NSW farmers to get $200,000 for every kilometre of transmission wires on...
Farmers for Climate Action say the state government’s scheme could speed up the switch to renewablesFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails,...
View ArticleAustralian voters were betrayed on energy prices, but not by Labor’s budget |...
Before things get totally hysterical over the next few days, let’s talk about what betrayal really looks likeFollow the latest federal budget 2022 reactionExplore all of our 2022 Australia federal...
View ArticleStop dismantling German windfarm to expand coalmine, say authorities
Activists say deconstruction of Keyenberg turbines undermines government’s climate pledgeGoverning authorities in Germany have urged one of the country’s biggest energy companies to stop dismantling a...
View ArticleConservative commentator Erin Molan digs herself into a hole in defence of...
Fossil fuels simply don’t check out when it comes to tackling Australia’s rising energy prices while lowering emissionsFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and...
View ArticleCarbon emissions from energy to peak in 2025 in ‘historic turning point’,...
International Energy Agency says Ukraine invasion boosted state spending on clean energy and ‘will accelerate transition to renewables’Global carbon emissions from energy will peak in 2025 thanks to...
View ArticleHow the climate crisis is threatening power supply stability
Extreme weather events mean once reliable sources of power can failWeather forecasting has become an important factor in keeping the lights on. It also enables producers of power to match their output...
View ArticleWindfall tax must change in face of ‘excessive’ oil profits, Alok Sharma says
Exclusive: Outgoing head of climate talks says UK needs to encourage investment in renewables, not fossil fuelsThe UK’s windfall tax on oil and gas profits must be changed to raise billions more and to...
View Article‘It’s got nasty’: the battle to build the US’s biggest solar power farm
A community turns on itself over the aptly named Mammoth solar project, a planned $1.5bn power field nearly the size of ManhattanWhen proposals for the largest solar plant ever conceived for US soil...
View ArticleRather than an endlessly reheated nuclear debate, politicians should be...
A renewable-dominated system is comfortably the cheapest form of power generation, according to researchWe should be wary of simple declarations about the increasingly rapid transformation of the...
View ArticleRenewable energy contributes record 68.7% of power to Australia’s main grid...
Figure is 4.6 percentage points higher than previous record from September and compares with maximum of 30% five years agoFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and...
View ArticleSoaring power bills being used as cover for more lies about renewable energy,...
Climate minister Chris Bowen says opponents of climate action have seized on cost-of-living crisis to resume campaign against clean energy transitionGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app...
View ArticleWhy Peter Dutton’s nuclear power plan doesn’t stack up
As Labor solidifies plans to phase out coal and gas, and move Australia towards renewable energy, Peter Dutton and the Coalition are mounting a case for nuclear power – a proposal they didn’t make...
View ArticleDespite years of exposure to the climate science, I don’t believe we are...
People can seem immune to the news of catastrophic climate breakdown, but that’s a very human response. There is hopeLast Friday the Guardian published a story under the headline “World close to...
View ArticleMajority of Australians back taxing fossil fuel companies’ super profits,...
Research comes as treasurer acknowledges ‘an appetite in the community’ to strengthen petroleum resource rent taxFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon...
View ArticleConservatives insist policies to cut emissions drive up power bills. There’s...
The International Energy Agency has laid to rest the persistent myth that net zero policies are responsible for soaring energy pricesSign up for our free morning and afternoon email newsletters from...
View ArticleAustralia will bid for 2026 climate summit, but will face pressure to do more...
Labor has improved Australia’s emissions pledge on the one Scott Morrison took to Glasgow, but observers say it will still have questions to answerFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest...
View ArticleRishi Sunak is a fossil fuel prime minister in a renewable age | Keir Starmer
Only Labour grasps the challenges of the climate crisis and why we must become a clean energy giantRishi Sunak will go on his day trip to Cop27 tomorrow, having been dragged kicking and screaming. His...
View ArticleSunak claims role as ‘clean energy champion’ on eve of Cop27
Scepticism from summit attendees as PM adopts Labour leader’s stated aim of making UK a green ‘superpower’Rishi Sunak attempted an extraordinary volte-face on green policy on the eve of the Cop27...
View ArticleThe Observer view on Britain’s urgent need to commit to nuclear power |...
The government denied wavering over the future of Sizewell C, but it needs to come up with an energy plan – and quicklyFor a moment last week, our cash-strapped government seemed ready to abandon a...
View ArticleDeveloping countries ‘will need $2tn a year in climate funding by 2030’
Report co-written by Nicholas Stern says figure required to switch away from fossil fuels and cope with extreme weather impactsCop27 live – latest news updatesAbout $2tn (£1.75bn) will be needed each...
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