UN chief António Guterres has called fossil fuels a dead end “environmentally and economically” as Australian medical professionals write to leaders and energy companies calling for the country to replace coal power by 2030.  

The Greens are set to announce a $7.8 billion property disaster resilience plan that offers homeowners up to $20,000 in matching grants to raise or flood-proof their houses, as survivors of the recent east coast flooding disaster still await their assistance grants. 

PM Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese faced off in the third and final leaders’ debate last night, with Morrison’s lack of climate action laid bare when pressed on the issue, he claimed his government is “reducing emissions over a long period of time”. 

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

Scientists have warned that the probability of one of the next five years surpassing the 1.5 degrees limit is now 50 per cent.

AGL, Australia’s biggest climate polluter, faces heat over its controversial demerger plans, described as a ‘turd rolled in glitter’. The demerger documents show that if the company splits, both the retail and generation arms will breach Paris climate targets.

The Morrison government’s climate change commitments are consistent with more than 3C of global heating, bordering on 4C, which would lead to catastrophic global damage. With Labor’s targets in line with 2C of heating, both major parties’ targets ignore the proven risk of irreversible climate...

Australia’s $4.5 billion Emissions Reduction Fund has failed to cut pollution, is wasting billions of dollars worth of public money, and is even facilitating increased emissions, according to a new report from The Australia Institute. 

AGL’s demerger proposal is said to be “hanging by a thread” after Mike Cannon-Brooke announced that recent share purchases made him AGL’s largest shareholder and he plans to use that power to vote down the coal company’s plans to split.

The breakdown at AGL’s ageing and unreliable Loy Yang coal burning power station in Victoria will eat into the mega-polluter’s profits to the tune of up to $70 million and potentially jeopardise the company’s demerger plans.