The Australian government will begin consulting industry and broader stakeholders, including environmental organisations on how to strengthen the centrepiece of its emission reduction plan.

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.

The world’s biggest fund manager, BlackRock, has selected Australia for the rollout of its largest investment in grid-scale batteries that will be crucial to driving the shift from coal to clean energy.

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’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.

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.

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.

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...

As the Albanese government’s climate bill continues to be debated in parliament this week, extreme weather events of the European summer are yet another reminder of why Australia must be a part of global efforts to reduce emissions and build stronger climate action.

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...