the Justice Department said was the largest it had ever won in such a case.

Clegg blocks Cameron's plan for windfarm cap

Nick Clegg has blocked a proposal by David Cameron to restrict the construction of onshore windfarms, a Liberal Democrat source has said.

BP to close Australia refinery due to Asian competition

Oil giant BP says it will cease production at its Bulwer Island refinery in Brisbane, Australia, by 2015.

Gazprom hikes Ukraine gas price by a third

The Russian energy company, Gazprom has raised the price it charges Ukraine for gas by more than a third. The company's chief executive Alexei Miller says the change was because Kiev has failed to pay its bills.

Spain's oil deposits and fracking sites trigger energy gold rush

Spain is already the world's largest olive oil producer but now it's looking to a very different kind of oil to pull it out of economic decline: petroleum.