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. 

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. 

Former US vice president Al Gore has criticised the Morrison government for failing to increase Australia’s 2030 emissions reduction target and warned coal workers to be sceptical about “hollow words” from politicians.  

In the wake of COP26, everyone’s talking about coal. World leaders say the Glasgow Climate Pact has sounded coal’s death knell, but Prime Minister Scott Morrison is sticking to his dirty coal guns despite all evidence that coal’s on the way out, including falling share prices.The newly launched...

The dust has settled on COP26, and as delegates leave Glasgow the real work begins: putting the agreements into action. World leaders yesterday agreed to a watered-down, but significant milestone: for the first time in 26 years of climate summits, the Glasgow Climate Pact includes references to...

COP26 enters its final day, with UN chief Antonio Guterres declaring the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees is “on life support” as countries clash over fossil fuels, a financial compensation scheme, and the depth of emissions cuts this decade. Prime Minister Scott Morrison seems to...

The UK has released a first draft of the UN climate summit text, which calls on all nations to accelerate the phase out of coal and urges those that failed to bring stronger 2030 targets to COP26 to do so by the end of 2022.

Once again Australia has had a very special honour bestowed upon it - the honour of being ranked dead last in the world on climate action, with a new report from Climate Action Tracker, placing Australia’s climate efforts behind countries like Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, Russia and Brazil.

Australian households and small businesses are doing the heavy lifting on net zero, with 3 million solar systems now installed following record installation levels in 2019 and 2020.