An area roughly the size of Germany is set to be added to Australia's protected marine zones, safeguarding the future of millions of penguins, seals and sea birds on Macquarie Island.

The Greens leader Adam Bandt says they will pass the Albanese government’s planned overhaul of the safeguard mechanism – a climate policy promised to cut industrial emissions – if Labor is prepared to stop new coal and gas projects. Greenpeace has identified problems with this proposed legislation...

Energy giant AGL has posted a $1.1 billion half-year loss, sending its shares tumbling. The loss was largely attributed to a string of breakdowns across AGL’s fleet of ageing coal-fired power plants. AGL brought forward their coal closure deadlines to 2035, 13 years earlier than originally planned,...

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has blocked Clive Palmer’s coal mine near the Great Barrier Reef, marking the first time that a coal mine has been rejected under national environmental laws. 

Major industry groups representing Australian manufacturers have accused the gas industry of getting around the federal government's gas price controls by withholding supply. East coast gas producers have effectively suspended new sales since the federal government announced price caps on fossil...

The Federal Government is believed to have made a bid to give UNESCO World Heritage Status to the Burrup Peninsula. The bid comes as Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek is weighing up a number of major fossil fuel and resources developments in the area, including Woodside's North West Shelf and...

Resources Minister Madeleine King has urged mining and gas companies to get behind the Indigenous Voice to parliament, saying they have a unique responsibility to correct the wrongs of the past. King said the resources sector had made “extraordinary and devastating mistakes” in their interactions...

Scientists have warned that early forecasts suggest the El Niño weather phenomenon will return later in 2023, exacerbating extreme weather around the globe and making it “very likely” the world will exceed 1.5C of warming. 

A potentially transformational agreement for nature is close to being reached at Cop15 in Montreal, which could bring better protection for Earth’s vital ecosystems such as the Amazon and Congo basin rainforests, big reforms to agriculture and better protection of indigenous territories and rights....

Labor and the Greens have secured a package of support to switch to high-quality electric appliances that will lower power bills for people, including low and middle-income households and renters, stated Greens leader Adam Bandt last night. Today parliament reconvenes for an urgent sitting to rein...