Energy

Electric cars are widely seen as a wonderful idea for the future, but too expensive and impractical for now. It’s time to bust some of the myths that are preventing their widespread rollout, [...]

A social enterprise is transforming human waste into a clean, affordable fuel in Kenya. It smells like the future, discovers Oliver Balch

New York City mayor Bill de Blasio announces that the city will divest from fossil fuels and has filed a lawsuit against five major fossil fuel companies, including BP and Royal Dutch Shell, for [...]

Community groups will be supported to take over solar farms by a new partnership between independent trust Power to Change and social investment company Big Society Capital

Running local energy production co-operatively is empowering communities in more ways than one

Plunging solar and wind prices have led to the brokering of new green power deals, from India to Mexico. Martin Wright gets energised about renewables

Is our fossil fuel fixation about to end? We dive into the data to take the temperature of renewable energy worldwide

The country, traditionally a strong supporter of coal and nuclear, could switch to natural gas and renewables

Favourable weather conditions during a spell one day last week helped the UK’s renewable energy sector set a new record for sustainable power production

In a shock vote, shareholders of ExxonMobil, the world’s largest oil company, have voted to force the firm to be more open about the impact of climate change on its business

There are now more than 9.8m jobs in renewable energy in the world, and the number of posts in the sector could climb to 24m by 2030, finds a new report

Women often benefit most from internet access but millions of homes lack reliable power. We meet those leapfrogging into the digital age thanks to clean energy

Friday was set to become the UK’s first working day without coal power generation since the Industrial Revolution. Recent months have seen some notable green energy advances around the world. [...]

A Belgian TV station has added green energy updates to its regular weather reports in a bid to raise awareness about renewable power

The UK generated more electricity from wind than from coal in 2016, new analysis by fact-checking organisation Carbon Brief suggests

As fossil fuel diehards take over the White House, the evidence of a fast-moving global energy transition has never been clearer, says clean energy pioneer Jeremy Leggett

The global divestment campaign, urging people to move their money out of oil, coal and gas companies, has gained momentum. Here are some key figures

We revisit the divestment movement. What progress has been made?

Germany becomes latest country to take steps towards banning fracking due to environmental concerns

President Obama’s ban on oil and gas drilling on the Atlantic coast is part of a wider shift away from fossil fuels, signalling strong action on climate action, according to campaigners