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The seven men who will decide US role in Paris climate deal
Donald Trump’s most powerful advisors are set to debate whether the US stays in the UN climate pact. Here’s what we know about their positions
Brazilian MPs bid to cut protections for one million hectares of forest
As deforestation spirals out of control, bills to be voted on by Congress would roll back protections on area of forest the size of Jamaica
EPA boss: US should exit Paris climate agreement
“It’s a bad deal for America,” said Scott Pruitt, adding he had told counterparts in Germany and Canada that he would not risk the US economy to comply with Paris
Supreme Court loss creates new problem for Adani’s Australian mine
Indian ruling means Adani will be unable to manipulate price of coal overseas then seek escalations in cost of power back home
Indian power minister celebrates record low solar price
French company breaks new ground in affordable solar, but Piyush Goyal tells parliament coal will “remain our mainstay”
Balkans are gambling on coal as EU utilities opt out
Eurelectric members have pledged to build no new coal power stations from 2020. So why do firms in Serbia and Bosnia still think they can make coal pay?
Azerbaijan president: gas pipeline to EU will not be stopped
Environmental protests against the $46bn Southern Gas Corridor are baseless, says Ilham Aliyev, who expects to begin exporting gas through the pipeline by 2018
G7 fails to agree Paris climate statement as US turns spoiler
All G7 nations, except the US, expressed support for the Paris climate accord, but the Trump administration did back an end to fossil fuel subsidies
Indonesia calls EU palm oil fuel ban ‘discriminatory’, ‘protectionist’
Indonesia’s foreign ministry has slammed the EU’s proposed ban on palm oil in biofuels
Dutch coal plant lost €800m in value last year
Power stations opened in 2015 are losing value fast, amid falling EU electricity demand and surging renewable generation
After floods, Peru has an opportunity to rebuild smarter
Facing an enormous clean-up job, Peru must think about a future where flood like those in March become ever more common
UK is in no position to lecture Saudis on oil dependence
PM Theresa May has offered to help wean Saudi Arabia off oil, but her government’s subsidies to North Sea producers are a poor model for the Middle East petrostate
Mumbai highway project threatens new air pollution crisis
Sea breezes have protected Mumbai from air pollution, but a new coastal road will send exhaust fumes from 200,000 cars each day drifting across the city
Green Climate Fund ‘a laughing stock’, say poor countries
It was hydropower dams in, community drought readiness out, amid rich-poor tensions at the UN’s flagship climate finance scheme
To save communities from rising seas, we must open our ears
As modernity creeps into Tanna, Vanuatu, climate change is just one of many new challenges. We cannot fight the former without understanding the whole
Adani coal would not cut emissions – IEA expert
Australian ministers claim Carmichael mine would send cleaner coal to India than imports from elsewhere. This is false, says analyst from major global agency
GOP climate rebels emerge from the shadows
Seventeen Republican House members have broken with their president and publicly urged Congress to act on climate change. More are expected to join them
German coal plants burn on as EU carbon price stagnates
EU emissions trading data show €5 a tonne of carbon dioxide is not enough to drive dirty brown coal off the system
Indian court awards legal rights of a person to entire ecosystem
An Indian state has awarded full legal status to an entire ecosystem. But can such a right be protected?
Brazil halves environment budget amid rising Amazon deforestation
In a bid to contain a growing budget deficit, the government has slashed the funding to enforce forest protection laws