One of Australia’s biggest super funds has warned electricity producers AGL and Origin and gas companies Santos and Woodside that it could dump their stocks unless the companies take serious steps to align their business plans with limiting global heating to 1.5 degrees Celcius.

Australia’s Energy Market Operator has warned that NSW, SA and Victoria could struggle to keep the lights on unless there is a massive investment in power generation, storage and transmission over the next decade.

One hundred scientists and academics have penned an open letter, calling on the federal government to consider the emissions from new coal and gas projects in the assessment process.

South32 has called it quits on a controversial plan to extend its NSW coal mine, which could have caused irreversible damage to the Sydney and Illawarra drinking water catchments.

Tanya Plibersek has approved a controversial fertiliser plant near ancient rock art on Western Australia’s Burrup peninsula.

As the week opens, spare a thought for Clive Palmer and Barnaby Joyce, for whom nothing seems to be going right. Mr Palmer is throwing his toys out of the pram over the Albanese Government’s move to refuse his mega-coal mine, while Mr Joyce apparently knew nothing of Scott Morrison’s secret...

The federal government has taken the first step towards introducing new fuel emission standards to get more electric vehicles into the domestic market, reducing price and emissions - at the national EV summit that kicks off today in Canberra. The event will be attended by Greenpeace CEO, David...

The Australian government will begin consulting industry and broader stakeholders, including environmental organisations on how to strengthen the centrepiece of its emission reduction plan.

The odds of there being a third sodden summer in a row have shortened now the Bureau of Meteorology has declared a La Niña alert.

The world’s biggest fund manager, BlackRock, has selected Australia for the rollout of its largest investment in grid-scale batteries that will be crucial to driving the shift from coal to clean energy.