Energy
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Coal-fired plant shifted $1bn offshore while pocketing $117m from Australian taxpayersPayment to owner of Loy Yang B – one of country’s dirtiest plants – was compensation for short-lived carbon tax -
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Natural gas emissions will blow Europe's carbon budget at current levelsGovernments have been underestimating methane emissions from gas and must phase out the fossil fuel, along with coal and oil, by 2035 to keep within Paris climate targets, a major study shows
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Fracking protester warns: 'Yorkshire's gorgeous, but that can be taken away’Testing by Third Energy expected to get go-ahead soon at Kirby Misperton, the first in UK since 2011
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Rick Perry under fire for suggestion fossil fuels can reduce sexual assaultUS energy secretary faces criticism from Sierra Club after describing girl who told him about the importance of electricity in African village
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Fracking protest injunction based on 'flimsy evidence'Ineos exaggerated the threat posed by protesters to justify its temporary legal action, court hears
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Palaszczuk refutes claim report backs case for new coal-fired powerQueensland premier refuses to be drawn on reports a Labor candidate said Carmichael coalmine would not proceed
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Moves to curb democratic fracking protests in the UK 'extremely worrying'Green MP Caroline Lucas criticises attempts by chemicals multinational Ineos to impose a sweeping injunction against anti-fracking campaigners
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Whyalla steelworks to be powered by $700m solar, battery and pumped hydro projectProject announced after British billionaire Sanjeev Gupta chairs his first Zen Energy board meeting in Adelaide
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New data gives hope for meeting the Paris climate targetsDana Nuccitelli: Global carbon pollution appears to be close to peaking
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'Way off the planet': regional businesses use renewables to slash costsFrom solar to running generators, some have quit the energy grid and several others are showing interest in ‘defecting’
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Frydenberg on why energy policy is no sop to Abbott – Australian politics live podcastKatharine Murphy asks the energy minister how he managed to get a policy that looks a lot like a carbon price past the former PM
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Frydenberg says government will further reduce emissions to meet Paris targetEnergy minister says he expects the states to act in the national interest and sign on to national energy guarantee
Germany's dirty coalmines become the focus for a new wave of direct action