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Ten years ago, if a heatwave as intense as last week’s record-breaker had hit the east coast, Australia’s power supply may well have buckled. But this time, the system largely operated as we needed, despite some outages.

Solar met the majority of electricity demand between 9am and 6pm in the past week as much of the country cranked air conditioners

President Donald Trump has held his first cabinet meeting of 2026, focusing on the economy, housing, energy, health initiatives and drug prices

The past three years have been the world’s hottest on record. In 2025, Earth was 1.44°C warmer than the long-term average, perilously close to breaching the Paris Agreement goal of 1.5°C.

Centralia, Pennsylvania, once a thriving town, now stands as a ghost town due to an unending underground coal fire. Decades of abandonment have allowed nature to reclaim the land. Grasses, shrubs, and young trees cover former neighborhoods. Insects, birds, and small mammals have returned. This unintended nature reserve shows life's…

Trump has attacked renewable power from every angle, but energy justice scholar Sanya Carley envisions an affordable green future.

The year is 1926. Queen Elizabeth II is christened. Wage cuts and increased working hours for coal miners precipitate a general strike of workers. A.A. Milne publishes Winnie-the-Pooh. The League of Nations accepts Germany as the sixth permanent member on the council deeming it a “peace-loving country”.

The first round at Wijk aan Zee was delayed for over an hour after protesters dumped coal and unveiled a banner reading ‘no chess on a dead planet’

Exciting launches for this big grill brand in 2026, with prices from $40

The EU is “rapidly” moving towards a clean energy future, but experts warn our “outdated” grid is holding us back.

Southeast Asia’s need for coal is growing faster than anywhere else in the world, undermining progress on cutting carbon emissions that contribute to global warming