Bowen says coal "isn't baseload anymore, it's unreliable," will stop states pushing gas for data centres

Bowen says data centres could rescue stalled renewables as he warns coal-fired power stations are no long reliable, and cautions northern states not to go down gas path.

reneweconomy.com.au

Mentions of ‘gender’ scrubbed from Queensland Office for Women website amid alleged effort to ‘dewokify’

Comparisons of live and archived pages show more than 20 mentions have been removed, including in reference to the gender pay gap

theguardian.com

MEDIA RELEASE: Friends of the Earth welcomes Jaclyn Symes as new Victorian Minister for Energy and Climate

Mobilise! Resist! Transform!

melbournefoe.org.au

EnergyAustralia seeks investors for Yallourn power station blueprint

Big three gentailer taps data centre builders and investors for integrated energy precinct

theenergy.co

carbonnews.co.nz

Portugal approves 33% windfall tax on oil companies' excess profits

Portugal's government said on Thursday it had approved a 33% windfall tax on extraordinary profits earned in 2026 ​by oil and refining companies benefiting from an energy ‌price surge triggered by the Iran war.

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Wind project faces referral due to long distance objectors, citing impacts of a wind farm that doesn't exist

Public meeting called for wind project due to submissions from mostly long distance objectors, including a group citing impacts of a wind farm that does not exist.

reneweconomy.com.au

US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference

State department ‘takes full responsibility’ for erroneous, widely shared chart displayed at Aids conference in Brazil

theguardian.com

Lily D’Ambrosio steps down – the minister who rebuilt Victoria’s energy system

Mobilise! Resist! Transform!

melbournefoe.org.au

Farmers hosting wind turbines take their case to parliament

“We’re trying to make our farm strong for the future, they’re trying to get reelected.”

westvicbrolga.com.au

Workers have paid the price for inflation driven by corporate profits, OECD report confirms

The OECD’s annual employment outlook confirms that not only did profits drive Australia’s inflation in 2022, but that growing profits are also behind the most recent increases in prices that led to th...

thepoint.com.au

Foreign Facebook pages have been promoting One Nation. It wants them to stop

An ABC NEWS Verify investigation uncovers a raft of foreign Facebook accounts targeting Australian users. And they're just the tip of the iceberg.

abc.net.au

Trump is sowing fear over Cuba, terrorism and the ‘radical left’. This is what could come next

theconversation.com

'Mismatch' between data centres and power projects that has experts worried

Consumers should brace for hefty increases in the cost of generating electricity as data centres suck up vast quantities of power faster than new plants can be built, experts say.

abc.net.au

Iran War Forces Energy Buyers to ‘Unshackle’ From Global Markets

Developing Asian nations, scarred by Middle East supply shocks, are working to scale back their reliance on imported fuels, including liquefied natural gas.

nyti.ms

Moratorium on all data centre developments now

Friends of the Earth Australia (FoEA) believes that social and environmental issues cannot be separated from each other. As a result, FoEA is a social and environmental justice organisation. We seek t...

foe.org.au

Mega datacentre planned for outer Melbourne will be six times bigger than a large shopping centre

More than 3,600 people sign petition for careful assessment of proposed AI hub, now a flashpoint for national debate on datacentre boom

theguardian.com

"First of a kind" factory to mass produce wooden wind turbine blades wins critical EU backing

World’s first commercial factory to manufacture wooden wind turbine blades takes important step closer to realisation, after being awarded funding.

reneweconomy.com.au

Beetaloo gas-powered data centre becomes first test of Albanese's vision for an AI boom powered by renewables

A proposed $40 billion gas-powered AI data centre in the Northern Territory has become an early test of Anthony Albanese's plan to ensure Australia's artificial intelligence boom is powered by new ren...

thepoint.com.au

Anti-renewables misinformation about power lines undermines firefighting protocols

There have been multiple news reports today that some firefighters in Victoria’s rural west have stated that ‘there’s absolutely no way they would attend a fire on a property crossed by…

australianfirefightersclimatealliance.org

Firefighter group hits back at "wild claims" and "fear mongering" over transmission lines and fire risk

"Wild claims" that fire fighters will not attend fires on properties hosting new transmission lines have been called out as "disingenuous" and "potential misinformation."

reneweconomy.com.au

Final turbine installed at Australia's biggest wind farm

Final turbine installed at Australia's biggest wind farm, one of the very few projects that began construction without long term contracts.

reneweconomy.com.au

Barnaby Joyce says One Nation doesn’t want return of White Australia policy but backs Pauline Hanson on mass deportations

Lee Hanson claims her mother’s comments on Tommy Robinson podcast were ‘misinterpreted’

theguardian.com

'Best place to look for life': Atmosphere discovered on Earth-like planet

The search for life beyond Earth has marked a new discovery — evidence of an atmosphere on an Earth-like planet beyond our Solar System with modelling suggesting it may be a water world.

abc.net.au