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  • Cost of balancing Great Britain’s power grid reaches nearly £50m a day 15 October 2026
    Grid operator paying large sums to switch off windfarms in areas of excess electricity generation while turning on gas plants elsewhereThe cost of balancing Great Britain’s power grid has soared to near-record highs of almost £50m a day after windfarms were turned off because of bottlenecks in transmitting power around the country.The grid operator paid […]
    Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent
  • The Victorian election put gas laws on the ballot. The Coalition and One Nation have chosen to fight for the indefensible | Saul Griffith 15 October 2026
    The ‘right to choose’ crowd would damage Victorians’ health and move costs on to those least able to pay Follow our Australian politics live blog for latest updatesGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastAs an engineer I see the climate problem simply. We have a collection of machines – some burn […]
    Saul Griffith
  • ‘We need less point scoring’: What party conference season taught us about UK climate action 11 October 2026
    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 bills if the Conservative party wins the next general election.Kemi Badenoch made scrapping the future homes standard (FHS) one of the […]
    Fiona Harvey Environment editor
  • Our place in the sun: Australia’s uptake of solar panels is already through the roof. How much higher could it get? 10 October 2026
    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 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

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