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- Our place in the sun: Australia’s uptake of solar panels is already through the roof. How much higher could it get? 10 October 2026Sunshine, 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 and one feature becomes glaringly obvious – there are lots and lots of solar panels on lots and lots of roofs.“If […]Graham Readfearn Environment and climate correspondent
- Seeing orange: Nationals under threat in regional Victoria as angry voters consider One Nation 9 October 2026‘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, the Victorian Nationals leader, Danny O’Brien, was driving around his electorate putting up corflutes when he came […]Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondent
- MoD has objected to four windfarms in past year over radar interference fears 8 October 2026Complaints 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 cause “unacceptable interference” with radars used to detect military aircraft.MoD officials raised concerns in late June over plans […]Jillian Ambrose
- Australia and Turkey criticised for hosting UN climate conference while embracing coal 4 October 2026Global 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 major United Nations climate conference, Turkey and Australia, are facing criticism for being partners in a coal […]Adam Morton in Nadi, Fiji
- Trump the environmentalist? How his Iran war exposed the fragility of dirty energy 1 October 2026Gavin 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 since he became US president, perhaps the most unusual was delivered last week – […]Oliver Milman