Obama plan to reduce pollution will allow some states to increase emissions

Barack Obama's new power plant rules will still allow some states to increase their share of the carbon pollution that causes climate change, officials admitted for the first time on Wednesday.

OPEC Loses Price Power as Saudis Take Control

OPEC isn’t moving oil markets like it used to. As Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter, has acted with more independence and crude prices stabilized, the group’s gatherings in Vienna to discuss output have lost potency.

World not moving fast enough on renewable energy, says IEA

The world is not moving fast enough on investment in low carbon energy to tackle climate change, new research from the International Energy Agency has found.

Britain's solar boom seen even bigger this year

(Reuters) - Britain's growth in solar capacity could be greater this year than last as firms snap up government subsidies for new large plants before they come to an end, said Foresight Group, a major British asset manager investing in the solar sector.

US unveils sharp curbs on coal power plants

The Obama administration has proposed strong new rules targeting coal-burning power plants in an effort to curb global warming.

Shale and non-Russian gas imports at heart of new EU energy strategy

Europe will need to tap more diverse sources of gas and develop more supplies of controversial shale gas within the continent, amid concerns over the Ukraine crisis, according to a new energy security strategy unveiled by the European commission on Wednesday.

Ukraine makes part payment on Russian gas debt

Ukraine has paid part of its gas debt to Russia after talks between both sides and the European Union, says EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger.