Labor’s signature climate policy will become law after the Greens pledged to support the plan to cut emissions by 43 per cent by 2030 in the Senate.

Labor’s climate change bill appears set to become law with teal independents and the Greens securing concessions to support Labor’s 43 per cent emissions reduction target.

A two-day hearing aimed at stopping Woodside’s destructive Scarborough gas project is expected to get underway in WA today with a conservation group arguing the decision to approve the project is unlawful because pollution and environmental harm from greenhouse gas emissions was not properly...

As the Albanese government’s climate bill continues to be debated in parliament this week, extreme weather events of the European summer are yet another reminder of why Australia must be a part of global efforts to reduce emissions and build stronger climate action.

Parliament is set to debate the Albanese government’s climate bill after the signature bill and supporting legislation was introduced yesterday. But Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen has also threatened the government will walk away from the legislation if it can't find broader support for the...

If you think the last year has been particularly disaster-heavy, the CSIRO’s megatrends report makes for very grim reading with the experts forecasting that climate change will triple the cost of extreme weather events over the next 30 years.

The new Parliament will sit for the first time today with the government expected to pass its proposed climate legislation after strengthening the bill to ensure that the 43 per cent emissions reduction target cannot be weakened.

The green light from the EPA for Woodside’s 2070 climate disaster has seen more than 750 appeals lodged with WA’s Appeal Convenor. The previous record for number of appeals was 170.

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek is considering a temporary halt on the $4.3 billion urea plant on WA’s Burrup Peninsula that traditional First Nations owners say will threaten ancient rock art.