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The United Kingdom's government has come under fire from fracking opponents after releasing measures that could fast-track shale gas projects. Under these measures, explorers could drill test sites without first applying...

New Zealand's prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, set a goal of zero carbon emissions by 2050 — and she's taking action now. This week, she said the country will no longer grant new offshore oil and gas exploration permits,...

Dozens of cities and towns in Japan have quietly shifted from traditional utility-based grid power system to a more local, resilient model of generating and storing energy where it is used. After significant damage caused...

President Donald Trump doesn't usually mention solar power, unless it's talk of covering his beloved border wall in solar panels. But his Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced a huge investment in concentrated solar...

Talk by Prof Roger Pielke Jr. at the GWPF, London 20 July 2017 Filed under: Climate News Tagged: Climate Politics, Energy Policy

South Korea currently obtains around 30 percent of its energy from nuclear power, but with the election of a new president the country seems ready to shift away from that energy source to something a bit safer...

With bitter battles over the confirmations of Scott Pruitt as Environmental Protection Agency administrator or Jeff Sessions as Attorney General, perhaps it shouldn't come as a surprise the Senate confirmed the slightly less...

As divided as Americans are, there is at least one issue on which they can agree. 87% of Americans believe that renewable energy is an important part of their country’s future, while 74% of Americans support a policy of...

Spirit of america / Shutterstock.com As part of a broad-ranging effort to cut carbon emissions over the course of his second term, President Obama is set to announce a plan today for federal agencies to triple their use of...

"Get rid of all the green crap" David Cameron has told his aides. According to today's Sun, at any rate. I'm sure Lynton Crosby will be delighted – even if Downing Street has subsequently issued a careful statement...

Just how stupid does Lynton Crosby think we are? Very, very, VERY stupid, I'm guessing. And perhaps he's right. As part of his ongoing campaign to make the Conservatives more electable, he's inviting us to experience the...

So you're a Tory backbench MP and you chose your career path not for the money (well not unless you're, say, Tim Yeo) but for the cause. You believe in free markets, personal responsibility, rewards for hard work, lower taxes,...

Guest post by Mike Jonas From the UK’s BBC comes this news item: Trillion-euro shortfall facing EU energy sector – Lords Committee Under the obligatory photo of chimneys spewing steam, is a totally uncritical...

  My original headline for this piece was I. BLOODY. TOLD. YOU. SO! but I'll save that for another occasion. All I wanted to note, really, was that these last few days the argument appears to have been going very much...

Photo by Shutterstock By now, most of America has started to shake the Election Night hangover. While it was the wee hours of the morning before President Obama delivered his victory speech, many other victories were won...