USA

The Supreme Court's decision to stay the Clean Power Plan while legal action is heard is less than ideal, but it will barely make a dent in US clean energy investment

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

White House aims to increase US investment in clean-energy research to $13bn, but budget needs approval from Republican-controlled Congress

Major energy reform bill promising new energy efficiency and grid upgrade programmes under threat, as Democrats seek aid package for Flint crisis

UK-based environmental consultancy acquires Mosaic Sustainability, making it eight acquisitions in less than three years

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

China installed 15GW of solar capacity in 2015 as part of major renewables deployment surge

Despite plummeting fuel prices US Navy formally launches warships powered partly by biofuels

New business alliance say the EU-US trade deal would undermine environmental regulations as well as democracy

Administration backs up State of the Union commitment to climate action with fresh proposals to limit fossil fuel development