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TransCanada sues Obama over Keystone XL block
NEWS: Tar sands company seeks US$15 billion damages for ‘arbitrary and unjustified’ decision to reject Canada-US oil pipeline
Oil lobby prepares to sway US presidential race
NEWS: American Petroleum Institute chief Jack Gerard backs ‘voter education campaign’ that emphasises role of fossil fuels, slashing clean energy regulations
Drought is killing millions of trees in California
NEWS: California’s drought has already imperilled many of its trees, and within 80 years climate change could destroy the evergreen forests of the entire US southwest
California massive methane leak by numbers
BLOG: A bust SoCal well in Aliso Canyon is spewing natural gas into the air, in the biggest point source of pollution in the state
US government sues Volkswagen over emissions cheating allegations
NEWS: Carmaker faces potential fines of US$90 billion for manipulating tests, under civil case brought by Justice Department
Obama urged to block future Arctic oil drilling
NEWS: Five-year offshore oil plan set for approval later this year, which a future president would find hard to overturn
Republican candidate ‘would pull US out of Paris climate deal’
NEWS: Senator Ted Cruz dismisses science, while poll shows a majority of Republican voters back cooperation to tackle global warming
US primed to deliver first $500m to Green Climate Fund
NEWS: Budget bill agreed by Congress opens door for funds to help world’s poorest cope with future climate impacts and invest in clean energy
Paris agreement ‘does not need Senate approval’ say officials
NEWS: State Department confident loose legal language and lack of tough compliance mechanism will ensure Republicans cannot block UN deal
China rescues US from Paris climate deal ‘typo’ fiasco
EXCLUSIVE: The US panicked at the inclusion of a legally binding term in historic UN climate change pact, prompting last minute huddles
Canada joins ‘climate ambition coalition’, but questions persist
COMMENT: While rebranding by the Liberal government is attracting positive news coverage, substantive policy change remain in order to make good the rhetoric
Gina McCarthy: US climate plan will stand test of time
VIDEO: American people back flagship clean power plan despite lawsuits and Republican assaults, says Barack Obama’s top environmental regulator
US to double climate adaptation finance by 2020 – Kerry
NEWS: Secretary of state announces funds to protect world’s poor from global warming impacts will rise to $800 million, as part of ‘high ambition coalition’ at COP21 negotiations
Paris climate talks: What do the last 3 days have in store?
ANALYSIS: Oil producers, forest nations, high-tech trading centres, low lying and desert countries all have distinct interests to protect. This is where it gets serious.
Exxon put on mock trial in Paris for ‘climate crimes’
BLOG: Oil major not found guilty – nor innocent – of deliberately denying global warming as celebrity judges leave audience to make up their own minds
Soft power: Check out the Paris climate summit national pavilions
VIDEO: Over 190 countries are in Paris to save the world from dangerous global warming. But they’re also here to show off their latest gizmos and cut some juicy deals
COP21: Slow progress ‘frustrating’ says UN climate official
NEWS: World leaders are gone, but old divisions remain as countries battle to agree on draft text ahead of Saturday deadline
Obama offers vulnerable nations $30m for climate risk insurance
NEWS: Small island leaders cautiously welcome US move to shield them from threat of rising seas, but say more is needed in a Paris deal
Canada says it’s ‘back’ on climate. But is it?
PARIS BLOG: Ottawa’s opening press conference offers a picture of optimism and hope, but its position on the Kyoto Protocol and weak climate goal remains
COP21: What do countries want from a Paris climate deal?
ANALYSIS: China, the EU, US, small island states and the least developed countries outline what they want to see in a proposed global agreement