Key UN reports published in the last two days warn urgent and collective action is needed. The climate crisis has reached a "really bleak moment" one of the world's leading climate scientists has said. Meanwhile, profits at the world’s biggest oil companies have soared to nearly £150bn so far this...

Anthony Albanese warned factories would close unless a new price cap is slapped on gas producers "in the next few weeks" as energy ministers prepare to discuss a significant intervention into the electricity sector to provide relief for households. The government has asked ACCC to review the code...

The Albanese government has confirmed it will join Joe Biden’s global pledge to cut methane emissions by 30% by 2030, as the Prime Minister warned climate change is increasing the frequency of Australia’s extreme weather events.

Rising sea levels are forecast to erode and inundate waterfront homes in the Victorian town of Inverloch by 2070. The Inverloch Region Coastal Hazard Assessment looked at the potential for flooding along low-lying coastal areas amid projections that sea levels will rise by 0.2 metres by 2040 and...

A new study by the CSIRO and University of Tasmania has revealed the staggering amounts of lost fishing gear left floating in our oceans, which includes 25 million pots and traps and 14 billion hooks. The gear was likely having deadly consequences for marine life, one of the study’s authors said.

Toyota boss loses it at 'electric car extremists' after Greenpeace report ranks car company last. One of Toyota Australia's most senior executives has let fly at 'electric car extremists' in a rare speech, arguing their tunnel vision risks other beneficial technologies being ignored. Toyota sales...

Today the CSIRO will launch its new $90 million Towards Net Zero mission, which will aim to decarbonising some of Australia’s most heavily emitting industries: agriculture, aviation and steelmaking.One of Australia's biggest energy companies has warned that retail electricity prices may increase by...

Australian companies are planning the most new coal mining projects after China and India, according to an analysis produced by the German environmental group Urgewald, which said it was the world’s most comprehensive public database on the coal industry.

As fifteen new animal and plant species have also been added to the endangered list, Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has made a commitment to protect an additional 50 million hectares of land by the end of the decade.