Clean Power Plan

Leading sustainability executives urge governments to ratify Paris Agreement as soon as possible to stimulate clean growth and unleash low-carbon market opportunity

Report find investors are pouring $8.9bn into US shale sector, but warns fragile state of the industry means some of this investment could be at risk

Surprise ruling forces EPA to halt work on landmark regulations to curb emissions from US power sector

Senators are scrambling to rescue the wide-ranging energy bill, as President Obama unveils new fuel tax and green transportation plan

Efforts to delay enforcement of Obama's flagship emission reduction plan blocked by federal appeals court as legal challenge rumbles on

Latest Thomson Reuters report suggests EU emissions trading reform is finally taking effect, while Obama's Clean Power Plan could pave the way for surge in US carbon markets

Senators demand Congressional vote on any UN climate deal and threaten to block $3bn in climate aid

New official figures show wind power alone contributed over 40 per cent of new capacity in the first nine months of the year

Analysts predict 59GW of new wind capacity in 2015, as Clean Power Plan raises hopes of clean energy surge in America

Obama's Clean Power Plan has been made law via a new rule in the federal register, sparking a flood of legal challenges from coal-dependent states