Minister for Climate Change Chris Bowen has again called for the Greens to support the government’s reforms to the safeguard mechanism, but flat-out rejected the party’s calls to ban new coal and gas. However Greens leader, Adam Bandt, claims the party has already made major compromises by offering...

Coles and Woolworths offer to ensure stockpiled plastic rubbish does not go into landfill. The supermarket chains say they will take responsibility for the 12,000 tonnes of waste stockpiled after the collapse of the REDcycle recycling scheme’s major supermarket chains say they have offered to take...

An area roughly the size of Germany is set to be added to Australia's protected marine zones, safeguarding the future of millions of penguins, seals and sea birds on Macquarie Island.

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has quietly approved a Santos gas expansion in Queensland, which will operate until 2077 and has documented public concerns over threatened species and impact on water resources. 

Safety concerns have yet again forced regulators to step in at Santos’ Pilbara operations, with 10 gas platforms in a state of dangerous disrepair and evidence the company had identified problems but done little to fix them. 

A young dolphin has been found dead, deeply entangled in a NSW Government-owned shark net off Bronte Beach in Sydney over the weekend, prompting renewed calls to ban the devices. A review of the state's shark net program concluded that of the 300 animals caught in its 51 shark nets during the...

A Santos employee has accused the Australian oil and gas company of covering up the extent of an oil spill he says killed dolphins off the Western Australian coast last year. The claims were tabled by independent Senator David Pocock in federal parliament on Thursday. Greenpeace Australia Pacific...

The NSW government’s move to legislate a ban on offshore gas drilling will help protect oceans and marine life in NSW waters from destructive drilling, seismic blasting, and toxic gas spills.

The Greens leader Adam Bandt says they will pass the Albanese government’s planned overhaul of the safeguard mechanism – a climate policy promised to cut industrial emissions – if Labor is prepared to stop new coal and gas projects. Greenpeace has identified problems with this proposed legislation...

A Clive Palmer-owned mining company has withdrawn its appeal against a landmark ruling that its giant thermal coalmine project would worsen the climate crisis and infringe on the human rights of future generations. The Queensland land court found the emissions from the burning of the coal would,...