Energy
EU-US trade pact would spur fracking in Europe, report warns
Transatlantic trade pact could boost shale gas industry by allowing companies to avoid courts and planning laws
Tokyo to reach CO2 targets without its carbon trading scheme
City meets goals mainly as result of increased energy efficiency drive after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster
Norway’s oil fund set to drive surge in clean energy investments
Prime Minister hints renewable energy projects around world could be major beneficiaries of new rules
Shell warns global climate deal will affect profits
Annual report for 2013 says investment needed in technologies to reduce company’s carbon emissions
Germany’s carbon targets in doubt as emissions rise in 2013
New lignite-fired power stations prompt rise in Germany’s CO2 emissions, tarnishing the country’s green revolution
Europe’s banks in $1-tril risk from ‘carbon bubble’: report
Two new studies highlight the supposed risks of long-term investment in fossil fuels
Russia-Ukraine tension could be catalyst for EU 2030 targets
Tension with gas supplier Russia to spur push for domestic energy, but not only renewables would benefit
Ukraine crisis highlights EU’s fragile energy supply lines
Europe urged to invest in renewables to avoid being held to ransom by Russia over gas flow
Keystone XL White House protests end with 398 arrests
Final decision from President Obama expected in summer as battle over tar sands pipeline heats up
Denmark to push for 30% EU renewables target
New energy and climate minister Rasmus Helveg Petersen he is focused on EU agreeing tougher goals at March summit
US coal lobby cranks up opposition to Obama carbon cuts
US lawmakers prepare latest salvo against administration’s moves to tightly regulate coal
EU energy utilities ‘risk demise’ by ignoring renewables revolution
Cash-strapped companies that built too many coal and gas plants are lobbying strongly against tough EU targets
Are investors the key to protecting the Arctic?
New Share Action and Greenpeace campaign highlights risks oil and gas companies face in drilling at the North Pole
EPA chief says new US carbon standards will be ‘tough but flexible’
Gina McCarthy says Administration is committed to more pollution cuts despite recent Supreme Court challenge
Japan continues to fund coal despite increasing US pressure
Japan’s role as world’s biggest funder of coal since 2007 dents US-led efforts to curb finance for the fossil fuel
Growth in solar reshaping world’s renewables market say E&Y
Ernst and Young league table says Germany, UK, US become less attractive for new investment in renewables
Shell’s Arctic oil plans face shareholder scrutiny
Greenpeace and Share Action group lead calls for oil giant’s new boss to examine economic case for Chukchi Sea drilling
Wind farms remain ‘highly efficient’ for 25 years
New research allays investors fears that wind farms become less productive and need replacing frequently
Biomass could provide 44% of UK energy by 2050 – study
New research shows that Britain is wasting an opportunity to generate homegrown renewable energy from biomass
Renewables revolution in China within reach, says WWF
Report says China could slash energy-related CO2 emissions 90% from business-as-usual with tough, but achievable new polices