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- Caught between a fossil fuel past and a green future, China’s coal miners chart an uncertain path 6 hours agoAs the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitter shifts to cleaner energy, some families fear being left behind
- Rules to prevent ‘enormous waste’ of fuel are seen as weak and poorly enforced and firms have little incentive to stop
- ‘Keeping us hooked on fossil fuels’: how can we negotiate with autocracies on the climate crisis? Fri, 18 Jul 25, 3:00pmThe bulk of global greenhouse gas emissions come from countries that are not democratic, and many big oil and gas exporters are also authoritarian
- Green Lobby’s Dishonest Crusade for Solar and Wind Sun, 13 Jul 25, 11:00amLCOE purports to present an apples-to-apples comparison between various energy sources. However, the measure is meaningless because it ignores key costs such as those of providing backup power to compensate for the intermittency...
- Air pollution controls weaker for larger emitters, research finds Fri, 11 Jul 25, 3:00pmDiesel generators allowed to emit 48 times more nitrogen oxides than gas boilers producing same amount of energy
- UK government abandons energy ‘zonal pricing’ plan Thu, 10 Jul 25, 6:04pmPlan to split country into pricing zones dropped in favour of ‘fair and affordable’ single national price
- China’s coal heartland fighting for a greener future Wed, 9 Jul 25, 3:00pmShanxi produces more coal than India. How will it survive in China’s clean energy future?
- ‘Gas belongs to the people’: WA premier Roger Cook urges federal Labor to adopt reserve policy Tue, 8 Jul 25, 4:00pmCook says WA’s own policy has meant cheaper gas for local market as Albanese government embarks on six-month review of regulations
- “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that” there is no energy transition! Fri, 4 Jul 25, 11:00pmMore energy transition follies!
- ‘Slapp addict’ Italian oil firm accused of trying to silence green activists Fri, 4 Jul 25, 6:00pmEni has filed at least six defamation suits against journalists and NGOs since 2019 in what critics say is intimidation campaign
- ‘Legal bullying’: global protest rights on line in Dutch court case, say activists Fri, 4 Jul 25, 2:00pmAfter US jury said it should pay oil pipeline firm $660m, Greenpeace is hoping to reclaim funds via EU anti-Slapp law
- Decline of the Great North American Decarbonization Charade Thu, 3 Jul 25, 3:28pmThe Net Zero facade has collapsed massively, undeniably, irreversibly – because no policy survives violations of the laws of physics and market demand...
- Met Office should name storms after fossil fuel companies, say campaigners Thu, 26 Jun 25, 11:56pmStorm naming competition raises idea to remind public of link between fossil fuels and extreme weather
- Australian consumer watchdog takes gas company to court alleging it misled consumers over renewables claim Thu, 26 Jun 25, 4:19pmThe ACCC says it launched investigation into Australian Gas Networks after complaints from consumers and conservation advocates
- Shipping is one of the world’s dirtiest industries – could this invention finally clean up cargo fleets? Thu, 26 Jun 25, 4:00pmFreighters emit more greenhouse gases than jets, but a tech startup believes a simple and effective technique can help the industry change course