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 latest quarterly emissions data is out - emissions have dropped as coal is squeezed out of the energy system by cleaner, cheaper renewables. No thanks to the Federal Government, with a new WWF report finding that the Feds lag behind all Australian states on renewable energy action.In a...

Heavy-handed state intervention is the order of the day, with the Federal Government stepping in to stymie state participation in global climate pacts. Imagine if they spent as much time on climate solutions, as trying to stop them…

Following Scott Morrison’s “jig” to celebrate the toxic Scarborough gas project, the federal government is set to release a national gas investment framework spelling out plans to grow and support the fossil fuel. 

Climate defenders are increasingly being suppressed by Australian governments as the unregulated influence of the fossil fuel industry drives political inaction on climate, according to a new report by Greenpeace Australia Pacific, the Human Rights Law Centre, and the Environmental Defenders...

Fossil fuel company Woodside Energy has reached final investment decision on its Scarborough Gas drilling project, which if it goes ahead is set to be Australia’s most climate polluting project. But the path for Woodside is far from certain, with regulatory hurdles and legal challenges to clear,...

The BECCS (bioenergy with carbon capture and storage) technique earmarked in the Morrison government’s plan to reach net zero by 2050 has been widely panned by experts as ‘ecologically risky’, ‘a farce’, and 'should be avoided'.

Hydrogen has become central to the Australian government’s net zero plan, but hydrogen made from fossil fuels is more expensive, will release more greenhouse gas emissions, and comes with a greater risk of creating stranded assets, according to new research from ANU.