'Watch this space': Fortescue bullish on climate target Battery-powered trains are part of Fortescue's plan to eliminate fossil fuels from its Pilbara iron ore operations as it aims to beat a decarbonisation target. AAP · Feb 12
Labor will never have a better time to revisit carbon pricing – but does it have the stomach to make polluters pay? The government has not made enough of a dent in emissions, but global trends and a shambolic opposition offer a rare opportunity to act The Guardian - AU · Feb 12
Wake up Labour MPs: the price of electricity is a crisis for industry and growth Centrica boss’s 2030 prediction is not controversial, but government’s strategy hardly adds up to one to prove him wrong The Guardian - UK · Feb 11
‘The trend is irreversible’: has Romania shattered the link between economic growth and high emissions? Emissions have plunged 75% since communist times in the birthplace of big oil – but for some the transition has been brutal The Guardian - UK · Feb 11
OPINION - The £1bn energy power shift that could cut bills for communities For too long, our energy system has been completely dominated by private profit, says General Secretary of the Co-operative Party Joe Fortune Evening Standard · Feb 10
More pollution and higher energy costs: critics condemn Trump’s anti-environment agenda US courts, scholars and Democrats are pushing back against the president’s aggressive drive to boost fossil fuels The Guardian - US · Feb 10
UK backs biggest English onshore windfarm in a decade among 190 green energy projects Government also offers contracts for record number of solar schemes as it aims to create clean electricity system by 2030 The Guardian - UK · Feb 10
Miliband pledges up to £1bn for community green energy schemes UK projects will allow local areas to control and profit from renewable power generation, says energy secretary The Guardian - UK · Feb 9
Jeremy Clarkson delivers scathing takedown of GMB presenter after his 'worst year ever' The former Top Gear star has faced a slew of problems at his 1,000-acre farm in the Cotswolds Evening Standard · Feb 9
EU urged not to roll back green agenda in effort to revive faltering economy Campaigners say industrial issues cannot be solved by watering down climate and environmental policies The Guardian - UK · Feb 9
China’s solar capacity set to overtake coal in ‘historic’ shift Wind and solar combined are projected to account for about half of China’s total installed power capacity The Independent UK · Feb 4
Australia’s long, complicated energy transition is finally working – and not a moment too soon Renewables and energy storage contributed more than 50% of supplied electricity last quarter as real progress is being made – but it’s not yet job done The Guardian - AU · Feb 4
Why US household energy bills are soaring – and how to fix it Trump has prioritized fossil fuel companies over consumers, hitting the lowest-income families hardest The Guardian - US · Feb 3
Why China is building so many coal plants despite its solar and wind boom China has significantly increased its coal power capacity, reviving concerns about its climate-changing carbon emissions The Independent UK · Feb 3
The Guardian - US · Feb 2 Is Trump winning or losing his war on offshore wind power? The US president tried to kill offshore wind projects – now four are back under construction
Tom’s Hardware · Jan 31 World's largest particle accelerator begins warming thousands of local French residents with waste energy from the 16-mile Large Hadron Collider — CERN's accelerator leverages its massive cooling network to help slash local carbon emissions A new heat exchange system between the LHC and the French town of Ferney-Voltaire is directing waste heat energy from CERN's accelerator to warm thousands of homes and businesses.
The Guardian - AU · Jan 30 Australia’s grid now relies on renewable energy as much as coal. Those who doubted it look foolish Solar met the majority of electricity demand between 9am and 6pm in the past week as much of the country cranked air conditioners
Evening Standard · Jan 30 UK Government expects to decide ‘soon’ on Chinese wind turbine factory plan Ming Yang last year announced plans to build a factory near Inverness.
AAP · Jan 30 Contentious solar farm green lit, as locals fight on A solar farm that will power 40,000 homes has been given the go-ahead, with a court ruling it is not "inconsistent" with a region's rural character.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 28 Even more energy suppliers are short of capital. Ofgem needs to toughen up With almost one in five firms breaching targets, the watchdog’s new get-tough approach on capital levels seems to be anything but
The Independent UK · Jan 27 Judge rules Massachusetts offshore wind project halted by Trump administration can continue A federal judge said Tuesday that a nearly completed Massachusetts offshore wind project can continue, as the industry successfully challenges the Trump administration in court
The Guardian - UK · Jan 27 First of its kind ‘high-density’ hydro system begins generating electricity in Devon Project employs technology that can be used to store and release renewable energy using even gentle slopes
The Texas Tribune · Jan 26 El Paso’s plan to build natural gas power plant for massive data center kicks up opposition Meta’s planned data center could be El Paso’s biggest electricity user. Some residents worry that a new power plant to run it would worsen air pollution and guzzle water.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 26 UK joins European offshore windfarm plan to create world’s largest ‘clean energy reservoir’ Britain among 10 countries to build 100GW grid in North Sea linking countries through subsea cables
The Independent UK · Jan 22 Rising coal demand overshadows Southeast Asia's transition to renewable energy Southeast Asia’s need for coal is growing faster than anywhere else in the world, undermining progress on cutting carbon emissions that contribute to global warming