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• China is compelled to act by bad air that causes the premature deaths of 750,000 people every year

• Russia’s template for the nuclear industry is outlined - -

Content

Bid to leave a smaller carbon footprint

As the world gets serious about climate change, oil companies are having to adapt, writes Carola Hoyos

The US: States chart own course on climate change

Political infighting stood in the way of legislation but not of progress, says Sheila McNulty

China: Difficulties of a different energy model

Geoff Dyer on the trouble in putting good intentions into practice

Europe: Prospect of losing leadership position

Joshua Chaffin on how others are gaining on the European Union

Guest column: A long way to go for for electric mobility

Since today’s young people are tomorrow’s customers, companies need to embrace their aspirations, writes Peter Voser

Helge Lund: ‘The danger of losing touch with reality’

Ed Crooks talks to Statoil’s chief and UN energy adviser

Nuclear strategy: Ambitious plans for home and export markets

Ed Crooks on what Moscow can teach newcomers to atomic energy

Science: Laboratories start to buzz with innovation

Clive Cookson reports on an increase in public spending after 20 wasted years

Coal-bed methane: Industry whose time has come?

Peter Smith looks at a fledgling business attracting heavy hitters

Alternatives: Bright future for sun and sea power

Fiona Harvey explains why there are such big plans for tide and solar

Exploration: Driven to ever more inaccessible regions

Policy: Unexpected stars in the best-practice firmament

Africa: Little capacity to electrify communities