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End in sight for fossil fuel boom

Australia’s coal miners and gas producers are facing sharp falls in commodity prices this year, ending their extraordinary run of record profits, as a historic global supply crunch continues to ease and an economic slowdown dampens demand.

Greenpeace launches Pacific ship tour

Two Torres Strait Islander Elders are travelling to the Pacific on board the Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior to highlight the need for stronger action on climate change. It comes as Greenpeace Australia Pacific launches its Pacific ship tour to help bring climate justice to the region.

Safeguard Mechanism reforms passed by parliament

Australia’s parliament has passed the country’s most significant emissions reduction legislation in more than a decade after the government won backing from Greens and independent MPs for a plan to deal with pollution from major industrial sites.

Shallow-water reef animals declining: new study

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 PM pleads for climate action to save people of Pacific

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...

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