Energy
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Renewables roadshow: how Broken Hill went from mining to drag queens and solar farmsThe home of BHP and Mad Max can now take credit for kickstarting the large-scale solar industry in Australia
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President Trump, it's time we left coal behindCoal isn’t the future of the American economy – it’s renewable energy. The sooner Donald Trump realizes that, the better
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Fracking activists in Lancashire lose high court bid to stop drillingResidents say they are ‘truly dismayed’ after judges uphold decision to approve Cuadrilla shale gas operation in Fylde
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Footage shows wetlands blackened by Abbot Point coal dust, activists sayAdani says it released water into the Caley valley wetlands after Cyclone Debbie, but claims photos showing apparent contamination are ‘misleading’
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Toshiba warns over its survival as it forecasts £7bn lossesCrisis creates concern about future of UK’s Moorside nuclear plant, in which subsidiary Westinghouse is a key player
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Malcolm Turnbull tells Indian billionaire native title will not stop Adani coalminePrime minister also confirmed company would seek $1bn government loan to fund rail line for $16bn project, after meeting Gautam Adani in New Delhi
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Malcolm Turnbull talks up coal in Delhi, despite India's aim to stop importsGlut in Indian coal market, plans to phase out imports and lower than forecast energy demands cast doubt on future for exports from proposed Adani mine
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Hundreds of oil rigs will be decommissioned over the coming years, at enormous cost to taxpayers. Why not use British workers and expertise to do it?North Sea oil is in its death throes. But the industry has one last grand act left
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Renewables roadshow: transforming waste into a cleaner CowraAn innovative bioenergy project in New South Wales could produce enough electricity to supply 5,000 homes and produce fertiliser
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Energy projects including Hinkley Point threatened by Brexit, experts warnRisk of energy sector being denied entry to Europe’s internal energy market looms large – with Brexit also likely to exacerbate industry skills shortages
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Open letter urges Malcolm Turnbull to deliver energy market reformsJohn Hewson and Simon Holmes à Court join Australia Institute’s call for changes to lower prices and emissions and improve security
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MEPs vote to ban the use of palm oil in biofuelsMEPs say a ban, which needs approval from the European commission, is needed to avoid renewable targets contributing to deforestation
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UK's Moorside nuclear project in turmoil as Toshiba's French partner backs outTroubled tech giant forced to take sole ownership of NuGen after Engie sells stake, adding to uncertainty over plan for three reactors
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Tory voters want environmental regulations maintained after BrexitConservative thinktank finds voters want to protect laws on beach standards and renewable energy production
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This terrible mine is much more than the sum of its poisonous venal parts. It represents the searing contempt in which voters are heldBrenda the Civil Disobedience Penguin v the Adani mine. Democracy is fatally compromised!
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Former Danish PM says investment is key to developing renewable energy – videoHelle Thorning-Schmidt discusses how her country managed to achieve such a high percentage of power from renewable sources
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We can't be Denmark: Josh Frydenberg plays down wind energy potential on Q&AEnergy minister says Australia’s remoteness means it cannot match European countries yet in producing electricity from renewables
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Who'd want to dump Australia's nuclear waste here? Well, this guyAt Kimba in the heart of the country, a community is divided – in one case literally so – over a plan to deposit the national stockpile of radioactive waste
Toshiba's US nuclear problems provide cautionary tale for UK