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- Fast-tracking or ploughing through? Renewable energy shaping up as defining issue for Victorian election 24 April 2026Most landholders in regional Victoria support renewable energy – if they get a say. But planning approvals are riding roughshod over community concernsSign up for the Rural Network email newsletterThe wind never really stops on Peter Watts’ hill. On his grazing property, 90km north-west of Bendigo, it sweeps in across the plains and picks up […]Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondent
- ‘The damage is done’: global oil crisis has changed fossil fuel industry for ever, IEA chief says 24 April 2026Exclusive: International Energy Agency’s Fatih Birol, the world’s leading energy economist, also says UK should largely forgo North Sea expansionThe oil crisis triggered by the Iran war has changed the fossil fuel industry for ever, turning countries away from fossil fuels to secure energy supplies, the world’s leading energy economist said.Fatih Birol, the executive director […]Fiona Harvey Environment editor
- How frustration at Cop stalemates inspires first global talks on phasing out fossil fuels 24 April 2026‘Coalition of the willing’ gathers in Colombia to try to bypass petrostate blockages of Cop summits and chart fresh pathThe world’s first Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels conference, co-hosted by Colombia and the Netherlands, takes place in Santa Marta, Colombia, from 24 to 29 April. A “coalition of the willing” – including 54 countries and […]Fiona Harvey and Jonathan Watts
- BP board suffers triple climate rebellion from shareholders 23 April 2026More than 50% of voters at first AGM under new leadership oppose plans to scrap climate reportingBP’s board has suffered a triple climate rebellion in its first shareholder meeting since appointing new leadership to steer the embattled oil company.More than 50% of shareholders voting at the company’s annual general meeting (AGM) came out against its […]Jillian Ambrose
- There is no justification for the expansion of North Sea gas 22 April 2026Responding to an article by Nils Pratley, Simon Oldridge writes that the climate risk would outweigh paltry returns from new licensing, while Alex Chapman says Britain’s projected demand is often overstated I was surprised to read Nils Pratley’s recent column arguing for more North Sea gas (The UK needs more North Sea gas, not greater […]Guardian Staff