Work from home and slow down on the road: World’s energy watchdog advises emergency measures as oil prices rise
Today 11:15am
IEA makes 10 recommendations to help households and businesses prepare for a drawn-out disruption to energy markets.
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NSW to ban new coalmines in major shake-up for $23bn industry
Today 11:15am
A major shake-up is on the way for one Australian state’s single biggest export, which powers homes here and abroad.
UK climate aid cuts ‘short-sighted’ and leave ‘fossil fuel profits untouched’, campaigners say
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Campaigners have condemned the UK government's decision to cut its international climate finance as "extremely short-sighted" and a "moral abdication," warning the move threatens national security, abandons communities on the frontlines of climate change, and leaves "windfall profits from fossil fuels untouched".
Thousands remain under evacuation orders in Hawaii flooding
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Flooding across Oahu is now the worst Hawaii has seen in over 20 years. More than 230 people have been rescued so far. Some 5,500 people remain under evacuation orders in part because of rising water levels at the Wahiawa dam.
Spain’s Sánchez attacks other EU leaders for exploiting energy prices to gut climate policies
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Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sánchez said his country was on “the right side of history” when it comes to how it has handled the economic and social costs of previous energy crises.
Clean fuel producers reject airline concerns over SAF mandates
Today 11:15am
The EU requires the gradual replacement of kerosene with 'sustainable aviation fuels' but operators fear scarcity and fines.
Middle East war: Why tit-for-tat attacks on gasfields are a major escalation
Fri 20 Mar 2026
The strikes on so-called upstream gas production facilities by both sides of the Middle East war mark a significant escalation and could have long-term consequences.
Pacific Nations fear fuel shortages as Middle East war sends oil prices soaring
Fri 20 Mar 2026
Leaders of Samoa and Tonga appealed for help this week as the import-reliant Pacific nations raised fears over possible fuel shortages and escalating costs caused by war in the Middle East.
Fossil fuels? No thanks. Why Trump’s Iran war is pushing EU toward renewables.
Fri 20 Mar 2026
EU countries may argue about the short-term fixes for high energy prices, but agree that clean power is the best long-term bet.
Ten EU members press Brussels to keep giving industry free carbon permits
Fri 20 Mar 2026
Ten European Union member states have called on the bloc to keep handing out free carbon permits to industry to help curb costs as the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran sends energy prices soaring.
