The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office is urging Congress to make coal mining companies pay for environmental clean-up and reduce the risk to taxpayers
A major oil spill in the region would have covered up to 750km of beaches and disrupted whale migration, reveal government documents BP tried to suppress
Friends of the Earth has warned it will take the oil giant to court unless it overhauls its business plan in line with international climate goals
Companies owned by WV governor exploited a supposedly temporary status to defer environmental clean up and leave miners in limbo, in some cases for decades
Across the country, mining land has been reclaimed at low cost, leaving communities with few alternatives to rebuild their economies
Regulators have almost wiped out risky practice since 2015-16 wave of bankruptcies, but some coal companies still insure themselves
The number of mine site inspections is falling and proposed budget cuts at the federal regulator will further erode oversight, a former top official warns
The Reclaiming Coal investigation involved six months of crunching data from state and federal agencies, coupled with travel across the country
The French president announced extra finance to help developing countries adopt clean energy at the International Solar Alliance launch in New Delhi
Brexit-bound UK won big concessions for power stations that burn wood, while new research claims the technology will undermine carbon cuts for half a century
An election policy from the state opposition would provide a boost to rooftop solar and see more clean energy shipped to the mainland
India and France are leading a push to roll out solar power, with an event next month to focus on water pumps, affordable finance and mini-grids
The Balearic Islands government is setting out to prove the holiday destination can run on cheap, clean electricity with a proposed climate law
Energy leaders in Davos were critical of trade intervention the US solar industry said could cause 23,000 job losses
The world’s largest lithium ion battery has brought much needed flexibility to the grid, encouraging other states to follow suit
While any move away from fossil fuels is welcome, we need to think bigger about what resilience could mean for Puerto Rico
All of our data on the US coal industry’s reclamation bonds, compiled nationally and published here for the first time
Schemes that favour coal companies in Appalachia have left a national shortfall experts said was ‘one of the biggest public failures that has gone under the radar’
For centuries, notions of abundant coal have fed China’s sense of its place among the great nations of the world. Now it is being asked to give it up
The falling cost of solar power and batteries is having a “significant impact” on the coal sector, says national mining company in Coal Vision 2030 consultation
The London-based bank plans to co-finance Nghi Son 2 power plant, which NGOs say uses dirty old technology, against company and OECD guidelines
As the economy surged in 2017, experts are divided over whether emissions stayed flat. It could mean pollution has peaked more than a decade earlier than expected
The European Investment Bank approved a €1.5 billion loan to the Trans Adriatic Pipeline last week. This is why it matters
Freight company Aurizon has withdrawn its application for a federal loan to build a rail line to link proposed coal mines with ports on the coast
Wind and solar power are 40% cheaper than new coal generation today, analysis of government data shows
Choosing your power source should come down science and economics, but as the UK’s Hinkley saga shows it’s also a deeply political game
Planned celebrations by the nuclear industry were cancelled last week following the shock decision to put the world’s largest electricity project on hold
Industry poll shows that backing from the UK government is seen as a beacon of hope for a new breed of small nuclear reactors
Despite a record-breaking year of global nuclear construction in 2015, a report by the industry recognises that it still faces unresolved problems and uncertainties
NEWS: Nuclear companies meet to discuss licensing the controversial modular reactors set to cost billions of dollars and be built near towns
BLOG: 2011 disaster survivors urge UK to ditch atomic plans: “Don’t consider Fukushima as something that could never never happen to you. It could.”
NEWS: Consignment from Japan to the US highlights hidden cost and security risk of growing nuclear waste stockpile
As the world looks to the EU for leadership on climate, eastern states are diluting laws supposed to guide Europe toward its carbon reduction targets
All five leading candidates in France’s presidential election have made prominent energy efficiency pledges, now UK Labour have followed suit
“We are broadly in the right starting position to keep warming below 2C,” but most models require carbon capture to meet the Paris goal, researchers say
Greenhouse gas emissions need to fall a further 25% from projected levels in 2030 to meet 2C global warming limit, says report
Once regarded as a joke, the electric car sector is growing fast with some predicting it could take a 35% share of car sales by 2035 – bad news for oil majors
Major development bank is prioritising clean energy as economic crisis limits resources
Energy experts say global investment patterns show a spectacular shift, with renewables on the rise and support for fossil fuels in sharp decline
Low oil prices “considerably” hinder transition to greener energy, say IIASA and World Bank analysts, while sustained high prices would give a boost