As representatives of more than 120 countries gather in Lisbon for the UN’s Ocean Conference, UN chief Antonio Guterres said some countries don’t accept that the world's oceans belong to everyone and "egoism" is holding up a global agreement to protect them. 

Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions rose in 2021, largely attributed to transport and fossil fuel production. The spike has laid bare that gas has no place in our energy transition and we need a strong Fuel Efficiency Standard to get Australia onto the clean transport track.

Federal energy minister Chris Bowen has blamed the energy crisis on slow renewables investment, pushing back on suggestions we need to keep coal generators operating. 

The so-called gas-fired recovery has proven to stink, but big power companies continue to call for new rules to prop up gas-fired power stations. 

Following crisis talks, Australia’s energy ministers have agreed on major reforms to back renewables and storage as part of a national transition plan to phase out fossil fuels, as well as funding projects to bolster the electricity grid through various weather conditions, and give regulators...

Chris Bowen has been announced as Australia’s new climate change minister and has flagged taking Labor’s 43 per cent emissions reduction target to Parliament while also pledging to cut taxes on electric vehicles.

More than 90 percent of reefs surveyed along the Great Barrier Reef this year have been impacted by bleaching, a new report reveals. 

Transport emissions rose by more than 12 per cent in the final months of 2021 as lockdowns lifted, according to a new report which called for emissions cuts by replacing fossil fuel energy with renewables, and electrifying households, industry and transport as fast as possible.

Instead of responding to the IPCC report’s stark warning that fossil fuel use must end, Energy Minister Angus Taylor is requesting a rule change to extend the notice period for energy companies looking to switch off their coal-fired power stations.

New South Wales residents have been told to brace themselves for another “rain bomb”, with the state expected to be hit by up to 500mm of rain over the coming days.