Tropical regions including northern Australia could experience dangerously high heat levels most days by 2100, while southern parts of the country may face deadly heatwaves annually by then, according to researchers from Harvard and the University of Washington.

The Albanese government is opening up nearly 47,000 sq km of Australian waters to oil and gas exploration through new petroleum exploration permits, including vast tracts stretching from the Ashmore and Cartier Islands in the Indian Ocean to Victoria’s Gippsland basin.

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.

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 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.

Scientists have called for a tightening of regulation on fishing and gas extraction in Australia’s marine parks, which is putting pressure on our fragile coastal and marine ecosystems.Gas giant Santos is facing an ASIC complaint about greenwashing led by Market Forces. Meanwhile, Woodside has been...

Australia’s decade of climate policy inaction has pushed the nation to the end of the electric vehicle global supply chain, leaving a shortage of affordable clean cars and a lack of charging points that will set back the transition from petrol vehicles for years.

Labor’s signature climate policy will become law after the Greens pledged to support the plan to cut emissions by 43 per cent by 2030 in the Senate.

Labor’s climate change bill appears set to become law with teal independents and the Greens securing concessions to support Labor’s 43 per cent emissions reduction target.