There’s a whole lot of news today, even leaving aside the high drama of New South Wales state politics.First cab off the rank is the announcement that the UK, population 67 million, will be run on 100% renewable power by 2035, as Boris Johnson vows to get off the gas as prices surge.A new study has...

A Senate oversight committee could dash the Morrison Government’s hopes to gifting more taxpayer money to the fossil fuel industry. The Liberal-controlled committee said that plans to allow the Australian Renewable Energy Agency to fund non-renewable technologies, including carbon capture and...

Emissions reduction and renewable energy targets set by the states and territories could lead to a 34 percent cut in national greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, surpassing the Morrison Government’s meagre target and piling pressure on the PM to do something to help prevent further climate chaos.

The pressure on the Morrison Government to bolster its 2030 emissions reduction target and commit to net zero has grown with the state Liberal government in NSW pledging to halve emissions this decade to address the climate crisis.

The debate about a net-zero emissions target drones on, with suggestions that PM Morrison’s attendance at the COP26 climate summit hinges on his ability to get his junior Coalition partners over the line.

For weary watchers of the endless Australian energy wars, there’s a distinct feeling of Groundhog Day, as every pollie and pundit weighs in on the possibility of a net-zero emissions by 2050 target - but, as ever, so far it’s all talk, no action.

In today’s news, the Morrison Government will face pressure the states over its plans to slug taxpayers to extend the life of ageing and unreliable coal burning power stations, regardless of whether they supply electricity to the grid or not.

Yesterday’s annual general meeting of the nation’s biggest climate polluter, AGL, was a veritable bloodbath with Chairman Peter Botten hammered with a tsunami of questions on the company’s shocking environmental record, UN and IEA calls for a 2030 coal closure deadline and AGL’s billion-dollar...

In today’s news, China’s president has told the UN General Assembly that the country will no longer finance coal projects abroad.

In today’s news, US President Joe Biden’s climate envoy John Kerry has said the US is ready to “play its part” in a US$100 billion fund to help developing countries adapt to climate change.