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The transition to new energy technologies, including grid-scale and vehicle batteries, can help fossil-fuel-dependent countries improve their energy security.

Exclusive: Chancellor pushes for procurement of ships, steel, energy and AI to prioritise Britishness as well as cost Rachel Reeves has instructed cabinet colleagues to award government contracts in four critical industries directly to British companies, making clear her irritation that ministers have been sending too much government business abroad. In a letter seen by the Guardian, the chancellor tells every cabinet minister in charge of a spending department to “buy British” wherever possible, adding that she is disappointed they are not already doing so. Continue reading...

Home energy is moving beyond individual upgrades toward one intelligent, connected system. Homes are using more electricity than they did a decade ago. EVs charge in the driveway. Heat pumps are replacing traditional heating and cooling systems. Induction ranges, home offices, smart thermostats, connected appliances, solar panels, batteries, and energy ...

Oil major bets billions on technology but backlash on US Gulf Coast threatens its ambitions

CISL calls for renewed effort to fold physical climate hazards, insurance adequacy, and adaptation and resilience investments into standard credit assessments

Delayed sequestration projects risk stifling delivery of low carbon housing, energy, and digital infrastructure, trade body warns

Germany recorded 573 hours of negative day-ahead electricity prices in 2025, up from 459 hours in 2024 and 301 in 2023. Each year sets a new record, and the trajectory shows no signs of reversing. Solar PV accounted for approximately 17% of Germany’s total electricity generation in 2025, up from 14% the previous year, and [...]

Even with a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, supplies will take time to normalise

Exclusive: Cache of internal documents leaked to the Guardian and the ABC’s Four Corners show multinational has war-gamed ways to massively delay decarbonisation Revealed: the internal BHP memo that slammed the brakes on world’s biggest miner’s climate push Read more from the BHP files investigation here Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The world’s biggest miner has halted or delayed projects to cut vast amounts of emissions and has quietly war-gamed options to push major climate investments in its Western Australian iron ore operations into the next two decades, internal documents show. An exclusive investigation based on documents leaked to the Guardian and the ABC’s Four Corners can reveal that BHP, one of Australia’s biggest historic emitters, has dumped plans for a facility that could have significantly reduced emissions and has put on ice renewable projects designed to power its iron ore operations in the vast, resource-rich Pilbara region. Continue reading...

Farmers in poorer countries risk lower yields as they reduce how much phosphate they apply to crops

Developers should use the courts more aggressively to defend offshore wind from hostile federal policy swings, a leading industry lawyer has argued.

US-headquartered clean energy solutions provider Ameresco’s joint venture (JV) with power producer Atura Power, has begun commercial operations at a 250MW/1,000MWh energy storage project in Ontario, Canada.

Independent analysis suggests retrospective change to data indicating climate change progress

The UK's brewery scene is shrinking as pubs close, costs rise and drinking habits change.

More people are taking second jobs as rising costs and insecure work reshape how we earn a living.