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- Chris Bowen’s defining climate moment is nigh. And he knows what it means ‘if we get it wrong’ 12 September 2025Australia’s soon to be announced emissions reduction target for 2035 will say a lot about how Labor will prioritise dealing with the climate crisisSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereProgress on the climate crisis is often slow and frustrating. But sometimes, when people are given an opportunity, change […]Adam Morton
- Powering up: how Ethiopia is becoming an unlikely leader in the electric vehicle revolution 12 September 2025A country plagued by power cuts has become the first to ban imports of petrol and diesel cars, as a new dam brings hopes of cheap green energyWhen Deghareg Bekele, an architect in his early 30s, bought an Volkswagen electric car this year, he was a little sceptical. Not only is his home town, the […]Fred Harter in Addis Ababa
- Offshore wind was touted as a key part of Australia’s energy transition – but does it still have a future? 12 September 2025Plans to have first turbines spinning by 2032 look increasingly unlikely as investors back out of multiple projects – but proponents say benefits will flow once industry establishedSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereFor many Australians, the scale of offshore wind projects can be hard to fathom. These […]Petra Stock
- Misinformation, fear and politics – how a South Dakota county drove away millions in solar energy 10 September 2025Colton Berens was looking forward to the added income from his farm, but armed with rightwing falsehoods, other Selby residents opposed the moveLike most of South Dakota, Walworth county is built on farming. To the east of Selby, the county seat, vast fields of soybeans and wheat grow between roads that run straight to the […]Stephen Robert Miller in Selby, South Dakota
- Powering change: UK battery firms aim to unlock the way to net zero 9 September 2025Companies using different technologies for long-duration storage seek funding as country shifts to renewables and requires greater energy securityThink of battery manufacturing and it may evoke images of Elon Musk and Tesla’s sprawling “gigafactories” around the globe, or China’s vast, hi-tech clean rooms churning out cells to go in anything from electric toothbrushes to mobile […]Jasper Jolly