The NSW Labor government has flagged extending the life of Australia’s largest coal-fired power station beyond 2025 but cannot say how long it will stay open or whether taxpayers could be forced to foot the bill.A Senate inquiry into the planned Middle Arm development near Darwin has been...

Following years of advocacy from young people, independent Senator David Pocock will today introduce a Private Senator’s bill to impose a duty of care on politicians to protect young people from climate harm.

The world's average temperature reached a new high on Monday, and scientists are blaming mankind's ongoing carbon emissions, in combination with the El Nino weather event, for the record-breaking heat.It comes as Australia is accused of “vastly underreporting” its methane emissions, and the latest...

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.

Tonga will be the first Pacific nation to experiment with wave energy, after signing a Memorandum of Understanding to trial new technology.

In a statement on Wednesday, Cannon-Brookes’ privately owned Grok Ventures said it had sold down its stake in AGL to free up its ability to boost spending on other climate technology and renewable investments. But it said it would remain AGL’s biggest shareholder, owning 10.41 per cent of the...

A new report has revealed getting households off gas for heating and cooking would cut energy bills and improve people’s health, and is necessary for Australia to have any hope of reaching net zero greenhouse emissions by 2050. The analysis is calling on governments to help households and...

Toyota shareholders have rejected a resolution that called for greater transparency on the company's climate change efforts. The resolution would have enshrined a requirement for Toyota Motor Corporation to disclose its climate change related lobbying activities in its articles of incorporation.

Environmental authorities are "urgently" trying to determine the source of an oil spill impacting seabirds that are being pulled from waterways in Perth's south "waterlogged" and "starving". The first oiled pelican was spotted in late May, and volunteers have been out searching every day for the...

UNESCO hails $2.9-bn Australian plan to protect Great Barrier ReefThe UN's cultural agency UNESCO welcomed on Tuesday commitments from Australia to protect the Great Barrier Reef, with the government pledging 4.4 billion Australian dollars ($2.9 billion) to safeguard the natural wonder. There has...