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Any additional emissions from a UK gasfield are incompatible with climate targets.
With growing rivalry between great powers in the Pacific, the Pacific Islands Forum is a chance to seek collective protection for the region’s small nations.
Fuel is not the only critical thing Australia imports by sea. We need to make maritime resilience a priority.
Energy security has been front of mind for Asia-Pacific leaders this year. Australia could play a key role in assuring supply of both gas and clean exports.
Residents in remote communities at the end of the power grid have long struggled with unreliable power. But change is coming
Transport policy used to be about roads, rails and pollution. But this year’s fuel crisis has shown it’s far more than that.
To be financed off-budget and implemented fully by 2030, the plan includes $3.2 billion for a government-owned storage facility. But details are scarce.
NZ today stands as the only International Energy Agency member whose public oil reserves lie entirely offshore. How can it now rebuild its domestic fuel resilience?
An energy law expert explains what makes this group of oil-producing nations so influential.
The strain is emerging from a mismatch between how energy systems were built and the conditions under which they now operate.
Small Pacific nations run on diesel, and the Middle East crisis is driving some to the brink. What can be done in the short and medium term?
During the 1973 oil shock, Queensland promised to open a huge oilfield. History is repeating as Australia searches for secure supplies of fuel.
A gas crisis could challenge Europe next winter if its gas reserves are not replenished. The phaseout of Russian gas and LNG by late 2027 is a major part of the EU’s gas diversification strategy but it exposes the continent to price volatility.
Two new fast-track energy projects offer very different paths: one tied to volatile fossil fuels, the other to a more sustainable, renewable future.
Past crises show heavy state intervention can backfire – what should New Zealand do differently this time?
The next big innovations will centre on energy efficiency.
Oil isn’t a normal commodity – it shapes politics around the world.
Unlike wind and solar which are weather-dependent sources of renewable energy, geothermal heat can produce energy steadily, day and night, all year round.
Nearly a quarter of US households struggle to pay their energy bills at the same time as America’s social safety nets, including home heat aid, are disappearing.
Wind power offers a large financial benefit to UK consumers.



















