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Complete set of Grand Inga dams on the Congo River would generate a massive 40,000MW of electricityThe dream of harnessing the mighty Congo River with the world's largest set of dams has moved closer, with the World Bank...

Despite billions in profits, the problem of poverty remains largely unresolved in one of the world's least developed countriesFélicité sees nothing unreasonable about her demands...

New dress code issued to government employees as country endures blackouts of up 20 hours a day amid 40C temperaturesPakistan has told its civil servants not to wear socks as the country turns off air-conditioners amid soaring...

Prof James Hansen rebukes oil firms and Canadian government over stance on exploiting fossil fuel, which he says would make climate problem unsolvableMajor international oil companies are buying off governments, according...

US National Strategy for the Arctic Region prioritises corporate 'economic opportunities' at the expense of everyone elseOne week ago, the Obama administration launched its National Strategy for the Arctic Region, outlining...

Visual essays by Franke James reveal how the 'troublesome artist' was targeted because her views on climate change clashed with the push to develop Alberta's tar sands• Franke James' art – in picturesCanada, under the...

Authorities push forward plans for 314 metre-high dam on Dadu river which would affect rare plants and fishChinese environmental authorities have approved construction plans for what could become the world's tallest dam,...

Stephen Harper's administration has increased spend from $9m to $16.5m in the last yearThe Canadian government has nearly doubled its advertising spending to promote the Alberta tar sands in an aggressive new lobbying push...

Leaked papers show UK rejects proposal to classify oil from tar sands as highly polluting, a label that would deter EU countries from importing itBritain has given its clearest signal yet that it wants to allow European countries...

Shale oil has rapidly boosted oil production in the US, presaging a revolution in oil to mirror that in gas productionDeveloping countries have overtaken the industrialised world for the first time in their thirst for oil,...

More than 83,000 hunting birds are killed by windfarms each year but no wind energy company has been finedThe Obama administration has never fined or prosecuted a windfarm for killing eagles and other protected bird species,...

City councils and local activists have stymied shale gas mining in New York, and could prove an example for others to followReaders of the New York Daily News were treated to a little unsolicited advice from Ed Rendell recently...

EBRD chief Riccardo Puliti warns Europe not to be hasty in adopting 'ideological' policy on carbon intensity fundingOne of Europe's most influential government-owned investors in the energy industry has hinted it may expand...

The only way forward is back: to retrace our steps and seek to return atmospheric concentrations to around 350ppmThe data go back 800,000 years: that's the age of the oldest fossil air bubbles extracted from Dome C, an ice-bound...

Company will drill almost two miles underwater in Gulf of Mexico as part of next generation of deep-water developmentsRoyal Dutch Shell is pressing ahead with the world's deepest offshore oil and gas production facility by...