People wait outside a closed train station during a major power outage in Barcelona on Monday.

A political tide is turning across Europe,and at its centre is a hard truth

A plan to ban hybrid cars has been quietly delayed and a third runway at Heathrow is back on the table as easy green promises crumble under the weight of harsh reality.

  • Rob Harris

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Donald Trump after signing an executive order for 25 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminium imports.

Trump wants to unleash more US gas. This Australian energy giant will help sell it

Australia’s biggest oil and gas producer has signed off on building a $27 billion project that will liquefy more US gas and ship it to the rest of the world.

  • Nick Toscano
Coalition energy spokesman Ted O’Brien and Energy Minister Chris Bowen.

‘Voldemort policy’:Labor,Coalition deny hiding energy plans in nuclear election

An earthquake shook a region slated for one of Peter Dutton’s nuclear plants and the PM visited another in a campaign in which the energy debate has been quietly shifted off stage.

  • Mike Foley
Petrol prices are set to drop further this month.

Petrol prices to tumble further amid turmoil on global oil market

Australian petrol prices are expected to continue dropping in the lead-up to the Easter and Anzac Day holidays as oil markets reel from Donald Trump’s tariff war.

  • Nick Toscano
The Hallam Road landfill in Hampton Park.

Victoria wants to burn more waste for energy – in someone else’s electorate

While the government has sought another lift to the cap on how much rubbish can be burned each year,proposed waste-to-energy projects are meeting community backlash and regulatory barriers.

  • Kieran Rooney andRachel Eddie
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

‘Unanswered questions’:Dutton’s plan to cut gas bills under fire from experts

The Coalition is facing pressure to explain how its plan to cause a gas glut will lead to sustained bill relief,as experts rubbish its new modelling.

  • Nick Toscano
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Solar panels on roofs in the outer Melbourne suburb of Sunbury.

Everything you need to know about Labor’s home battery promise

One in three households have solar panels but only one in 40 have a home battery. That could be about to change.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Dutton reveals details of campaign pledge to cut power prices

After years attacking Anthony Albanese for his broken promise to lower power prices,Peter Dutton has made a campaign pledge of his own.

  • Paul Sakkal andMike Foley
Woodside’s Louisiana LNG site.

Woodside firms up US export dream despite oil price plunge

Australia’s biggest energy company is edging closer to approving a huge liquefied gas project in the US,even as Donald Trump’s tariff war sends commodity prices tumbling.

  • Nick Toscano
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has dumped his pledge to curtail Commonwealth public servants working from home.

Mining sector urges Dutton not to class gas a ‘critical mineral’

Classing gas as a “critical mineral” would qualify gas drillers for support from a $4 billion loans facility.

  • Nick Toscano andSimon Johanson