Q&A: Di Natale decries major parties' support for coalmines as 'great...
Greens leader Richard Di Natale criticises Labor and the Coalition for their commitments to new coalmines, accusing them of taking huge donations from the fossil fuel lobby and harming the future of...
View ArticleThe third man: Greens leader Richard Di Natale campaigns his own way
He may have been excluded from the leaders’ debate but that hasn’t kept his party out of the media spotlight this election campaign – far from itRichard Di Natale was at home on his farm on Sunday...
View ArticleAngela Merkel strikes deal with German states to put brakes on green energy
Pact addresses concerns that burgeoning output from renewables is putting strain on electricity grid and pushing up pricesThe German chancellor, Angela Merkel, has hammered out a deal with state...
View ArticleLeaked figures show spike in palm oil use for biodiesel in Europe
Steep rise between 2010 and 2014 shows link between EU’s renewable energy mandate and deforestation in south-east Asia, say campaignersLeaked trade industry figures show a five-fold increase in the use...
View ArticleRenewable energy smashes global records in 2015, report shows
Last year saw record worldwide investment and implementation of clean energy such as wind, solar and hydropowerAn upsurge in new wind, solar and hydro plants and capacity saw renewable energy smash...
View ArticleEnergy companies are cheaper and cleaner when run by the council
London mayor Sadiq Khan has pledged to follow Nottingham and Bristol in setting up a council energy company – and it could shake up the whole marketSadiq Khan’s pledge to establish a municipal energy...
View ArticleFrom floods to forest fires: a warming planet – in pictures
Droughts, floods, forest fires and melting poles – climate change is impacting Earth like never before. From the Australia to Greenland, Ashley Cooper’s work spans 13 years and over 30 countries. This...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia's Uber venture: a case of if you can't beat 'em, join 'em
Global firms are investing in startups threatening to shake up motoring because they know self-driving cars are the futureThe global automotive industry and the oil majors are not known for meekly...
View ArticleGreens to spend $265m on community-owned renewable energy projects
Four-year package, to be announced by Adam Bandt on Saturday, will allow the ventures to generate tax-free profits from the electricity createdThe Greens will announce that they will spend $265.2m on...
View ArticleGreens want 'fair price' for solar power and access to grid for all
Greens launch clean energy policy with spending to put solar in schools, a ‘fast-track’ to renewable energy and a right to solar for rentersThe Greens want to regulate the electricity system to ensure...
View ArticleEnergy firms urge EU to back offshore wind
Companies say offshore wind will generate electricity as cheaply as fossil fuels within a decade if properly supportedA group of offshore wind companies have pledged that the technology will generate...
View ArticleUK solar eclipses coal power over month for first time
Longer days helped solar panels generate 50% more electricity than coal across the whole of May, analysis showsSolar power in the UK produced more electricity than coal across the whole of May, the...
View ArticleWhat happened to the UK shale gas report? | Letters
Janet Russell asks the right question (Letters, May 30). What has happened to the report on shale gas by the UK Climate Change Committee (CCC)? When Professor Cowern and I gave evidence in February, we...
View ArticleWorld carbon emissions stopped growing in 2015, says BP
Move towards renewable energy and away from coal power helped stall emissions growth last year but slowdown may be temporary, says oil giantCarbon emissions stopped growing in 2015 for the first time...
View ArticleBristol mayor approves £5m low-carbon heating scheme
New low-carbon heating network is first stage of a plan to transform Bristol into a carbon-neutral city by 2050, reports BusinessGreenBristol’s newly elected mayor, Marvin Rees, has approved the city’s...
View ArticleWindfarm owner Dong Energy floats for £10bn
Copenhagen-based company happy with IPO while in process of moving from fossil fuels to renewables Dong Energy, a Danish company that owns offshore windfarms around the UK, was valued at Kr 98.2bn...
View ArticleMore than half of jobs in UK solar industry lost in wake of subsidy cuts
Change in government’s energy policy blamed for job losses just as solar power eclipses coal in electricity generationThe solar power industry says it has seen the loss of more than half its 35,000...
View ArticleBrazil's giant dams risk destroying heart of the Amazon, says Greenpeace
Construction of 40 dams in the Tapajós river basin would severely affect indigenous people and is not justifiable economically, says new reportConstruction of 40 major dams in the Brazilian Amazon...
View ArticleBoost renewable energy target to 50% and get 28,000 extra jobs, says report
Modelling shows Australian RET of 50% by 2030, rather than current trajectory of 34%, would almost double number of jobs createdBoosting renewable energy in Australia from the current trajectory of 34%...
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