USA

Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary to visit Beijing for formal talks on accelerating climate action and phasing out coal power

The US renewables sector reaches a new milestone, China announces major new clean energy plans, and the EU proposes more flexibility for auto emissions targets

Plus hydrogen storage boost for Sweden's HYBRIT green steel project, hundreds fired at US climate science body NOAA, and French insect protein start-up Ÿnsect files for insolvency

A growing need for rare minerals is bolstering the case for more circular business models

Banks are losing their 'training wheels' on climate - Here's how to tell who is still pedalling toward net zero

Demand for plastic building materials is projected to almost double by 2050, surpassing plastic demand for packaging

New President signs wave of executive orders confirming US will quit international climate agreements and roll back restrictions on fossil fuel development

Climate fuelled disasters over the past 12 months have resulted in America's most costly stretch of extreme weather in 90 years, new figures claim

President-elect promises to sign wave of executive orders 'within hours' of today's inauguration, with the Paris Agreement and restrictions on oil and gas drilling in the firing line

Fracking firm CEO Chris Wright has been nominated to lead the US Department of Energy, and his climate sceptic views do not augur well, writes Andrew Warren