A new study has found a link between extreme temperatures from climate change and the chances of a home having its power disconnected, as more than 90 per cent of households surveyed in remote Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory had their electricity shut off.

A 55 per cent cut in emissions by 2035 across the economy to ensure the country can meet its net-zero target by the middle of the century, has been recommended by The Australian Energy Council, which represents the country’s biggest power and clean energy companies including AGL Energy, Alinta and...

After weeks of rain, summer is making a belated arrival in NSW with temperatures set to soar this weekend, as well as the bushfire threat, as the country braces itself for the hottest week this summer.

A slew of new reports have revealed gaping holes in the Coalition’s approach to climate change, including a failure to account for climate threats in rescue plans for endangered species, and further failure to account for increased soil carbon emissions in its recently released net zero “plan”.The...

Coal is set to be snuffed out from Australia’s electricity system up to a decade earlier than planned under a radical blueprint for the power grid laid out by the The Australian Energy Market Operator, which runs the national electricity network.

A diplomat hailed as one of the author’s of the Paris Agreement has expressed her disappointment that Australian PM Scott Morrison “walked back” elements of Australia’s Glasgow climate commitments before the “ink was dry on the paper”.

The New South Wales government has granted a mine plan, it has yet to see, State Significant Infrastructure (SSI) status. This comes less than a year after the Dendrobium coal mine in the Illawarra had its bid for an extension rejected by the Independent Planning Commission, which found the project...

Labor has released the climate policy it will take to the Federal election. It's less ambitious than their previous policy and falls well short of what's required to help rein in global warming. The test for Labor is not whether they can promise something a bit better than one of the worst...

Queensland could grow its economy to $780 billion a year and require a million extra workers under a well-managed shift to net zero by 2050, according to a new report by Deloitte Access Economics commissioned by the Climate Council. 

Australia’s attempts to block UNESCO listing the Great Barrier Reef as a World Heritage site “in danger” has yet again put the country out of step on the global stage, with a dozen nations opposing Australia’s “highly inappropriate” move to delay the listing.