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It is time to turn to the E10 pump says the NRMA.

NRMA urges drivers to embrace E10 fuel to extend the nation’s reserves

While the debate over the environmental benefits of E10 goes on, few doubt its use during an energy crunch.

  • Nick O'Malley

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Driving an electric prime mover between Sydney and Canberra is like driving a limo says driver George Eleftheriou.

Electric trucks take to the road as demand for petrol-free cars surges

The vehicles are common in China and Norway, and one company hopes to have a fleet of heavy rigs on Australian highways by next year.

  • Nick O'Malley and Mike Foley
High-density housing at The Ponds in western Sydney.

End of the black roof? The overhaul coming to Sydney’s heat-trapping suburbs

Developers could soon be required to prove how new housing projects will withstand future climate risks as part of an overhaul of NSW planning laws.

  • David Barwell
David Hochschild, chair, California Energy Commission.

Energy chief: Trump’s war on Iran will undermine his war on renewables

California Energy Commission chair David Hochschild believes Donald Trump’s attack on Iran will drive nations to speed up renewables deployment.

  • Nick O'Malley
The coming federal budget will not expand funding for wind and solar farms.

Red light for new green investment slows race to renewable target

Despite warnings that Australia will not hit its renewable energy target, the May federal budget will have no new cash for wind and solar farms.

  • Mike Foley
Electric Vehicle sales have delivered a significant turnaround in the nation’s progress towards its climate targets.

The controversial tax break driving down carbon emissions for the first time since COVID

The rising popularity of EVs has reversed a stubborn trend in the nation’s pollution.

  • Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
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A southern ray in water off the coast of the SA town of Port Victoria, as Karenia levels began to rise.

SA’s algal bloom spreading north towards one of the world’s marine wonders

The annual aggregation of giant cuttlefish in the Spencer Gulf attracts photographers, divers and researchers from across the globe. But a microscopic menace could endanger the phenomenon.

  • Bianca Hall
Commodities such as steel may need carbon tariffs in the future.

‘Hypocritical’: Coalition slams Labor on climate tariffs while seeking Trump reprieve

The government is lobbying the US for an exemption from its new round of “unjustified” tariffs as it considers a similar move to protect local industry.

  • Mike Foley
Donald Trump tells us not to worry, but do we really want to hitch a ride with Elon Musk, the tech lords, and their AI machines.

‘Don’t worry about it’: Welcome to Trump’s voyage of the damned

Don’t worry about a sweltering Earth. Don’t worry about those powerful creeps abusing young women. Definitely don’t worry about unfettered AI, the White House tells us.

  • Maureen Dowd
Sussan Ley

Sussan Ley took this job with ambition and promise. But things soon unravelled

Ley is going to resign from her seat and leave politics following her defeat. But how much of her downfall was her own bad calls as opposition leader, and how much of it was the nightmare she inherited?

  • Natassia Chrysanthos