Central Queensland is continuing to establish itself as a renewables powerhouse with a new solar power station receiving a green light from the government, and Squadron Energy’s completion of the first wind turbine on what will be the largest grid-connected renewable energy station in Australia.

Woodside’s seismic blasting plan for its $16.5 billion Scarborough gas project off the West Australian coast has been ruled invalid after the Federal Court found the regulator did not have the power to approve it. Mardudhunera woman Raelene Cooper was visibly emotional as the decision was handed...

Prominent climate scientist Bill Hare has expressed his shock and dismay at the Fremantle Dockers decision to sign a new multimillion dollar deal with Woodside Energy for another two seasons, with this decision coming despite accelerating impacts of climate change brought on by the fossil fuel...

Western Australia has confirmed it will be the only state to not set an emissions reduction target for 2030, despite having the most work to do to bring its carbon output down. Greenpeace Australia Pacific's Jess Panegyres said it was disappointing WA was being left without a 2030 target because it...

Australia has become one of the first in the world to sign a legally binding, landmark biodiversity pact for the high seas which addresses an astonishing lack of protection for parts of the ocean that lie over 200 nautical miles offshore. Greenpeace CEO David Ritter has praised this development but...

The Bureau of Meteorology has finally declared that an El Niño weather pattern is underway, increasing the likelihood of a hot and dry summer for Australia, as global weather records continue to tumble. The declaration comes as cloudless skies over the continent which are typical of El Nino...

Temperature records for the start of spring have been shattered in parts of Australia as cloudless skies across the continent have heated the air that is now lingering over eastern capital cities, setting the nation up for what is expected to be a long and hot summer.

Following an emergency injunction on Thursday, Woodside Energy must suspend its planned seismic testing for its Scarborough gas project off the West Australian coast while a challenge over its legality is under way. 

South-east Australia is warned to brace for the first heatwave of spring, with temperatures soaring to more than 12 degrees Celsius above average in regions including Sydney by early next week as a weather pattern more typical of mid-summer takes hold.