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Clocking off: Can Wales’ steel heartland survive in a greener world?
LONG READ: A world of zero emissions signals huge upheavals for heavy industry. How might Britain’s last steel town fare later this century?
Is Brussels killing the Paris climate dream?
COMMENT: EU plans lock in weak ambition to 2030, undermining the review mechanism it fought for in December’s UN agreement
Reviving Hercules: Can carbon capture give British industry a future?
LONG READ: Megan Darby travels to Teesside, where locals hope a surge in green investment can save the region’s ailing industrial base
Yvo de Boer: Paris was a small step for mankind, a giant leap for man
COMMENT: Climate summit’s achievements were modest, but political writing is now on the wall writes former UN climate chief
Uruguay pushes 100% renewables, just don’t mention the cows
NEWS: South America’s clean energy poster child is skewering its fossil fuel use, but reducing emissions from its meat industry is tough
Apple launches $1.5bn green bond
NEWS: Technology giant is raising finance for renewable energy, greener materials and efficiency
Why the Paris climate deal doesn’t depend on the US
BLOG: With or without Washington, governments in developing countries are already taking steps to slash emissions and clean up their economies
Will US supreme court judge death save climate plan?
CRIB NOTES 15-19 FEB: Game on for Clean Power Plan, top climate scientists gather in DC, air pollution linked to 5.5 million deaths a year
BP admits it has repeatedly underestimated renewables
ANALYSIS: Oil major revises up forecast for solar, wind and hydro power by its biggest margin yet in 2016 annual energy outlook
Obama outlines ‘climate-smart economy’ vision in final budget
NEWS: US president plans to channel billions into clean energy, resilience and climate aid – if the Republican-dominated Congress will let him
US military to war game climate change threats
NEWS: Directive from Pentagon calls for climate focus at all levels of armed forces; urging commanders to prepare troops for operations in extreme conditions
No monkeying around: China state control threatens climate agenda
ANALYSIS: Beijing’s bold economic reform plans could speed emissions cuts – but can they coexist with a crackdown on free speech?
Leaky carbon markets cast shadow over EU steel says lobbyist
INTERVIEW: Pay-to-pollute rules in some countries, but not in others are ‘worst possible solution’, says industry head
Oil majors prepare for profit bloodbath
CRIB NOTES 1-5 FEB: BP and Shell results due, Tubiana named a champion, Bloomberg predict $12.5 trillion needed to back Paris, UN to debate loss and damage
As memory of Chernobyl, Fukushima fades, activists renew nuclear warning
BLOG: 2011 disaster survivors urge UK to ditch atomic plans: “Don’t consider Fukushima as something that could never never happen to you. It could.”
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
Australia, Japan, US coal burners face ‘utility death spiral’
NEWS: Old power generators are losing market share to wind and solar, say Oxford University analysts, in environmental risk report for investors
UK top 10 climate claims, unpicked
ANALYSIS: Energy and climate chief Amber Rudd is on the defensive after an influential business lobby criticised government policy. We look at the facts
India, France switch on global solar alliance
NEWS: Modi and Hollande inaugurate New Delhi HQ of 122-strong coalition following announcement at Paris climate summit
Vietnam to phase out coal, invest in gas and renewables
NEWS: Prime minister says government will review plans for new coal power plants, indicating country could shift towards lower emission gas and renewables