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Donald Trump wasn’t exaggerating when he said during his election campaign that the U.S. could “cancel” the Paris Accord on climate change. A decision due...

Exxon and Conoco reiterate support for Paris climate deal.

President Donald Trump faces some unlikely opposition to the idea of pulling the U.S. out of the 2015 Paris climate accord: Exxon Mobil Corp....

Don’t compare Trump’s Paris decision to Nicaragua’s — they’ve embraced renewable energy.

A gasoline nozzle on a fuel pump in Managua City, Nicaragua, on July 8, 2015. (Susana Gonzalez/Bloomberg News)News broke Wednesday that President Trump is...

Cheaper solar in India prompts rethink for coal projects.

India’s coal-power plant developers are growing more pessimistic about their projects after a plunge in the cost of electricity from solar panels improved the economics...

Copenhagen cycle jams tackled with electronic information panels.

Denmark Danish capital last year saw more bicycles enter city than cars, with almost half of residents cycling to work or school <!--><!--><!--><!--> Copenhagen now plays host...

The world's coral reefs are in trouble, but don't give up on them yet.

The world’s coral reefs are undoubtedly in deep trouble. But as we and our colleagues argue in a review published today in Nature, we...

Survival of coral reefs requires radical rethink of what conservation means, say scientists.

Coral Reef conservation must not be an attempt to restore reefs of the past, but to identify the parts essential to their continued existence, and...

Ending land clearing would compete with renewables for carbon abatement, analysis finds.

Environment RepuTex says ceasing all land clearing by 2030 would save between 300m and 650m tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions <!--><!--><!--><!--> The Wilderness Society says the...

Thoughts on power markets? Executives have a few.

(Left to right) Electric markets are stirring considerable debate among key players in the power sector, including Tom Fanning, CEO of Southern Co.; Pat...

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