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Is U.S. Natural Gas Entering a New Era?

The wars in Ukraine and Iran have changed the global natural gas market. The U.S. was the top natural gas exporter in 2025, and exports are likely to continue increasing in the coming years.

Barchart · Mar 19

South Africa’s power utility Eskom tried to block a gold mine from going solar – but lost in court

South Africa’s national energy policy says: build more renewable power facilities and build them fast.

The Conversation · Mar 6

Solar power in rural Zimbabwe hasn’t reduced women’s unpaid work: can policy do better?

Zimbabwe’s 2019 renewable energy policy envisions a transition to green energy in which women and men participate equally and benefit equitably.

The Conversation · Mar 5

Liberals risk joining 'baddies' with fossil-fuel push

Australia cannot pull out of the Paris Agreement, a Liberal frontbencher has declared, as his party prepares to face off over climate and energy policy.

AAP · Nov 8, 2025

How Low Can Crude Oil’s Price Fall?

Nearby NYMEX crude oil futures have been in a bearish trend since March 2022, when they reached over $130 per barrel following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It may only be a matter of time before the energy commodity reaches another lower low.

Barchart · Nov 6, 2025

Give Ley clear air, former Nats leader tells colleagues

Coalition MPs are being urged to let their leader do her job amid fevered leadership speculation and an ongoing spat over climate and energy policy.

AAP · Nov 4, 2025

View from The Hill: fractured Liberals drown net zero and themselves in a torrent of verbiage

Here is a statistic that tells you what a self-defeating funk the federal opposition is in. On Monday alone, as it wallowed in the crisis over energy policy, its parliamentarians indulged in more than 35 media appearances.

The Conversation · Nov 4, 2025

Sussan Ley under pressure as Nationals formally scrap net zero target

David Littleproud says he informed the Liberal leader days ago of the policy position his party was considering

The Guardian - AU · Nov 1, 2025

Nationals ditch net zero as Liberals ponder policy

The Nationals say Australia's climate targets are driving up power prices and shutting down industry but their coalition partner isn't yet on board.

AAP · Nov 1, 2025

Grattan on Friday: Libs should reflect on proverb ‘As a dog returns to its vomit, so fools repeat their folly’

Twice in recent times the Liberals have faced an existential crisis over climate and energy policy: in 2009 over Kevin Rudd’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, and in 2018 over the National Energy Guarantee, a plan to reduce emissions while maintaining reliability at lowest cost.

The Conversation · Oct 23, 2025