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The Australian port of Gladstone is ideally placed for exporting to Asia and aims to become the world's biggest exporter of coal. But at what price? It's a development that could threaten the future of the nearby Great Barrier Reef, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak criticises the Labour Party's plan to set up a firm called "Great British Energy" to invest in renewable power, and their proposal that no new North Sea oil and gas exploration licences should be approved. "As far as I can tell, all this new policy is is a logo," he says. IMAGES
GreenPeace activists unfurled a huge banner with the image of Patrick Pouyanne on the facade of a shopping centre in La Defense, denouncing "the head of Greenpeace activists put up a banner on the facade of the CNIT shopping centre bearing the effigy of Patrick Pouyanne, CEO of TotalEnergies. The banner reads "Civil society is looking for the head of France's most polluting company, which is making billions at the expense of the planet and its people. If you have any information, please do not contact the government, which is its main accomplice"", as TotalEnergies prepared for another tense general meeting where shareholders were due to vote on climate issues and the reappointment of the CEO. IMAGES
Images of blackouts in the capital Kyiv, as Ukraine rolls out the emergency measure following weeks of Russian strikes on power plants which have left the country unable to deal with a drop in temperatures, according to the state power operator Ukrenergo. IMAGES
Environment and climate ministers from the G7 - US, Canada, Britain, France, Germany, Japan and Italy - pose for a group photo in the Palace of Venaria near Turin, where the Group of Seven industrialised nations are meeting for two days of talks on the climate. The meeting in the northern Italian city is the first big political session since the world pledged at the UN's COP28 climate summit in December to transition away from coal, oil and gas. IMAGES
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