Aid is dead: Akon sets out the case for lighting up Africa through business
The US-Senegalese rapper best known for filling dancefloors answers your questions about electricity, music and his love of the continent 5.01pm GMTThat’s all we’ve got time for i’m afraid, but here’s...
View ArticleSecret trade talks could weaken climate targets set in Paris, warn campaigners
Rival international negotiations in Geneva could outlaw subsidies for solar or wind power in ‘great climate change swindle’Secret trade talks in Geneva could outlaw subsidies for renewable energy,...
View ArticleOnly strong policies can deliver a world free of fossil fuels | Angus MacNeil
Britian needs a clear and consistent approach to meet its Paris climate pledge - and that means embracing clean energy, says Energy and Climate Change Committee chair, Angus MacNeilOil tankers take a...
View ArticleChinese solar firm says policy instability holding back Australian investment
Hareon Solar executive says firm is considering a billion dollar investment in large scale solar within a year but policy stability, not subsidies, is neededChinese firm Hareon Solar is “actively”...
View ArticleThe Tea Party leader taking a stand for solar energy: 'I will do what's right'
Debbie Dooley is a self-described ‘crusader’ for solar power in Florida, where she is up against major public power utilities. But she has already won a similar battle in Georgia, and she says her...
View ArticleMeet the Tea Party Patriot who champions solar energy – video
Debbie Dooley is an original founder of the Tea Party Patriots who also happens to be an environmentalist. In her quest to bring a new solar initiative into law in Florida, Dooley tries to convince...
View ArticleNuclear is not the answer to the climate crisis | Letters
Contrary to the article by James Hansen, Kerry Emanuel, Ken Caldeira and Tom Wigley (Nuclear power paves the only viable path forward on climate change, 3 December), many scientists around the world...
View ArticleAfrica plans renewable energy drive that could make continent world's cleanest
Regional leaders get behind initiative to accelerate solar, hydro, wind and geothermal energy production, to reduce reliance on coal and cut emissions An Africa-wide mega-scale initiative backed by all...
View ArticleHeavily polluting 'diesel farms' to make millions from subsidies, IPPR warns
Thinktank criticises subsidy cuts for clean renewable energy while state aids profits for ‘dirtiest form of energy generation available’Owners of heavily polluting diesel generators stand to make...
View ArticleSmall is beautiful: the community solar projects taking on big energy
A brewery, a bowling club and a library join forces with a new type of energy supplier to save money and become more sustainable What do Sydney’s Young Henrys brewery, Shoalhaven Heads’ Bowling and...
View ArticleAustralia ranked third-last in climate change performance of 58 countries
2016 Climate Change Performance Index released at Paris climate summit, day after Julie Bishop said Australia was meeting and beating its climate targetsAustralia has come third last in an annual...
View ArticleAmerican Electric Power quits Alec as it helps states move to clean power
One of largest US electricity utilities decides not to renew membership of rightwing organisation that has consistently blocked climate actionAmerican Electric Power (AEP), one of the largest...
View ArticleBritain can’t preach on climate change while it dismantles its green economy...
David Cameron’s call for action at the Paris summit rings hollow when every step he’s taken on low-carbon energy has been backwardsRule one of diplomacy is, walk your talk: otherwise people stop...
View Article£352bn investors' coalition launched to push for clean energy
Insurance firm Aviva and major funds in the UK, Norway and France join forces to put pressure on big corporations to clean up their electricity sources A new £352bn coalition of investors including...
View ArticleAnger over threat of VAT hike on renewable energy
Critics including Greenpeace UK say proposals affecting solar panels and wind turbines make a mockery of David Cameron’s claims to climate leadershipThe government has shocked the renewable energy...
View ArticleUK has 'lost world climate leadership role' by axing domestic green policies
Leading scientists and former ministers say the country has undermined its record as a world leader on climate change and is ‘moving backwards’The UK has given up its leadership role at the UN climate...
View ArticleWind energy is a key climate change solution | John Abraham
To curb climate risks, we must cut emissions and deploy low-carbon energy sources like windWhen we think about climate change, it’s easy to focus on reducing emissions in order to maintain a healthy...
View ArticleFrom Peckham to Brooklyn: the projects bringing together communities – in...
We asked readers to send us pictures of the community projects at the heart of their neighbourhoods via GuardianWitness. Here is a selection of the best, from the world’s smallest solar powered cinema...
View ArticleTo destroy human civilisation we just need to continue with business as usual...
China’s strategy for dealing with air pollution is a cosmetic exercise cynically timed to coincide with the Paris summit on climate change (Airpocalypse now: factories and schools in Beijing shut by...
View ArticleMajor banks put up nearly €1bn for controversial Balkan dams, says report
Multilateral development banks are funding a roll out of hydropower projects in national parks, world heritage sites and conservation zones across the BalkansInternational banks have ploughed hundreds...
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