Japanese march against nuclear power

Chanting "sayonara nuclear power" and waving banners, tens of thousands of people have marched in central Tokyo demanding the Japanese government abandon atomic energy in the wake of the Fukushima...

Germany to end to nuclear power by 2022

Germany will shut down all its nuclear plants by 2022, and eight reactors shut down after Japan's nuclear disaster in March will not be reactivated, the government has announced.

Nuclear power is always unsafe: Greenpeace

Environmentalists say the possibly catastrophic failure of a Japanese nuclear reactor shows that nuclear power can never be safe.

Nuclear power still important: Garnaut

The federal government's chief climate adviser Professor Ross Garnaut believes nuclear power still has a vital role to play in global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, despite the crisis at...

Embrace nuclear power: Coalition frontbencher

Debra Jopson, Regional Reporter If the outlook from climate change is as bleak as predicted, Australia should consider nuclear power, says the Coalition.

Obama settles on EPA, energy chief

President Barack Obama announced his nominees to lead a new US push to tackle climate change, choosing an air quality expert to run the EPA and a nuclear physicist to head the Department of Energy.

Behemoth storm wreaks havoc in US north-east

A behemoth storm packing hurricane-force winds and blizzard conditions has swept through the US north-east, killing at least four people and shutting down a nuclear power station.

Powerful quake shakes buildings in Japan

A one-metre-high tsunami has hit Japan's northeast coast, the country's meteorological agency says.

UK triples subsidies for renewable energy

Britain will triple subsidies for low-carbon power generation by 2020 after its coalition government this week forged a compromise over how to fund wind farms without harming the future of gas-fired...

Nuclear champions Japan and France drop their support

Two of nuclear power's greatest champions dealt the industry a heavy blow on Friday, with Japan deciding to phase out its plants and France confirming plans to cut its heavy reliance on the...

Europe's nuclear reactors need $30b repairs, upgrades: report

"Practically all" of the more than 130 active nuclear reactors in the European Union need safety improvements, repairs or upgrades, at a cost up to 25b euros ($30b), according to a draft copy of a...

France calls for deeper emission cuts

French President Francois Hollande on Friday called for deeper cuts in European Union carbon dioxide emissions as he sought to put the environment back at the top of the international agenda.

Japan prepares to tap into geothermal power

Justin McCurry Before last year's triple disaster in north-east Japan, Tsuchiyu drew tens of thousands of tourists in search of the recuperative qualities of its piping-hot spring water.

End for fossil fuels: Flannery

Ben Cubby This year is likely to be seen by future historians as the 'beginning of the clean-energy era', according to the chief of Australia's climate commission.

Sun rises on a renewable wind blowing through global energy industry

Ben Cubby THIS year is likely to be seen by future historians as the ''tipping point, the beginning of the clean energy era'' when the world turned decisively towards renewable energy, according to the chief...

Fukushima radiation causes insect mutations: researchers

Radiation from Japan's leaking Fukushima nuclear plant has caused mutations in some butterflies and damaged the local environment, though humans seem relatively unaffected, researchers say.

Death and destruction: US begins clean-up after Sandy causes chaos

Paul McGeough As the northeast corner of the US shook itself out of a hurricane-induced daze today, there was a sense that Sandy's catastrophic winds might have wrought much more damage – but that the...

How it unfolded: Sandy strikes US east coast

Cameron Atfield Millions of people in America's north-east are bracing themselves for what's predicted to be a devastating landfall by Hurricane Sandy.

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Nuclear phase-out risks carbon emissions increase

Gerard Wynn Developed countries are increasingly bold in planning to reduce nuclear power but hesitant in announcing clear plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions, leaving themselves wiggle room to replace low...