The Queensland government has promised to put an electric car charging station every 150 kilometres across the state, the ABC can reveal.The $42 million project will install an extra 2,500 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations over three years

In a new push to stop Santos’ monster Barossa gas project, six Tiwi Island elders have applied to Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek to stop the installation of a critical gas pipeline due to start within days. The elders want Minister Plibersek to declare emergency protection for an area they...

Some of Australia's most popular car brands have scored poor marks in a report ranking traditional automakers on their climate credentials and progress on delivering low-emission vehicles. Greenpeace Australia Pacific Campaigner Joe Rafalowicz said the report underlined the need for the government...

Australia will lead the first-ever World Phone Amnesty, a global movement to transform mobile phone ownership behaviour, curb carbon emissions, and reduce the number of devices being discarded every year – billions. Approximately 83% of a phone’s carbon emissions come from manufacturing, shipping...

Survey reveals disconnect between Australians and scientists over the urgency for climate actionRepeated and increasingly frustrated calls from Australian climate experts are failing to activate the Australian population with the urgency communicated by scientists in Australia and globally. While...

New South Wales is set to enshrine its greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets of 50% by 2030 and net zero by 2050 into law. An independent advisory panel will be created to monitor the state’s progress.

Climate scientists and environmental activists are calling for an immediate change to Australia’s environmental laws, following a Federal Court decision that means that the Federal government can now ignore the risk posed by fossil fuel projects to protected plants, animals and places whilst...

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A report released by the EU climate monitor has found that global average temperatures from January through to September this year were 1.4 degrees higher than 1850-1900, flirting dangerously with breaching the 1.5 degrees global warming limit and making climate action more critical than ever...

Australia will rejoin the world’s major global climate finance fund, reversing a Morrison government decision to withdraw from the United Nations initiative. Greenpeace Australia Pacific’s Shiva Gounden said rejoining the fund was the “right decision” but added “Contributing to the fund without...