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Sue Roaf writes that evacuation plans for Hinkley Point would have to involve at least a million people; while Diarmuid Foley says that, in the modern world, the route to weapons-grade material is not taken through the civilian...

Global firms are investing in startups threatening to shake up motoring because they know self-driving cars are the future

Campaigners hail a symbolic shift away from fossil fuels, but others see move as more style than substance

Libya | Education and memory | Maths and cake tins | Hinkley Point | Favourite toys | Double bass playersSo even the US president criticises Cameron over the disastrous war against Libya (Report, 12 March)...

Fossil fuel industry must show it is a ‘force for good’ in face of campaign to blacklist polluting assets, Ali Al-Naimi tells oilmen. Climate Home reports

The government’s plan to ban public bodies from boycotting companies they deem unethical is a step backwards when ethical considerations in procurement and commissioning are needed more than ever (Boycotts are vital to...

Developers have abandoned their original goal of building the world’s first zero-carbon city in the UAE desert. With completion originally scheduled for this year, just how much of the once-revolutionary vision has actually...

Desert complex will provide electricity for over 1 million people when complete, helping African country to supply most of its energy from renewables by 2030

Hassan Rouhani charmed his way around Europe, but Iran is still fuelling the war in SyriaPresident Hassan Rouhani’s whirlwind visit to Europe last week was an indication both of how eager Iran is to shed its pariah status...

Members of the National Council of Resistance of Iran demonstrate in Paris on Wednesday before the arrival of the Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani. Rouhani’s visit to France is the first by an Iranian president in more...

With oil at below $30 a barrel, countries such as Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iran and Kuwait are looking to curb fossil fuel use at home to maximise export profits

The economic implications of the tumbling cost of crude are momentous but mixed. For the environment, though, it should at least mean that more fossil fuels stay in the groundA decade ago, British civil servants were packed...

In an unprecedented year for the oil business, each of the major producers has its own problems. How will they react?

No explanation given as inauguration of the Noor-1 plant – the first part of a massive new complex – in Ouarzazate is unexpectedly called off

One of the world’s largest oil producers is getting in the way of a deal and making implausible objections, say delegates and campaigners