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US green groups: Paris is not Kyoto mark two
NEWS: After courtroom setback for Obama’s signature climate initiative, NGOs say there is still momentum behind clean energy shift
Supreme Court scotches US high climate ambition claims
ANALYSIS: A decision to stall President Obama’s flagship Clean Power Plan undermines US standing on global warming abroad
US scientists eye Route 66 of clean energy
NEWS: Interstate energy “highways” would send wind and solar-generated electricity to where and when it’s needed throughout America
Low prices raise concerns for China carbon market
ANALYSIS: Seven pilot schemes are swamped with pollution permits, analysts say, boding ill for national roll-out of mammoth climate policy
Top lobbyist says coal needs its own ‘Mission Innovation’
INTERVIEW: Despite climate concerns, hundreds of coal plants are being built worldwide. The World Coal Association argues governments should stump up for cleaner technology
9 reasons to be cheerful about global climate action
ANALYSIS: Amid smashed temperature records, China emissions are falling, renewables are rising and consultancies are advising clients to start divesting fossil fuels
Shareholder activists target ExxonMobil on 2C climate risk
NEWS: New York state and the Church of England lead push for US oil giant to reveal how shift to low carbon energy hits its business
From Abu Dhabi to Davos, climate change tops agenda
CRIB NOTES 18-24 Jan: IRENA summit touts renewable future, Taiwan gets first woman president, global elites head to World Economic Forum
US boom boosts global carbon markets in 2015
NEWS: Global volume of carbon credits shrinks but ‘boom time’ in California, Quebec and North West US sees overall value leap 9%
US climate policies boosted economy $2.2 billion in 2013
NEWS: It’s not just the planet that benefits from reductions in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that intensify global warming, says new study
Obama to spotlight climate legacy in final State of Union
CRIB NOTES: US president looks forward not back; Trump slams EU plane fine, Snow business in Swiss ski industry
Weekly wrap: Saudi reforms as fossils feel the pressure
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US hit by multiple billion-dollar weather disasters in 2015
NEWS: Costly floods and droughts roiled states in 2nd hottest and 3rd wettest year on record, says NOAA
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
Oxfam: ‘Unprecedented’ humanitarian crisis unfolding in Africa
NEWS: Aid agency says increased funding essential to provide drought victims with food, water as impacts linked to El Nino and climate change start to bite
2015: The year in extreme weather
BLOG: Meteorological madness from extreme heat to cyclones and wildfires has marked the year, in a taste of global warming impacts
Investors pressure mining giants to phase out coal
NEWS: Funds worth US$4 trillion are calling on Anglo American, Glencore and Rio Tinto to assess their exposure to climate risk
LA to Lloyds rubber-stamp Paris climate deal
NEWS: 400 businesses to 150 cities and regions kick off batch of pledges vowing to implement newly-struck global warming accord
Carbon markets grow, but global price is out of reach
ANALYSIS: A global carbon price is out of reach, but governments meeting in Paris can promote linking of national carbon markets
Meet the climate sceptics: Heartland punks COP21 in Paris
VIDEO: Infamous sceptical think tank on man-made global warming holds private bash at Paris hotel to ‘examine the data’ of mainstream science