Oil explorers are circling like sharks, even as the world shifts to clean energy

Offshore oil explorers are circling like sharks eyeing off new Australian oil exploration zones, despite an acknowledged acceptance that the need for new fossil fuel resources is waning as the world transitions to renewables.

The Australian trucking industry has “narrowly avoided” a major crisis, fuelled by a shortage of a critical ingredient of Adblue, which reduces emissions from diesel engines. Time to accelerate the shift to cleaner, reliable electric transport.

Finally, Labor leader Anthony Albanese will address the National Press Club today, in a speech that is expected to focus on education, as well as a commitment to boosting funding for renewables.

£262bn investor says it will target bosses who fail on climate or human rights
Aviva Investors says voting at AGMs will be influenced by policies on climate, human rights, biodiversity and executive pay

AdBlue crisis narrowly avoided with stocks from local manufacturer revealed
Australia’s current situation amid a looming crisis that threatened to pull Aussie diesel vehicles off the road has been revealed.

Oil explorers shrug off critics and hone drill bits
Drilling both onshore and offshore is expected to be more active this year after a quiet couple of years, even as community acceptance of the need to search for and develop more fossil fuel resources wanes amid the essential push towards net zero emissions.

Australia’s best performing wind and solar farms in 2021, and the leading states
Victoria has topped the states for total wind and solar generation in 2021, but Australia’s performing projects were both located on the opposite end of the country, new analysis has revealed.

Danger that climate promises made at Cop26 ‘will wither on the vine’, Alok Sharma admits
Just three months after the landmark summit, there is a danger that the vital pledges made will “wither on the vine”, the cabinet minister will say in a major speech.