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As Germany's economy minister, Philipp Rösler, arrives in Athens to drum up investment, Greece is hoping solar energy can help it out of its debt crisisGermany's economy minister, Philipp Rösler, arrived in Athens on Thursday...

Exclusive: Record rise, despite recession, means 2C target almost out of reachGreenhouse gas emissions increased by a record amount last year, to the highest carbon output in history, putting hopes of holding global warming...

Opec oil producers look at pumping more to European refineries as Libyan rebels claim to have seized oilfields and terminalsSaudi Arabia has opened emergency talks with European refinery groups, promising that, together with...

Subsidies for green companies aimed at creating 5,000 jobsPresident Barack Obama, under pressure to stimulate job growth, said yesterday that two solar energy companies will get nearly $2bn (£1.35bn) in US loan guarantees...

The peak oil debate has always been about reserves and costs. But it's clean, green technologies that now spell oil's demiseIt's now a truism – among oil companies, and governments alike – that even in an age when we...

We rely globally on over-complex, over-strained systems. Act now, or wait for the much more brutal corrective of natureMan proposes; nature disposes. We are seldom more vulnerable than when we feel insulated. The miracle...

Cut in greenhouse gas emissions provides countries with a unique chance to switch to less carbon-intensive energy sources, says International Energy AgencyMan-made greenhouse gas emissions will drop 3% in 2009 largely because...

Consumption exceeds Earth's annual 'biocapacity' today amid warnings of dependence on overseas food and energy

Britain is ideally placed to lead the world on renewable energy. But a free market lacks the nerve to avert climate change crisis

If the news that for the first time more than a billion people are classified as chronically hungry doesn't completely kill your appetite for eating out, there is a way to assuage the guilt

Renewable energy will never take off as long as the industry is dominated by European utilities

British market could boom with introduction of guaranteed, above-market price for electricity fed into grid

New figures provide a fascinating insight into how we consume power - and how much of it we have left

Collapse of Australian-based infrastructure giant Babcock & Brown means 77% share in the Aguçadoura wave plant is now up for sale