Cancelled Teck oil sands project underscores global climate-energy policy tension
The project is the latest casualty in oil-producing nations with robust environmental movements agitating to end fossil-fuel development
Senegal opens West Africa's first big wind farm in push for renewables
With the wind farm, Senegal will get 30% of its energy from clean sources, in a push to cut its dependence on fossil fuels
Colombian armed forces to form special unit to protect national parks
The unit will step up operations against illegal armed groups who burn vegetation to plant coca, the defense minister says
OPINION: In 2020, the power of people must defeat failing politics on climate change
It’s time to reject political leaders who offer gradual steps when what we need is transformation
Greenpeace asks Norway's supreme court to rule on Arctic oil
If the supreme court takes up the case, the decision is likely to determine whether oil firms can search for hydrocarbons off northern Norway
Ex-Facebook exec starts group to help employees push companies on climate
ClimateVoice will seek to organize and amplify climate activism among tech employees to push executives to lobby on behalf of legislative efforts around climate, says founder
Climate change gets first mention in G20 finance communique of Trump era
The U.S. blocked including climate change on a list of downside risks to global growth, but ultimately agreed on a reference to work examining the implications of climate change for financial stability
Climate change gets first mention in G20 finance communique of Trump era - sources
U.S. officials have resisted naming climate change as an economic risk since Trump was elected in 2016. One of his first acts in office was to withdraw from the Paris accord
Australia's bushfire-stricken state pays tribute to 25 victims
The bushfires, which lasted from September until torrential rains hit earlier this month, killed 33 people and a billion native animals nationally and destroyed 2,500 homes and a wilderness area the size of South Korea
U.S. blocking G20 mention of climate change in draft communique - sources
Finance ministers and central bankers of the world's 20 biggest economies are discussing top global economic challenges on Saturday and Sunday in Riyadh