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• BBC News · 25 Sept 2026

  Africa's richest man helps fund $660m fuel pipeline between Ethiopia and Djibouti

  The pipeline would strengthen energy security in landlocked Ethiopia, while creating jobs at Djibouti's port.

• UK Government (DESNZ) · 25 Sept 2026

  Oil and gas: OPRED communications, 2026

  OPRED communications issued to stakeholders in 2026.

• Ofgem · 25 Sept 2026

  Last Resort Supply Payment claims minded-to positions 2026: British Gas (Rebel Energy)

  <p>Minded-to positions on British Gas Trading Limited's 2026 Last Resort Supply Claims in relation to acting as Supplier of Last Resort to customers of the former Rebel Energy Supply Limited.</p>

• Ofgem · 25 Sept 2026

  Revisions proposed by the Electricity Market Reform Delivery Body to the Relevant Balancing Services Guidelines 2026

  <p>Our decision to approve revisions proposed by the Electricity Market Reform Delivery Body to the Relevant Balancing Services Guidelines.</p>

• Ofgem · 25 Sept 2026

  Transforming connections data

  <p>Our proposals for new datasets, data standards and improving existing electricity connections data publications.</p>

• Ofgem · 25 Sept 2026

  Transforming the connections experience

  <p>Ofgem's decisions and proposals for minimum requirements and customer protections to improve the customer experience of obtaining electricity network connections.</p>

• The Guardian · 25 Sept 2026

  ‘We wanted to prove we didn’t need air conditioning’: the airport cooled by natural ventilation

  <p>At Roland Garros airport on Réunion island, the ceiling design funnels a light tropical breeze into the terminal </p><p>At the arrivals terminal at Roland Garros airport on Réunion island, visitors are greeted by floor-to-ceiling windows framing the lush green mountains of the French Indian Ocean territory.</p><p>What they may have also expected was the icy chill of air conditioning; this islan

• The Guardian · 24 Sept 2026

  ‘You can’t just bet everything on exports’: as its gas runs out, is Bolivia doomed to repeat history?

  <p>A fossil gas boom that lifted millions out of poverty has collapsed and inflation is rising – but not everyone believes selling gold and soya is the answer</p><p>Once hailed as the “energy heart of South America”, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/bolivia">Bolivia</a>’s economy was buoyed up by a fossil gas boom from 2006 to 2014. At its height, then-president Evo Morales commissioned

• The Guardian · 24 Sept 2026

  Fossil-fuel firms in line for billions in benefits after answering Trump’s donation call

  <p>Senators’ report says taxpayers face higher bills after ‘bargain’ between president and major polluters</p><p>The fossil fuel industry secured an estimated $190bn in tax breaks and subsidies over the next decade after responding to Donald Trump’s pre-election call for major campaign donations, leaving American taxpayers to shoulder higher bills and public health costs associated with pollution,

• The Guardian · 23 Sept 2026

  Germany pledges to phase out fossil fuels for first time with target of 2045

  <p>Campaigners say plan marks notable shift away from oil and gas as previously pledges were only for carbon neutrality</p><p>Europe’s biggest economy, Germany, has committed to phasing out fossil fuels by 2045, despite fierce debate about its green policies.</p><p>In a <a href="https://www.bundesumweltministerium.de/download/deutschlands-roadmap-fuer-die-schrittweise-abkehr-von-fossilen-energien"

• The Guardian · 23 Sept 2026

  Gas lobby ‘scare campaign’ urges Victoria to scrap ban in new homes, leaked documents show

  <p><strong>Exclusive: </strong>Australian Gas Infrastructure Group lobbying campaign warns energy bills could increase by $100 unless ban is reversed, despite experts disagreeing</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/sep/24/anthony-albanese-un-summit-labor-coalition-ukraine-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get o

• UK Government (DESNZ) · 23 Sept 2026

  Welsh communities given support to build local energy projects to tackle climate change

  Communities across Wales will receive a funding boost to build and control their own clean energy supply

• BBC News · 23 Sept 2026

  UK warned over ballooning debt costs and slower growth ahead of Budget

  Higher energy prices due to the conflict in the Middle East and climate change could hit growth.

• The Guardian · 23 Sept 2026

  The climate fight has one great ally. You just can’t look at it directly | Bill McKibben

  <p>There is hope in solar power. As the UN meets, we are urging leaders to pursue a clear goal: clean energy for all by 2030</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/23/solar-power-bernie-sanders-yeb-sano-letter">Our message to global leaders: we need solar power everywhere by the decade’s end</a></p></li></ul><p>As climate experts from around the world gather in New Y

• The Guardian · 23 Sept 2026

  Our message to global leaders: we need solar power everywhere by the decade’s end | Open letter

  <p>As the UN gathers, signatories from Bernie Sanders to Yeb Saño issue an open letter calling for clean power for all</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/23/climate-un-clean-energy-2030">The climate fight has one great ally. You just can’t look at it directly</a></p></li></ul><p> We the undersigned write <a href="https://www.brightside.now/solarforall">this lette

• The Guardian · 23 Sept 2026

  Angus Taylor pledges to repeal swathe of climate policies, saying ‘Australia has done its bit’

  <p>Several measures were previously introduced or supported by Coalition, prompting claim Liberals and Nationals would ‘let climate change rip’</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/sep/23/anthony-albanese-un-assembly-ai-social-media-labor-coalition-abc-four-corners-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a hr

• UK Government (DESNZ) · 23 Sept 2026

  Families set to save money through new and upgraded heat networks

  Hundreds of thousands of people will save money on their energy bills through £90 million investment into clean, cheaper heating.

• The Guardian · 22 Sept 2026

  California and New York sue over Trump push to halt wind energy projects

  <p>US officials have begun to buy back wind leases as president seeks to block renewables in favor of fossil fuels</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/democrats">Democratic</a> attorneys general from <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/california">California</a> and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/new-york">New York</a> have sued the Trump administration over i

• The Guardian · 22 Sept 2026

  Trump says he backs diesel export ban to curb soaring energy costs

  <p>But industry trade group says plan would backfire and lead to even higher prices for gasoline</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a> on Tuesday said he backed ⁠the idea of a ban on diesel exports, which some US politicians are calling for ⁠as a way ⁠to curb ​the soaring cost of energy.</p><p>Diesel prices have rallied in <a href="https://www.theguardian

• The Guardian · 22 Sept 2026

  ‘It’s my duty to tell the truth’: UN chief on the climate crisis, capitalism and reasons to be hopeful

  <p>Before his final general assembly, António Guterres speaks about why he put climate at the centre of his UN tenure</p><p>António Guterres, who will finish his second term as UN secretary general on 31 December, has spoken out more strongly on the climate crisis than any of his predecessors. He has <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/03/greed-of-fossil-fuel-companies-is-gro

• UK Government (DESNZ) · 22 Sept 2026

  70th IAEA General Conference: UK national statement

  Minister Michael Shanks delivered the UK's National Statement at the International Atomic Energy Agency's 2026 General Conference.

• The Guardian · 22 Sept 2026

  ‘Negligent’ to talk about long-term risks to Australia without examining cost of climate crisis, experts say

  <p>One academic says federal government’s intergenerational report, a snapshot of life in 2066, ignores the economic damage on the horizon</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/sep/22/anthony-albanese-new-york-united-nations-intergenerational-report-coalition-one-nation-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <

• The Guardian · 22 Sept 2026

  Solar and wind generation meet record 80% of power demand on Australia’s national grid

  <p>Rooftop solar alone generates more than half of all power used, as clear sunny days and low demand drive record-breaking surge</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/sep/22/anthony-albanese-new-york-united-nations-intergenerational-report-coalition-one-nation-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="h

• The Guardian · 21 Sept 2026

  Labor claims Victoria’s new datacentre rules are strongest in Australia but critics point to ‘huge loophole’

  <p>New rules include a ban near schools and require datacentres to source their own renewable energy, but won’t apply to projects already in pipeline</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/sep/22/anthony-albanese-new-york-united-nations-intergenerational-report-coalition-one-nation-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><

• The Guardian · 21 Sept 2026

  How Saudi oil scientists ended up working on the world’s most important climate reports

  <p>Guardian investigation reveals fossil fuel links of IPCC authors, with experts declaring the body’s conflict of interest policy ‘not fit for purpose’</p><p>On her first day as an expert author on the world’s most important climate reports, Prof Julia Steinberger knew nobody else, so she sat down at a stranger’s table for breakfast.</p><p>“Hi, I’m Julia. I’m from the University of Lausanne,” she

• The Guardian · 20 Sept 2026

  ‘Do you have to be dead?’: US coalminers plead for benefits as black-lung disease cases surge

  <p>Trump says he digs coal – but pneumoconiosis cases are at a 50-year high, and sick miners are mired in benefit delays</p><p>For 38 years, Josh Armes worked as a coal miner in West Virginia and Virginia.</p><p>After retirement, Armes, 74, of Grundy, Virginia, was diagnosed with black lung disease, <a href="https://www.lung.org/lung-health-diseases/lung-disease-lookup/black-lung">medically known<

• The Guardian · 19 Sept 2026

  Brazil’s wind farms have been a huge success. So why isn’t everybody reaping the benefits?

  <p>While the country’s ambition is to be the ‘Saudi Arabia of green energy’, communities in the north-east are bearing the cost in diminished health and livelihoods</p><p>Beneath the power lines cutting across Antonio de Souza’s property in Serra do Mel, in north-east <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/brazil">Brazil</a>’s Rio Grande do Norte state, rows of cashew trees once stood – until

• The Guardian · 18 Sept 2026

  Australia’s renewables transition is well under way – but meeting its 2030 target will be ‘extremely challenging’

  <p>A gap looms between the Albanese government’s goal of 82% renewable energy and planned solar and wind projects</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></l

• The Guardian · 17 Sept 2026

  Khan addresses Polanski in Urdu at London assembly, mocking Green leader’s byelection video – as it happened

  <p>This blog is now closed</p><p><strong>Andrew Griffith</strong> has delivered his speech, and he is now taking questions.</p><p><em>Q: You want the government to pause the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/making-tax-digital-for-income-tax">making tax digital programme</a>. Is that an admission that the last government got this wrong when it introduced it?</em></p><p>It is an ad

• The Guardian · 17 Sept 2026

  British people understand the climate crisis threat. Today I’m empowering them to tackle it | Andy Burnham

  <p>With nearly £30m of funding, I’m giving communities power over local energy. They know the gravity of global heating, and they want to be part of the solution</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/17/andy-burnham-uk-must-fully-commit-to-reaching-net-zero-by-2050">Andy Burnham: UK must fully commit to reaching net zero by 2050</a></p></li></ul><p>On the day I be

• UK Government (DESNZ) · 17 Sept 2026

  NDA galvanises cultural shift across nuclear sector

  NDA brings nuclear sector senior leaders together to galvanise action on Nuclear Regulatory Taskforce (NRTF) review recommendations.

• UK Government (DESNZ) · 17 Sept 2026

  ‘People’s Power’ projects to give more control over local energy

  Communities across the country will be able to build and control their own clean energy supply.

• UK Government (DESNZ) · 14 Sept 2026

  UK and US fusion strike partnership to accelerate clean energy

  UK and US set to sign agreements at the Global Fusion Policy Summit to combine expertise in AI, computing and fusion and to cooperate on regulating fusion energy.

• UK Government (DESNZ) · 8 Sept 2026

  Minister McCluskey speech on AI for clean energy vision

  Minister for Local Energy and Jobs Martin McCluskey delivered a speech at the Google for Startups Accelerator: Europe event in London on 8 September.

• UK Government (DESNZ) · 3 Sept 2026

  Investment boost for climate action and forest protection

  The UK has announced its intention to invest £400 million into the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF).

• UK Government (DESNZ) · 27 Aug 2026

  First regional solar breakdown as installations hit record highs

  Families and businesses across the UK are embracing solar power.

• UK Government (DESNZ) · 27 Aug 2026

  Record number of heating oil households apply for a heat pump

  Thousands of households on heating oil have applied for a heat pump, taking advantage of the £9,000 Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant.

• UK Government (DESNZ) · 26 Aug 2026

  Households can save as plug-in solar panels come to market

  Households can save hundreds on bills as plug-in solar panels become legal to use and buy across the country.

• UK Government (DESNZ) · 26 Aug 2026

  Breathing space on your energy bill

  Find out how the VAT cut on household electricity bills will work for you.

• UK Government (DESNZ) · 20 Aug 2026

  New challenge launched to store clean energy for longer and protect households from price spikes

  Challenge aims to strengthen UK energy security, create jobs in new industries, and reduce energy bills in the long-term