A Blood Test Years Before Cancer May Reveal a Hidden Warning Sign

10 August 2026 at 11:42

A blood test taken years before cancer appears may hold a warning sign for men’s long-term health. A large international study found that men with very low testosterone were more likely to be diagnosed with cancer and more likely to die from it later in life. The link was broad, but it came with an [...]

Mooted WA oil refinery ‘dinosaur technology’ amid clean energy transition, experts say

The Guardian - Energy

By: Krishani Dhanji and Graham Readfearn

29 July 2026 at 07:15

A feasibility study for the Western Australian project will show the project is uneconomic and requires government subsidies, experts say

Leading Australian climate policy experts say a new oil refinery in Western Australia would be an investment in “dinosaur technology” that would require public subsidy and do little to solve the country’s fuel security.

The Albanese government announced a $4m early-stage feasibility study with the WA government for a new oil refinery in the Pilbara region on Tuesday, but experts said the money would be better spent on green technology to reduce Australia’s reliance on fossil fuels.

Experts told Guardian Australia doing the feasibility study was not a bad idea, but would ultimately show the project would be uneconomic and would require government subsidies.

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Exclusive: Leaked documents show BHP’s climate backtrack - podcast

The Guardian - Energy

By: Presented by Nour Haydar · with Christopher Knaus. Produced by Miles Herbert and Joe Koning who also did the sound design and mix. Hannah Parkes is the executive producer

25 May 2026 at 11:30

Nour Haydar speaks with Christopher Knaus about the BHP files – the cache of internal documents leaked to the Guardian and the ABC’s Four Corners – which show that the world’s biggest miner has war-gamed ways to massively delay decarbonisation

Additional audio in this episode was sourced by Financial Times Live

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BHP defies its own climate strategy to spend hundreds of millions on polluting diesel trucks in Pilbara

The Guardian - Energy

By: Christopher Knaus and Adam Morton

25 May 2026 at 11:30

Exclusive: Mining giant says technology is not yet advanced enough to run a fully electrified fleet but experts say it is hooked on federal fuel tax credits

BHP has continued to spend hundreds of millions of dollars buying diesel trucks in the Pilbara despite internal documents suggesting it would increase emissions and be “misaligned” with its decarbonisation goals.

The mining giant is Australia’s biggest consumer of diesel and trucks are its biggest single source of diesel emissions. Replacing the fleet with battery-electric trucks is considered a critical step in the multinational’s efforts to decarbonise.

The BHP files: World’s biggest miner BHP backtracks on climate action with key projects put on ice, leaked documents reveal

The Guardian - Energy

By: Christopher Knaus and Adam Morton

25 May 2026 at 11:30

Exclusive: Cache of internal documents leaked to the Guardian and the ABC’s Four Corners show multinational has war-gamed ways to massively delay decarbonisation

Revealed: the internal BHP memo that slammed the brakes on world’s biggest miner’s climate push
Read more from the BHP files investigation here
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The world’s biggest miner has halted or delayed projects to cut vast amounts of emissions and has quietly war-gamed options to push major climate investments in its Western Australian iron ore operations into the next two decades, internal documents show.

An exclusive investigation based on documents leaked to the Guardian and the ABC’s Four Corners can reveal that BHP, one of Australia’s biggest historic emitters, has dumped plans for a facility that could have significantly reduced emissions and has put on ice renewable projects designed to power its iron ore operations in the vast, resource-rich Pilbara region.

Revealed: the internal BHP memo that slammed the brakes on world’s biggest miner’s climate push

The Guardian - Energy

By: Christopher Knaus and Adam Morton

25 May 2026 at 11:30

Exclusive: BHP once dubbed climate change an ‘existential’ threat. But leaked documents show it has backtracked on decarbonisation at a vast network of mines

Read more from the BHP files investigation here

In the middle of 2019, London was sweltering through a heatwave.

Temperature records tumbled. Frail, ill and elderly people died in their hundreds.

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