Corporate leaders believe we've hit a climate tipping point

A new survey of corporate leaders has found that a majority believe we’ve reached a climate tipping point - but their actions aren’t matching the sense of urgency.

Gas giant Santos has been served notice at Tennis Australia after just one year, after a campaign led by 350 targeting the fossil fuel company’s sponsorship deal with the Australian Open.

And a proposal to frack for oil in the Kimberley has been submitted to the Western Australian EPA, with local environmental groups vowing to fight the project.

Business leaders believe climate at 'tipping point', survey shows
Corporate Australia is increasingly worried about climate change, according to a new survey which found about three-quarters of business executives believe the planet has reached a "tipping point".

A year on from a landmark report, nature - and law reform - is floundering
This time last year, Professor Graeme Samuel released a landmark report that warned Australia's national environmental laws were outdated, ineffective and not fit for purpos, writes Sophie Power from the Australian Conservation Foundation

Locals ‘devastated’ after Whitehaven Coal allowed to bury used tyres at Maules Creek mine
NSW government’s approval compromises ‘environmental integrity of the operation’, say campaigners

Tennis Australia ends partnership with Santos after one year
The multiyear deal with the fossil fuel company had been the target of a campaign against ‘sportswashing’

Environmentalists vow to fight latest Kimberley fracking proposal to unearth Australia's largest oil resource
An energy economist says the world will be watching as an Australian company's proposal to frack onshore oil in the Kimberley is considered by Western Australia's environmental watchdog.