The Senate voted on Tuesday to block President Obama’s tough new climate change regulations, hoping to undermine his negotiating authority before a major international climate summit meeting in Paris this month. [The NY Times]

The UK’s remaining coal-fired power stations will be shut by 2025 with their use restricted by 2023, Energy Secretary Amber Rudd has proposed. [BBC News]

The EU has released its first State of the Energy Union Report, stating that much progress has already been made since the adoption of the Energy Union Framework Strategy 9 months ago. [EC Press Release]