A peak oil and gas lobby, which includes dirty fossil fuel giant Woodside, Shell, and BP, continues to argue against the Albanese Government’s signature climate action plan, including its opposition to international offsets. Under a proposal unveiled earlier this year, emissions would be required...

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has quietly approved a Santos gas expansion in Queensland, which will operate until 2077 and has documented public concerns over threatened species and impact on water resources. 

Safety concerns have yet again forced regulators to step in at Santos’ Pilbara operations, with 10 gas platforms in a state of dangerous disrepair and evidence the company had identified problems but done little to fix them. 

A Santos employee has accused the Australian oil and gas company of covering up the extent of an oil spill he says killed dolphins off the Western Australian coast last year. The claims were tabled by independent Senator David Pocock in federal parliament on Thursday. Greenpeace Australia Pacific...

The NSW government’s move to legislate a ban on offshore gas drilling will help protect oceans and marine life in NSW waters from destructive drilling, seismic blasting, and toxic gas spills.

The Greens leader Adam Bandt says they will pass the Albanese government’s planned overhaul of the safeguard mechanism – a climate policy promised to cut industrial emissions – if Labor is prepared to stop new coal and gas projects. Greenpeace has identified problems with this proposed legislation...

After mammoth commitments to invest in green energy by the US, clean energy advocates are warning this may now see critical resources, investment, and talent drawn to the US unless governments led by the Commonwealth boost their efforts to keep pace.

Major industry groups representing Australian manufacturers have accused the gas industry of getting around the federal government's gas price controls by withholding supply. East coast gas producers have effectively suspended new sales since the federal government announced price caps on fossil...

Queensland is expected to swelter through heatwave conditions today. Energy Minister Mick de Brenni says there will be enough electricity supply to “keep the lights on” but warns the system will be “tight”.

New data from the Australian Electoral Commission shows how fossil fuel giants funded the election campaigns of the major parties in 2022, with coal, gas, and oil interests giving more than $2.3 million to the Liberals, Labor, and the Nationals.