Seabin - an environmental project that filters the water in Sydney Harbour to capture microplastics and large plastics - has observed a 70% reduction in lightweight plastic bags floating in the harbour. The company’s CEO says that this shows the staggering impact of an enforced ban on lightweight...

UNESCO hails $2.9-bn Australian plan to protect Great Barrier ReefThe UN's cultural agency UNESCO welcomed on Tuesday commitments from Australia to protect the Great Barrier Reef, with the government pledging 4.4 billion Australian dollars ($2.9 billion) to safeguard the natural wonder. There has...

Two thousand Woodside employees were evacuated from the company’s headquarters in Perth after a faux gas leak organised by those campaigning against its $50 billion Burrup Hub projects. This is the latest in a long series of actions against Woodside and its plans to prolong and expand gas...

Inside the car industry’s climate lobbying pushThe car industry has been driving a co-ordinated lobbying campaign among policymakers to limit emissions cuts from vehicles and to downplay the role of electric vehicles, government documents reveal. This is “a troubling indictment of the fossil...

Global investment in clean energy will extend its lead over spending on fossil fuels in 2023, with solar projects expected to outpace outlays on oil production for the first time.

In March, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned that government inaction and corporate disinformation have the world on track for an average temperature increase of 2.7C by 2100. Now a new study published by science journal Nature Sustainability has defined what this means -...

United States oil and gas giant Chevron has acknowledged its flagship carbon capture and storage project off Australia's north-west coast is operating at just a third of its capacity as problems bedevil the facility. Analysts and critics say this raises more questions than answers for the use of...

Resources Minister Madeleine King will invite oil and gas companies to consider reducing greenhouse gas emissions by using controversial carbon capture and storage technologies. This will put Labor at odds with the Greens who argue carbon capture technology will prolong the use of harmful fossil...

An environmental activist has been convicted and fined after spray painting a Perth police station with four yellow Woodside energy logos protesting the proposed Burrup Hub project. Magistrate Matthew Walton commended Deanna “Violet” Coco for her strong personal beliefs however cautioned her...

A Western Australian journalist who was taking photos of the removal of ancient rock art from the site of a fertiliser plant says she was repeatedly stopped by police and eventually had the images seized during a raid. The police action comes amid a crackdown on environmental activists in the state.