Nuclear giant invests in solar thermal energy

Friends of the Earth’s biofuels campaigner Kenneth Richter argues that biofuel targets are a distraction from tried-and-tested ways of reducing transport emissions

US President demonstrates faith in climate change research

Resolution follows similar decision by Shell shareholders last month

Researchers use salicornia plants in carbon-negative process to grow biofuels

$50bn over 10 years to be ploughed into solar and wind installations

Measures needed to ensure cars do not charge from fossil fuel-powered grid

And reaches outside the US for the first time

Reports claim energy giant is expecting to raise more than $1bn in Hong Kong flotation

Early end for Low Carbon Buildings Programme leaves micro-renewables firms to cope for a month without subsidies ahead of feed in tariff launch