Tories plan to scrap low-carbon housebuilding, Greens back new nuclear reactors, and Labour put oil-drilling decisions on holdNew homes could be built without solar panels, heat pumps and high-grade insulation, leading to higher household b?
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Sunshine, government subsidies and high power prices are driving record solar installationsSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereZoom in on satellite pictures of the Melbourne postcode 3029 a?
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‘No safe seats’ for Coalition partner at upcoming state election, Danny O’Brien says, amid fury about renewables, immigration and condition of roads Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOn a Friday afternoon last month?
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Complaints risks putting defence ministry on collision course with Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroThe Ministry of Defence has objected to at least four planned windfarms in the past year over fears the spinning blades could caus?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/08/mod-objection-f...

Global campaign group 350.org urges Cop31 hosts to announce a coal phase-out date and national roadmaps to get off fossil fuelsSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereThe hosts of the next majo?
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Gavin Newsom says Trump is a ‘gift’ to the climate cause for dispelling notions of fossil fuel energy securitySend us your questions about how the Iran war will affect US voters in the midtermsOf all the epithets hurled at Donald Trump sinc?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/01/trump-iran-war-oil-...

The Naylors’ four-bedroom home in Milton Keynes acts like a mini-power station after retrofitting solar panels, a battery and a heat pumpClare Naylor paid close attention to how much energy she and her family were using last winter, filling?
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Exclusive: Creation of GB Grid will be major step towards putting Britain’s utility companies into public control Andy Burnham will take his first major step to putting Britain’s utility companies into public control when, at the Labour con?
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Miatta Fahnbulleh says Britain must look at how costs are recovered – and that could mean money off billsBillions of pounds worth of green levies could be taken off bills, the energy secretary has said, as the government investigates fundin?
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Campaigners say plan marks notable shift away from oil and gas as previously pledges were only for carbon neutralityEurope’s biggest economy, Germany, has committed to phasing out fossil fuels by 2045, despite fierce debate about its green?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/23/germany-commits...

There is hope in solar power. As the UN meets, we are urging leaders to pursue a clear goal: clean energy for all by 2030Our message to global leaders: we need solar power everywhere by the decade’s endAs climate experts from around the wor?
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As the UN gathers, signatories from Bernie Sanders to Yeb Saño issue an open letter calling for clean power for allThe climate fight has one great ally. You just can’t look at it directly We the undersigned write this letter out of great fe?
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Several measures were previously introduced or supported by Coalition, prompting claim Liberals and Nationals would ‘let climate change rip’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily?
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US officials have begun to buy back wind leases as president seeks to block renewables in favor of fossil fuelsDemocratic attorneys general from California and New York have sued the Trump administration over its plans to buy back offshore?
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Rooftop solar alone generates more than half of all power used, as clear sunny days and low demand drive record-breaking surgeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastS?
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New rules include a ban near schools and require datacentres to source their own renewable energy, but won’t apply to projects already in pipelineFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or?
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While the country’s ambition is to be the ‘Saudi Arabia of green energy’, communities in the north-east are bearing the cost in diminished health and livelihoodsBeneath the power lines cutting across Antonio de Souza’s property in Serra do?
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A gap looms between the Albanese government’s goal of 82% renewable energy and planned solar and wind projectsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe challenges of Australia’s energy transition – from a system once fi?
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Exclusive: PM, who is facing pressure over whether to approve North Sea oil and gasfields, makes strongest comments yet on issueBritish people understand the climate crisis threat. Today I’m empowering them to tackle itThe UK must fully com?
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With nearly £30m of funding, I’m giving communities power over local energy. They know the gravity of global heating, and they want to be part of the solutionAndy Burnham: UK must fully commit to reaching net zero by 2050On the day I became?
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Thousands of miles of new power lines are needed to deliver climate targets and energy security, but bills will rise in the short term and opponents are mobilising Britain is embarking on one of the largest overhauls of its electricity grid?
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Businesses, charities and other groups sign letter calling for levies to be paid by the governmentMore than 120 organisations including big businesses and charities have called for the removal of “hidden taxes” added to energy bills to help?
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/sep/11/chancellor-remove-hid...

National Audit Office calls for greater transparency on £70bn programme that is running over budget and behind scheduleSpeed up electricity grid upgrade or else face higher bills, warns UK watchdogIt’s an open secret in the energy industry?
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National Audit Office says failure to implement £70bn modernisation would also hold back economic growthThe ‘great grid upgrade’ is off track – ministers should spell out the risks for billsConsumers will pay higher energy bills unless the?
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The offshore windfarm at Berwick Bank is predicted to kill more than 4,000 birds in its first year alone – among them gannets, puffins and kittiwakes, writes Ashley DaviesLev Parikian paints a vivid picture of the gannets of the Bass Rock a?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/08/save-our-seabir...

New research shows who benefits most from the federal solar sharer plansFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastElectric car owners could have a new way to save money?
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Savings grow as energy prices in Great Britain rise and cost of panel installation falls, analysis findsHouseholds in Great Britain’s cloudiest regions could still save more than £400 a year on their energy bills by installing rooftop solar?
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Autumn pleasures Solar gain Meghan and Harry Rowing knowledge Eye test Bad moodRegarding Emma Brockes’s Digested Week (Is there anything sadder than the end of summer?, 28 August), the end of summer is the beginning of autumn – th?
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A battle over datacentre power sources is only part of the picture. Australia needs a much bigger electricity system to meet all future demandAnthony Albanese has been clear that he wants a set of national standards to ensure datacentre gro?
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A financial model that could cut the cost of installing solar panels for many homeowners is welcomed by Alexis AbramsonThe UK proposal to use “solar bonds” to make rooftop solar more affordable is a smart solution to a fundamental problem:?
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Energy minister says states can apply to use coal and gas supply to power datacentres but must prove it is cheaper than renewablesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podc?
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A zero-emission compact hydrogen power plant will drive the two stages at Clifton Down in BristolWhen Lorde, Little Simz and Wet Leg stride on to stages in Bristol this weekend, they will not only be entertaining tens of thousands of festiv?
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Solar Sharer program was designed for homes without rooftop solar, but observers say supply and peak use charges are ‘much higher’Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereFollow our Australia ne?
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DIY system will be stocked by big retailers, starting with Argos, enabling more homes to lower bills by generating own electricityPlug-in solar: could a low-cost panel cut your bills?Plug-in solar panels will go on sale in the UK for the fi?
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Shift comes after Chris Bowen said Labor would use constitutional powers to override states resisting rules on sustainable energyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese has backed down on demands that sta?
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Since Hurricane Sandy in 2012, a growing labor movement has addressed the climate crisis and economic inequalityRyan McElroen had spent years repairing the New York City subway underground when he got the opportunity to work in the middle o?
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Surge in proposals follows Labour’s lifting of de facto ban, with about 45 plans submitted in the year to MarchPlans for new onshore windfarms in England have reached their highest annual level in a decade, after the government overturned t?
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North Sea oil, once the driving force of the UK economy, may be dwindling but it remains a symbol of prestige and a rich resource for political debateWhen oil was first discovered off the north-east coast of Scotland in September 1969, indu?
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Britons will be able to buy ‘balcony’ systems they can install themselves from 27 August thanks to rule changeDespite this summer bringing hours of sunshine, many Britons have been unable to cash in on free electricity generated by the sun.?
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Report says ‘solar bonds’ could fund wider access to clean energy, reducing household billsSolar panels could be cheaper for people on lower incomes if the government stepped in to reduce the cost of loans, a report argues.Solar panel insta?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/21/cut-cost-of-loa...