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- The Guardian view on the green transition: renewables are the future – but countries’ actions must catch up with their promises | Editorial 1 August 2025To counter attacks on net zero, challenges including the need for grid upgrades will have to be graspedWith net zero policies under attack from elected far-right populists as well as autocratic petrostates, and another summer of record-breaking temperatures in Europe, the failure to decarbonise the world’s power supply is as gravely concerning as ever. But […]Editorial
- Joyce and Canavan call for new coal plants to replace renewable energy projects 1 August 2025Coalition opponents of net zero spruik coal, nuclear and gas as emissions policy divides oppositionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBarnaby Joyce and other leading opponents of net zero by 2050 want Australia to build new coal-fired power plants, focus on gas and nuclear energy and abandon all efforts to cut […]Sarah Basford Canales and Tom McIlroy
- He may talk rubbish but Trump has an eye for beauty, and that is a breath of fresh air | Simon Jenkins 1 August 2025The US president promotes classical architecture and loathes ‘ugly’ wind turbines. Keir Starmer would dismiss him as a nimby, but on this Trump has a pointTrigger warning. Some readers may find this disturbing. Not everything Donald Trump says is mad and a lie. Not all of it is about money. Some of it is even […]Simon Jenkins
- Countries failing to act on UN climate pledge to triple renewables, thinktank finds 30 July 2025Fossil fuel reliance likely to continue and Cop28 target of limiting global heating to below 1.5C will be missedMost global governments have failed to act on the 2023 UN pledge to triple the world’s renewable energy capacity by the end of the decade, according to climate analysts.The failure to act means that on current forecasts […]Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent
- An unlikely group of protesters fear Victoria’s power bill is a threat to private landowners. Here’s what we know 30 July 2025Is Labor’s VicGrid bill really as alarming as some believe and what does it mean for property owners?Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOn Wednesday, an unlikely group of protesters gathered on the front steps of Victoria’s parliament to oppose a piece of […]Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondent