Barack Obama

President-elect reiterates commitments to increase clean tech investment and engage in UN climate change negotiations

Appeals board withholds permit for new coal-fired power plant in Utah, raising prospect of future curbs on new coal plants under Clean Air Act

Four leading industry groups team up to call for urgent action to bolster renewables sector

Senior advisor hints at early action from Obama White House to deliver federal climate policy

Trade union group to call on government to ramp up support for clean tech or risk losing jobs and competitiveness to US and Europe

Former vice president and potential climate change ambassador calls for national smart grid and renewables targets to underpin climate policy

Senior figure in transition team hints that any last gasp attempt by Bush administration to open up more land for oil drilling will be reversed by Obama White House

Rumours circulating that Governor Schwarzenegger could be offered energy secretary post in Obama administration

BusinessGreen.com asks the great and the good of the US cleantech sector what they are hoping to see from the Obama White House

Californian voters reject plans for renewable energy targets, but approve proposals for high speed rail network