Emails obtained by daily newspaper the Guardian show how NSW premier Dominic Perrottet’s advisers, along with several other ministers, sought to fast-track a bill targeting climate protests after media furore. It’s the bill that led to climate activist Violet Coco being jailed for 15 months. The...

The federal government on Thursday delivered Australia's first annual climate change statement. It also released an emissions projection report, part of Australia's new Climate Change Act. The Albanese government says despite being behind on its promised target of a 43 percent emissions reduction...

TagEnergy is set to build the first stage of the Golden Plains Wind Farm near Geelong in early 2023. This development will include 122 turbines, making it one of the largest wind farms in Australia. The farm is expected to start providing green electricity to households by 2025. Commonwealth Bank...

A United Nations-backed delegation has recommended the Great Barrier Reef be placed on a list of world heritage sites "in danger", citing serious risks from climate change and water quality. The long-awaited report on the 10-day mission that took place in March said climate change was presenting a...

As Australia’s climate sits just shy of 1.5 degrees of warming since records began in 1910, a new report from CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology has found flash flooding is emerging as a new climate threat. Cloudbursts of increasing intense rainfall are more likely as warming continues, since the...

Today we start with some positive news as AGL is closing South Australia’s main gas power station by mid-2026, instead of 2035 as previously planned. The energy giant, which has been under siege from billionaire activist Mike Cannon-Brookes over its decarbonisation pace, said it would close the...

For decades, "natural gas" has sold itself to families as the fastest, most-efficient way to cook. But now there's a battle for your kitchen stove, and a push to get you to embrace electric for your health and for the planet. A coalition of chefs, doctors, climate scientists and real estate...

At COP27, the European Union’s climate chief has challenged the Albanese government to dig deeper into its coffers to compensate for a growing shortfall of funding from the world’s wealthiest nations to combat the climate crisis, however Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen says that it’s...

Temperatures in Europe have increased at more than twice the global average in the last 30 years, according to a report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Europe is a 'live picture of a warming world', says the organisation and commented that even well-prepared societies are not safe...

Many in Brazil feared deforestation during another Bolsonaro term would irreversibly damage the rainforest, which is home to 25% of the world’s biodiversity. But with Lula reclaiming leadership, he vowed to wage war on hunger, racism and to combat environmental destruction which has soared under...