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.

Australians are hitting the accelerator on electric vehicles, with sales speeding up by 65 per cent in the past year, but slow uptake relative to countries with a fuel efficiency standard shows carmakers are still not prioritising Australia when choosing where to send their new EV models.

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.

Australians are choosing in droves to drive on sunshine as electric vehicle sales reach new heights, with the Tesla Model Y electric car the third-best-selling vehicle of any type in September.

A new report has revealed that flaws in the regulation of Australia’s electricity network have delivered billions of dollars worth of profits to poles and wires companies, at the expense of consumers and hindering the transition to renewables.

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.

Topping off a truly stunning week in energy news after AGL announced all its coal-burning power stations will be closed by 2035, experts were “gobsmacked” by the Queensland Government’s announcement that the state would do the same. Could we be at the tipping point away from coal-burning...

Australia’s biggest climate polluter AGL has announced it will bring forward the closure of its dirty coal-burning power station Loy Yang A by a decade as part of its strategic review - five years beyond what the science calls for but a significant step forward for a company that planned to burn...

The federal government has put fuel efficiency standards on the table in its National EV Strategy discussion paper just released, but with cars and light commercial vehicles accounting for 60 per cent of all transport emissions, we must act now to hit the brakes on Australia’s emissions.