A town council in North Carolina rejected plans to rezone land for a solar farm after residents voiced fears it would cause cancer, stop plants from growing and suck up all the energy from the sun. [Huffpost Green]

European renewable energy stocks rallied on Monday following an agreement over the weekend at the Paris global climate summit to find ways to stop global warming. [NBC News]

A teenager’s economics project noticed flaws in accounting a year before Abengoa entered financial difficulty as it tries to avoid becoming bankrupt. [The Guardian]