Between the Broadsheets

The Kremlin is seeking to restore Russia as a leading player in the global atomic power industry with a drive to create a state nuclear energy giant to compete directly with Areva, of France, and Westinghouse, which is owned by Toshiba.

President Putin is consolidating Russian civilian nuclear assets, including everything from uranium mining and enrichment to the design and construction of power stations, into a single company - Atomenergoprom - The Times

Businesses yesterday told negotiators at the Bali talks on climate change that they need firm targets to encourage investment in reducing greenhouse gas emissions - Financial Times

Truckers angry about fuel duties have announced protests at refineries and fuel depots on Saturday. Transaction 2007, a newly formed group, announced on its website that it planned legal protests across Britain and Ireland - Financial Times

Two schemes designed to cut London businesses carbon emissions by three million tonnes over the next three years launch today with the backing of some of the country's leading firms. The "Green 500" aims to persuade 500 of the Capital's biggest businesses to sign up to independent carbon audits and develop a programme to slash emissions in line with a target of 60 per cent reductions by 2025 - Financial Times

Shell, the oil company that recently trumpeted its commitment to a low carbon future by signing a pre-Bali conference communiqué, has quietly sold off its solar business. The move, taken with rival BP's decision last week to invest in the world's dirtiest oil production in Canada's tar sands, indicates that Big Oil might be giving up its flirtation with renewables and going back to its roots - The Guardian

The environment secretary, Hilary Benn, will today begin attempts to persuade the US administration to agree firm targets on carbon pollution as part of a new deal on global warming. Benn arrived at UN climate talks in Bali last night, as the US said it was unwilling to approve a draft agreement which called on developed countries to reduce emissions by between 25% and 40% by 2020 - The Guardian

An auction to build a hydroelectric dam in the Amazon was disrupted by about 60 protestors who were removed by riot police. Campaigners say the that the dam and another nearby could result in 10,000 people losing their homes – The Times