Renewable energy developers are following tracks laid by the gas industry in the Western Downs – but they’re also making the same mistakes
Fossil fuel and petrochemical campaigners at Ottawa summit outnumber scientists, EU and Indigenous delegates
New EPA directive will cut pollution equivalent to the emissions of 328m cars, but industry group decries it as a ‘reckless plan’
Energy watchdog warns pace must accelerate to hit targets after new batteries increased capacity by 130%
Broad terms of subpoenas a ‘chilling’ precedent that could undermine future climate litigation, legal experts say
The divestment movement has a long history among US student activists, including in the overlapping movements of today
Gas and coal accounted for just 2.4% of power generation for an hour last week, data shows, amid ‘zero-carbon grid’ plans
Jobs will change, communities will be affected, but we have a shot at rising to the challenge of global heating
Chris Stark says populist response and culture war around the term is inhibiting environmental progress
Results highlight the difficulties government faces in selling energy transition to sceptical public
Funds will be targeted at disadvantaged areas to create 200,000 jobs, after last week’s oil and gas lease restrictions in Alaska
Norway’s KLP and the UK’s LGIM among those who say they have concerns over energy giant’s carbon transition goals
Resolution Foundation calls for fourfold increase in renewable power investment to reduce pressure on household bills
At Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire, the turbines will stop spinning for good this year as the UK meets its pledge to ban coal use. We meet staff proud of the site’s 56-year history
Joy Clancy suggests anaerobic digesters could transform the waste into biogas and liquid fertiliser
Environmentalists celebrate new rules but Alaska politicians call it an ‘illegal’ attack on state’s livelihood and predict lawsuits
Researchers say early deaths may have been avoided over 10-year period if technology installed
In 2002, high explosives were laid in oil wells across 20 sq km of forest. The firm has gone but the pentolite remains, despite a court ruling, putting lives and the ecosystem at risk
About 6.5% of the world’s electricity is generated by wind. By 2050 this could rise to more than a third
As vast solar plants multiply, so does the scrap, set to reach 19m tonnes by 2050. But disposing of the waste often falls to informal traders who risk injury when dismantling broken panels