VOLCANO erupts on island Reunion

A volcano has erupted on the island where suspected MH370 wreckage was found, sparking fears it could hamper the investigation.

The government of La Reunion imposed a ban on access to the Piton de la Fournaise volcano, including by helicopter, after an eruption at 10am local time this morning.

It is not clear how severe the eruption was, but it could make it impossible to carry out air searches for more debris in the hunt for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane.

Piton de la Fournaise has erupted twice this year, with the effects lasting for some days on each occasion.

To add to the island's misfortune, it has also emerged that there have been 18 shark attacks - seven of them fatal - in the last four years.

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Second plane part' found on Reunion

The object, believed to be the door of an aircraft, was discovered just south of the city of St Denis. It is said to have foreign writing on it and possibly some illustration.

The Malaysia Airlines plane from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing disappeared last March with 239 people on board.

The first piece of wreckage has gone to France, where investigators in the city of Toulouse will seek to establish if it came from MH370. It is believed to be a wing flap from a Boeing 777 - the same type of aircraft as the one that vanished. Investigators will begin work this Wednesday.

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Obama's clean energy plan expected to boost renewables

After a year of consultations and over 4 million public comments, President Obama's Clean Power Plan will be finalised early next week. 

The strategy will outline restrictions on CO2 from electricity that individual states will have to implement. 

To give reluctant states more time to comply, the starting date is expected to be delayed by 2 years. 

It's likely that new supports for renewable energy will also be announced. In June last year the US Environment Protection Agency (EPA) first put forward its proposals for restrictions on power plants. 

The EPA said that emissions from electricity generation need to be reduced by 30% of the 2005 level by 2030. 

At that time the EPA said that individual states need to get their plans in place by 2016 and they were to become operational by 2020. 

But after consultations with industry, states and 4.3 million comments from the public, the EPA is likely to extend the deadline for the start of carbon cutting until 2022. 

But while some have seen the delay as a weakening of Obama's climate commitment, the White House Chief of Staff hinted that the new rules would actually make a bigger overall impact on emissions. 

"There really is no overstating how big this year is for climate change," said Denis McDonough, speaking at a Washington forum earlier this week. 

"We will finalise a stronger rule." The thinking appears to be that a shorter deadline makes it more likely that states will switch from coal to natural gas, as they have been doing in recent years.