A diplomat hailed as one of the author’s of the Paris Agreement has expressed her disappointment that Australian PM Scott Morrison “walked back” elements of Australia’s Glasgow climate commitments before the “ink was dry on the paper”.

New figures reveal record wind and solar output, and record-low output from fossil fuel generators across the September quarter. As a result, electricity prices are falling in South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria – where solar and wind resources are abundant – but rising in coal-reliant New South...

Queensland could grow its economy to $780 billion a year and require a million extra workers under a well-managed shift to net zero by 2050, according to a new report by Deloitte Access Economics commissioned by the Climate Council. 

Australia’s attempts to block UNESCO listing the Great Barrier Reef as a World Heritage site “in danger” has yet again put the country out of step on the global stage, with a dozen nations opposing Australia’s “highly inappropriate” move to delay the listing.

Australia’s latest quarterly emissions data is out - emissions have dropped as coal is squeezed out of the energy system by cleaner, cheaper renewables. No thanks to the Federal Government, with a new WWF report finding that the Feds lag behind all Australian states on renewable energy action.In a...

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. 

Climate defenders are increasingly being suppressed by Australian governments as the unregulated influence of the fossil fuel industry drives political inaction on climate, according to a new report by Greenpeace Australia Pacific, the Human Rights Law Centre, and the Environmental Defenders...

Protestors have gathered outside fossil fuel company Woodside’s Perth office, opposing its decision to rush ahead on the toxic Scarborough gas project as CEO Meg O’Neill sought to play down concerns during an investor update.

Fossil fuel company Woodside Energy has reached final investment decision on its Scarborough Gas drilling project, which if it goes ahead is set to be Australia’s most climate polluting project. But the path for Woodside is far from certain, with regulatory hurdles and legal challenges to clear,...

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'.