World's leading economies still paying trillions in subsidies despite pledges to phase them out, new figures show

EPA chief: 2007 supreme court ruling allows ambitious greenhouse gas target

Heads of 10 groups, including National Trust, Greenpeace and RSPB, call the cutting or watering-down of 10 key environmental policies woeful and shocking

World Bank's climate change envoy: 'We need to wean ourselves off coal'

France wants to see serious progress by October on text for a new deal on global warming, says Laurence Tubiana

Environment Agency says it lacks necessary expertise and resources to investigate oil firm over 2006 toxic waste dump in Ivory Coast

Joint letter by 24 scientific, medical and engineering bodies say mitigation will also bring economic and health benefits

Powered by the sun, this low cost three-bedroom house is the first in the country to produce and sell more energy than it uses

But king coal won't be dislodged just yet despite shale bounty and Obama's clean energy climate policies

Unusually high winds allowed Denmark to meet all of its electricity needs - with plenty to spare for Germany, Norway and Sweden too