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Brussels is working to ensure that Europe's energy market is more unified than ever.  

Solar power is emerging as an important job creator in a shifting energy economy. 

Cheaper gasoline means more Americans are driving – and are buying trucks and SUVs – which means US fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions are going in the wrong direction, a government report says.

Diplomats bridged a longstanding rich-poor divide between countries to set a goal of keeping planetary warming well below 2 degrees Celsius. A signal for the end of the fossil-fuel era?

Negotiations in Paris will extend into Saturday as an uneven draft climate agreement emerges.

There's a long history of climate summits devolving into acrimony. Not so in this year's Paris climate talks, at least not yet.

As officials finalize a major climate agreement, officials are embracing the broad scope of participation – even it it comes at the cost of traditional legal enforcement. 

In an exclusive chat with The Christian Science Monitor on Sunday, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz stressed the importance of innovation in driving down the cost of clean energy and enabling countries to make bolder climate pledges.

On the sidelines of the Paris climate talks, the Monitor spoke with Giza Gaspar Martins, an Angolan diplomat who represents the world's poorest and most vulnerable nations. 

A successful Paris climate summit requires more than just a 'one-off agreement,' US climate envoy Todd Stern said Wednesday. 

On day one of COP21, the Paris climate summit, heads of state from across the globe reiterated their support for a meaningful climate agreement.

The Monitor has packaged its best energy and climate coverage into one special feature on the Paris climate talks.

Long-time participants hope this year's UN climate summit can succeed where past efforts have fallen short. 

Developing nations want the developed world to help them meet the costs of mitigating the effects of climate change and transitioning to a low-carbon economy. But the money might be hard to come by.

Energy experts are nervous about how much the country's rapid development might raise emissions levels. But developing countries say it's time for wealthier nations to step up with clean energy funds – or practice what they preach about fossil fuels. 

Renewable energy is poised to overtake coal as the world's largest electricity source by the early 2030s, according to a new report by the International Energy Agency.

The New York attorney general sent a subpoena Wednesday to the Dallas-based oil and gas company after a yearlong review of shareholder disclosures.

The path to a transformational energy revolution must be forged quickly and intentionally, UN climate chief Christiana Figueres said at a Monitor-hosted event Tuesday. 

Join us for a conversation with with Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, on Tuesday, Nov. 3 at the St. Regis Hotel in Washington, D.C.

Economists, officials, and executives across the globe are increasingly united around using carbon pricing to stem the rise of greenhouse gas emissions. Can it work?