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US Scientists Reveal Step Advancing Fusion Energy Quest

US scientists on Tuesday revealed a scientific advance on fusion energy which, if it can make the leap from labs to commercial generation of electricity in coming decades, could help the fight to curb climate change. Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Lab in California on Dec. 5 for the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 13, 2022

‘Important day’: US celebrates fusion energy breakthrough

Officials hailed the achievement that will ‘go down in the history books’ as a step towards a clean energy future.

Al Jazeera · Dec 13, 2022

Nuclear fusion technology passes key milestone

Scientists have worked for six decades to develop nuclear fusion as a source of effectively limitless clean energy.

Axios · Dec 13, 2022

Michael Hiltzik: Solar and wind energy are killing off fossil fuel, despite the right's best efforts

American conservatives may be trying to hold back the tide, but solar and wind power are surging worldwide, leaving coal, natural gas and oil in the dust as energy sources.

Los Angeles Times · Dec 13, 2022

Eamon Ryan warns energy prices and bills may not fall for two years

The Green Party leader has launched a new €10m hardship fund as part of the Energy Poverty Action plan

Irish Mirror · Dec 13, 2022

Energy: US scientists announce historic nuclear fusion breakthrough

The US Department of Energy announced Tuesday that its researchers have achieved a "major scientific breakthrough" regarding nuclear fusion, a technology seen as a possible revolutionary alternative power source.

France 24 · Dec 13, 2022

Anthony Albanese’s latest plan to subsidise foreign coal and gas companies is just absurd

Fossil fuel subsidies are a stupid idea. We aren’t so much decarbonising our economy as turbocharging its carbon intensity

The Guardian - AU · Dec 13, 2022

Coal-fired power plants could receive bulk of price cap compensation, Treasury briefings suggest

Generators likely to receive lion’s share of payments worth more than $500m after commonwealth said producers could be paid if costs exceed $125 a tonne

The Guardian - AU · Dec 13, 2022

Tech coalition aiming to create Australian high-powered laser industry with nuclear fusion ambitions

Proponents say lasers can be used to generate energy but others say fusion power unlikely to ‘save us from climate change’

The Guardian - AU · Dec 13, 2022

Green tariffs: what are they and why do they matter?

They are considered a means of levelling the playing field between countries with differing commitments to cutting carbon

The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2022