Keeping with the string of energy news the past few weeks, the Albanese government has committed $4.7 billion to help fund renewable energy infrastructure in NSW. The funding will go towards building transmission lines from the state's renewable zones to the main energy grid.

The goal of limiting global heating to 1.5C is “gasping for breath”, the UN secretary-general has said as he announced a “climate ambition summit” for September. António Guterres said the summit would challenge leaders of governments and businesses to come up with “new, tangible and credible...

A potentially transformational agreement for nature is close to being reached at Cop15 in Montreal, which could bring better protection for Earth’s vital ecosystems such as the Amazon and Congo basin rainforests, big reforms to agriculture and better protection of indigenous territories and rights....

The Albanese government’s legislation capping gas prices and funding consumer rebates to deliver power price relief has passed the Senate, despite the Coalition voting against the proposal during a special sitting of federal parliament. Greenpeace welcomes the energy reforms as a breath of fresh...

Labor and the Greens have secured a package of support to switch to high-quality electric appliances that will lower power bills for people, including low and middle-income households and renters, stated Greens leader Adam Bandt last night. Today parliament reconvenes for an urgent sitting to rein...

Climate activist Deanna “Violet” Coco has been released from prison after she was granted bail by a court judge. Coco was jailed earlier this month after blocking traffic on the Sydney Harbour Bridge in an act of protest. Coco was the first person to be jailed under controversial New South Wales...

Australia’s major banks and superannuation funds are failing to properly assess the damage their investments and financial decisions do to nature or set targets to reverse that damage, according to new analysis. How businesses manage nature-related risk is one of the major items under negotiation...

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek will push for a global effort to prevent any new extinctions of wildlife by 2030, warning the world is heading down an “unsustainable” path unless a major international agreement is reached. Plibersek, who will travel to Montreal on Wednesday for the COP15...

Today Australia’s leaders will meet virtually for a National Cabinet meeting, with soaring energy prices being at the top of the agenda. The federal government plans to cap coal prices to help households struggling to pay their energy bills. The rising costs of fossil fuels like coal and gas are...

The “fate of the entire living world” will be determined at the Cop15 UN biodiversity summit, according to leading scientists. They said the gathering of the world’s nations, which began on Wednesday in Montreal, is “vastly more important than Cop27”, the recent high-profile UN climate meeting. “We...