Air pollution in fast-growing West African cities is reaching dangerous levels. But the worst part, according to a new study published by Nature magazine this week, is that we know almost nothing about the pollutants emerging from these new urban centers and their impact on weather systems, crops, and public health at large.

Even companies that traditionally rely on fossil fuels for their fortune are waking up to the threat of dirty energy. Total SA, the French oil company and one of the six “Supermajor” fossil fuels companies, has confirmed it is no longer producing coal.

With foreign funds once again flowing into Iran, German renewables investors are making a big play to boost the country's clean energy transformation.

Chinese legislators are considering a new air pollution law that could give the state new powers to punish negligent local authorities and industrial enterprises and provide a legal mandate to impose caps on coal consumption.

Several faith and environmental groups are planning a major climate rally that will draw hundreds of thousands to the US National Mall on September 24, the day Pope Francis speaks to the country's Congress. He is expected to address the public afterwards.

Climate Tracker Renee Karunungan reports on how her government is ignoring the people hardest hit by global warming with an unambitious and insincere national pledge.

This financial crash is not actually about energy, but it’s still badly hurting China's biggest energy companies, with coal stocks across the board plunging these past two days. Energydesk reporter Zachary Davies Boren looks at the potential implications of China's market crash on the country's nascent transition from fossil fuels to clean energy.