Full Coverage: Energy

05.11.2009 G20 governments must end their perverse fossil-fuel subsidies, which contribute directly to climate change, cost hundreds of billions of dollars each year, and create artificial barriers to sustainable development, urges the Green Economy Coalition.

05.11.2009 Plans to expand carbon markets at UN climate talks this December could trigger a second 'sub-prime' style financial collapse and fail to protect the world from global warming catastrophe, warns a new report.

05.11.2009 Major dams need not spell disaster for the communities they displace, according to research published today that spells out the need for benefits to be shared over decades and not just a few years.

03.11.2009 Certifying palm oil is not a solution to the environmental damage and human rights violations caused by oil palm plantations, an international environmental group said at a meeting of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil in Malaysia.

29.10.2009 If just one of the subsidies for nuclear power were to be withdrawn, the price of electricity from new nuclear power stations would rise to about 41 US cents per kWh, a level that would make it deeply unattractive to investors, says a new report.

27.10.2009 Kayapó Indians are to hold a protest against a huge hydro-electric dam planned for Brazil’s Xingu River, one of the Amazon’s main tributaries.

26.10.2009 Lasting respite seems to have returned to Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta with the declaration of an "indefinite ceasefire" by the main militant group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta.

19.10.2009 Climate Camp protesters at Ratcliffe have a clear message. No more coal. Does this attribute of simplicity compromise the bigger picture of developing countries which lack electricity?

12.10.2009 Defying its image of big oil, Texas is fast attracting businesses at the cutting edge of wind technology. If Texas goes low carbon, there is no excuse for any of us.

05.10.2009 The International Monetary Fund should withdraw its plan for a multi-million-dollar loan to Angola unless there are "stringent conditions" that require the opening up of the country's oil industry to public scrutiny, an anti-corruption watchdog said ahead of the IMF's annual meeting in Turkey.

02.09.2009 The UN has told Peru’s government it should not allow oil and gas drilling on indigenous peoples’ land without their "informed consent".

01.09.2009 Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband welcomes 10:10, a new campaign to cut carbon emissions by 10 per cent in 2010 - of which our sister site, OneClimate, is proud to be a member, alongside Spurs football club, the Coop, the Science Museum, 10 hospitals, 10 schools, 10 universities, 10 local councils, Antony Gormley, Ken Livingstone, ActionAid, Shami Chakrabati, the Bishop of London, Honeybuns Bakery, many more celebs and 60 other organisations.
+ Launch of 10:10 campaign
+ Spurs take on the challenge
+ Carbon cutting campaign launches
+ Guardian launches campaign

23.08.2009 A new Christian Aid report keeps the biofuel debate on the boil with the suggestion that jatropha should be grown as an energy source for the poor.

23.08.2009 Indian environmentalists borrow the photo-opportunity tactics of western campaign groups in a drive for renewable energy legislation. InfoChange

17.08.2009 This story encapsulates the energy-technology-climate debate across the developing world. The Indian government has great plans for renewable energy but is confused about paying for it. Guardian

02.08.2009 Encouraging news of plans for the biggest windfarm in Africa which could provide a quarter of Kenya's installed capacity - and perhaps inspire other countries. Guardian

19.07.2009 An unusual Twitter campaign to persuade the Nigerian government to remedy the lack of electricity. Global Dashboard

29.06.2009 This discussion illustrates the difficulties faced by African governments in raising funds for desperately needed power generation. Zambian Economist

25.06.2009 Joe Berlinger describes making Crude as “heartbreaking and inspiring”. That will surely also be the verdict of most viewers.

09.03.2009 The French company tipped to transform Peru’s economy is having its income from oil revenues frozen in neighbouring Ecuador, it has been announced.