Systems to protect Australia’s threatened species “more or less worthless”

Environment ministers’ decisions across 15 years to either wave through projects or impose stricter conditions to protect threatened species made no difference to the amount of habitat destroyed, according to a new study. 

AGL, Australia’s biggest climate polluter, has confirmed its Liddell coal-burning power station will shut down on 28 April, kicking off a decommissioning process before the site is reborn as a clean energy hub.

And a record 1.6 million carbon credits were traded last week after the Federal government announced its proposed revamp of the Safeguard Mechanism, which runs the risk of repeating the same old mistakes.

System to protect Australia’s threatened species from development ‘more or less worthless’, study finds

Researchers say various environment ministers’ decisions spanning 15 years made no difference to the amount of habitat destroyed as the Australian government works through reforms to environment laws to be introduced later this year. 

Liddell coal-fired power station will shut down on April 28, the plant's owner AGL confirms

AGL has confirmed its Liddell coal-burning power station will shut down on 28 April, kicking off a decommissioning process before the site is reborn as a clean energy hub.

Companies dive into carbon markets as 1.6m units traded in a week

New analysis by Melbourne-based carbon consultancy RepuTex revealed the spot price for Australian Carbon Credit Units, or ACCUs, increased 11 per cent to almost $39 last week.

Beetaloo gas fracking could start soon, despite NT government delay in implementing Pepper inquiry recommendations

The gas industry's peak body says licences to begin fracking in the Northern Territory could be issued in a month, despite the government missing a key deadline.

Trouble underfoot: feral deer a dire cost to the environment and economy

Feral deer populations are spreading into outer areas of Melbourne and other capital cities, destroying horticultural and agricultural crops, and damaging ecosystems.

Cannon-Brookes keeps world’s biggest solar project alive with $65m zero interest loan

Software billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes is to keep the operations of the world’s biggest solar and battery project afloat for the next six months with a $65 million zero interest loan while the company is prepared for sale.