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The government of Canada has announced that it is to accelerate its investments in clean energy.
Gloucester Cathedral has become one of the oldest cathedrals in the world to have solar panels.
Founded in 1977, and based in Douarnenez, SOBAD Marine supplies fuel each day to ships up and down the French coastline. Total is there alongside its Breton partner to provide fishermen — and more recently, recreational boaters — with a wide array of services in addition to the sale of fuel.
Oil firms are under pressure to show some sort of response to the challenge of a lower carbon world and to de-risk their legacy operations.
John Kerry has said that the majority of U.S. citizens wish to keep the commitments their country has made to fight climate change.
One project is looking to develop technology to permanently store CO2 in rocks.
Major businesses and investors have called on President-elect Donald Trump to "strongly support" and stick with low-carbon policies.
The world's reliance on fossil fuels is far from over, despite investments in renewables and international climate deals, the IEA said.
One of the world's most ambitious tidal energy projects has started to generate power for the first time.
Alaska Airlines has broken new ground this week with one of its commercial flights using renewable fuel made from "forest residuals."
Climate change is fueling increasingly intense and damaging storms in Australia, according to a new report.
2016 is "very likely" to be the hottest year on record, according to new research by the weather agency of the United Nations.
Trump's election could end the U.S. leadership role in the international fight against global warming.
The President-elect's attitudes on climate change, global warming and the environment are being examined in minute detail.
Babyloan and Total have teamed up on the very first microcredit crowdfunding platform specializing in access to energy. The partnership will give the public a way to fund energy access projects and make it easier for microbusinesses in the energy sector to get microloans.
A start-up is turning to moss to give air quality – and the lives of millions of city dwellers – a boost.
Sustainable Energy takes a look at some of the world's biggest power plants - all of them hydroelectric.
Danish energy group DONG Energy plans to quit the oil and gas business to focus solely on offshore wind power.
Researchers have come up with a process that turns carbon dioxide into ethanol, or alcohol.
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