Saudi Arabia stood accused on Tuesday of trying to wreck the Paris climate summit in order to protect its future as one of the world’s largest oil producers. [The Guardian]

The American Legislative Exchange Council has suffered the loss of another major corporate sponsor with American Electric Power announcing it will no longer provide the climate change denial group with funding from 2016. [Huffington Post]

Oil prices are down more than 10 percent since OPEC took no action Friday, and El Nino weather patterns are adding to the slide. [CNBC]