Megan Darby
Megan Darby is the editor of Climate Home News. She previously wrote about UK energy and water industries for leading sector publication Utility Week. She holds a Mathematics degree from Newcastle University.
Reader survey: Obama’s greatest climate impact was in China
Email subscribers and twitter followers were most positive about President Obama’s impact on the world stage
Global clean energy investments fell in 2016: BNEF
China cut back on renewable power subsidies to focus on grid upgrades, say analysts, driving a global slump
China emerges as green reformer in vast petrol tax study
Beijing is quietly hiking fuel taxes, finds comprehensive study, but oil-rich countries are *increasing* subsidies for motorists
Weekly wrap: China cements low carbon plans
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China to invest $361bn in clean power by 2020
Five-year plan sets country on path to get 15% of its energy from non-fossil sources by the end of the decade
Is Germany’s renewable power boom stalling?
Analysis of 2016 data by leading solar research institute shows no growth in electricity from renewable sources
Climate kids call on Rex Tillerson to testify in court
Plaintiffs in lawsuit against oil majors and the US government want Exxon chief-turned-secretary of state to give evidence the day before Donald Trump’s inauguration
What Exxon’s 2017 energy outlook tells us about Rex Tillerson
Whether or not he wants it to, Donald Trump’s pick for US secretary of state expects the Paris climate deal to fail
Dirtier than tar sands: California’s crude oil secret
Lawyers are gearing up for a courtroom battle over some of the most carbon intensive supplies in the world
Laurence Tubiana to head European Climate Foundation
French climate envoy has been appointed to lead fund that supports multiple green NGOs and think-tanks
EU member states split on carbon market ambition
Spain, Italy and Eastern European countries resisted reforms to boost the flagging carbon price at a ministerial meeting on Monday
Crib notes: China smashes 2016 carbon intensity goal
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Weekly wrap: Bloomberg sets the clean business agenda
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Green Climate Fund misses 2016 target as US donation in doubt
Board celebrates approval of projects worth $1.3bn at meeting in Samoa, but falls short of $2.5bn goal and delays key policy decisions
Peruvian climate lawsuit against German coal giant dismissed
Claimant living under the threat of flooding from melting glaciers is likely to appeal to a higher German court, says lawyer
EU to cancel 1bn pollution permits in market reforms
Latest tweak to flagship climate policy will send a bullish signal to the market, say analysts, but a surplus of carbon allowances remains
Brazil set for ‘environmental civil war’, warns minister
Jose Sarney Filho is at loggerheads with the rural lobby in Congress over a bill to tear up environmental protections
Spain’s hidden €1bn subsidy to coal, gas power plants
Support to polluting plants may breach EU state aid rules, warns think-tank IEEFA
Poland green bond issue will not fund coal, says official
Investors are sceptical about Warsaw bid to finance renewables, given its coal-heavy energy policy
Methane surge has climate scientists worried
Farming is in the frame as methane levels in the air grow at the highest rate in 20 years, jeopardising international climate targets