Energy
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Global clean energy employment rose 5% in 2015, figures showMore than 8 million people were employed worldwide in the renewable energy sector last year as rapidly falling costs drove growth in the industry
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Universities of Newcastle and Southampton join fossil fuel divestment pushBusinessGreen: Newcastle University latest to announce it will pursue investment decisions that are compatible with its sustainability values
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La Trobe becomes Australia's first university to commit to fossil-fuel divestmentStudent and staff campaigners and activist group 350.org welcome university’s plan to completely divest from fossil fuels over the next five years
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NSW last in class on Climate Council report card for renewable energy useSouth Australia and the Australian Capital Territory take the green podium for their efforts and policies pushing renewable energy targets
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No deadline set for final decision on Hinkley nuclear plantEnergy minister tells MPs that no time limit has been set for EDF to make a final investment decision on the much-delayed nuclear plant
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'Riding roughshod over democracy': residents on fracking in North YorkshireDespite thousands of objections shale gas tests in Kirby Misperton were approved on Monday. Locals living in the area tell us their concerns
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From the favelas: the rise of rooftop solar projects in BrazilNew regulations open up an unexplored market for solar in heavily populated areas such as favelas, led by co-operatives, social startups and small businesses
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UK renewables cuts 'risk slowing shift to clean energy'Push for nuclear and gas over renewables could be more costly in the long term, warns Achim Steiner
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Protesters urge North Yorkshire councillors to vote against frackingA vote allowing Third Energy to frack for shale gas could pave way for technique to be used across England, critics say
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Club owned by Shell tries to block local hydropower schemePrivate club owned by oil giant appealing against judicial review defeat in favour of co-operative renewable energy scheme at Teddington Lock
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Green really is the new black as Big Oil gets a taste for renewablesShell, Total, Statoil, even Exxon - they’re all at it. But are the recent moves into solar and wind power lip service, fashion, or a real shift away from fossil fuels?
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Protesting to #Breakfree of fossil fuels – in picturesFrom 3-15 May, thousands of young people around the world took part in civil disobedience on six continents, calling for oil, coal and gas to be kept in the ground
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Hitachi heads up new bid to build nuclear plant in WalesJapanese company and US construction group Bechtel offer rival proposal to French firm EDF’s plans for Hinkley Point C reactor
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Fracking investors losing patience with planning delays, says industry bossHead of Cuadrilla’s warning to UK energy minister over ‘unnecessary delays’ comes ahead of Yorkshire shale gas planning decision
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Greenpeace activists scale British Museum to protest BP sponsorshipMuseum temporarily closes as activists hang huge banners renaming the new BP-sponsored Sunken Cities Egypt exhibition as ‘Sinking Cities’
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London borough installs 6,000 solar panels over marketplace£2m scheme by Hounslow council on Western International Market will be biggest solar scheme by any local authority, and use batteries to store energy
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For areas on the wrong side of a boom, ‘jobs and growth’ makes sense – in the absence of a better-articulated vision for northern Australia, symbolism mattersIn regional Australia, messages about fairness can't drown out the three-word slogans
Anti-fracking camps planned in Yorkshire and Lancashire