Saturday’s NSW state election saw the Liberal-National Coalition’s twelve-year run of governing NSW finally overturned by Labor. Chris Minns has been elected as state’s new premier, with the ALP Government on track to win a majority in the lower house. True to form, the oil and gas lobby has...

More than 500 common species of fish, seaweed, coral and invertebrates that live on reefs around Australia have declined in the past decade, a study has found, as experts warn “not all is well in the ocean”. Global heating was likely the main driver of the falls, with marine heatwaves and a rise in...

Samoa’s prime minister has issued a desperate plea for action, calling for the world to save the people of the Pacific from climate disaster. The plea comes on the eve of a landmark report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which is expected to deliver a scientific “final warning” on...

The first stage of the New England Solar Farm - which will be the biggest solar farm in Australia - has been officially opened and will be operating at its full capacity of up to 400MW within months. 

Independent MPs are pushing the government to include an 'absolute cap' or an explicit objective that emissions must come down under the safeguard mechanism. MPs Allegra Spender, Zali Steggall and senator David Pocock are calling on Labor to limit total emissions up until 2030. 

Environmental advocates have blasted Queensland’s emission target as “inadequate” and lagging behind other states, with the Greens preparing to introduce a bill that would more than double the current benchmark.

The government’s carbon-neutral certification scheme Climate Active has come under fire from critics, who claim the body is engaging in “greenwashing” - providing environmentally friendly cover for polluting industries to carry on with business as usual, while giving the impression they're taking...

Australian companies have been ranked for the first time on how clean their vehicle fleets are, with Greenpeace Australia Pacific’s Electrify Fleets Rankings revealing IKEA has assembled the greenest fleet while Avis, Myer, David Jones, and JB Hi-Fi fall to the bottom of the pack.