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La Niña set to return

The odds of there being a third sodden summer in a row have shortened now the Bureau of Meteorology has declared a La Niña alert.

Energy companies not cutting pollution fast enough

90 per cent of major Australian electricity companies, including AGL, are failing to cut greenhouse gas emissions fast enough to meet the goals of the landmark Paris climate agreement, a study has found.

Australia in clean car traffic jam

Australia’s decade of climate policy inaction has pushed the nation to the end of the electric vehicle global supply chain, leaving a shortage of affordable clean cars and a lack of charging points that will set back the transition from petrol vehicles for years.

Federal government declares Australia's first six offshore wind energy zones

The Albanese government's climate bill passed the lower house on Thursday and will be sent to the Senate, where it is expected to pass with support from the Greens.Meanwhile, Transit Systems are at the front line of the ambition by NSW to electrify the entire Sydney bus fleet of 8,000 to electric,...

Greens pledge support for climate bill

Labor’s signature climate policy will become law after the Greens pledged to support the plan to cut emissions by 43 per cent by 2030 in the Senate.

Climate bill tipped to become law

Labor’s climate change bill appears set to become law with teal independents and the Greens securing concessions to support Labor’s 43 per cent emissions reduction target.

New legal challenge to Woodside

A two-day hearing aimed at stopping Woodside’s destructive Scarborough gas project is expected to get underway in WA today with a conservation group arguing the decision to approve the project is unlawful because pollution and environmental harm from greenhouse gas emissions was not properly...

Labor threatens to dump climate bill

Parliament is set to debate the Albanese government’s climate bill after the signature bill and supporting legislation was introduced yesterday. But Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen has also threatened the government will walk away from the legislation if it can't find broader support for the...

Climate change to triple extreme weather damage bill

If you think the last year has been particularly disaster-heavy, the CSIRO’s megatrends report makes for very grim reading with the experts forecasting that climate change will triple the cost of extreme weather events over the next 30 years.

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