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Emissions from Beetaloo gas grossly understated

New analysis by Climate Analytics shows onshore emissions of proposed fracking in the Beetaloo Basin are understated by up to 84%, stating these emissions are estimated to add up to 11% of Australia’s 2021 emissions.

Cyclone Lola reinforces Vanuatu's calls for a Loss & Damage Fund

Although Vanuatu’s Cyclone Lola has been downgraded from category five yesterday to category three this morning, the damage is expected to be extensive with Vanuatu’s Climate Change and Disaster Management Minister calling for the world to act and set up a loss and damage fund.

Tiwi Island elders issue new challenge to Santos

In a new push to stop Santos’ monster Barossa gas project, six Tiwi Island elders have applied to Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek to stop the installation of a critical gas pipeline due to start within days. The elders want Minister Plibersek to declare emergency protection for an area they...

Dockers continue gas sponsorship despite climate change impacts

Prominent climate scientist Bill Hare has expressed his shock and dismay at the Fremantle Dockers decision to sign a new multimillion dollar deal with Woodside Energy for another two seasons, with this decision coming despite accelerating impacts of climate change brought on by the fossil fuel...

Traditional owner challenges Woodside's seismic testing

A Federal Court judge is expected to decide this week on a traditional owner's challenge to Woodside Energy's plan to begin seismic blasting off northern Western Australia as part of its Scarborough Gas Project. Traditional custodian Raelene Cooper filed for a judicial review in August of the...

Support for fossil fuel firms to pay for climate damage

Today’s Climate of the Nation survey, Australia's longest continuous survey of community attitudes to climate change, shows that many Australians believe the toll on communities from more severe storms, floods and bushfires should be covered by coal, oil and gas firms.

Thousands of Labor members take climate challenge to Albanese

350 branches of the Labor party have proposed formal motions calling for greater action on climate change from the Albanese Labor government, urging, among other things, the winding back of land clearing and native forest logging.

Bureau of Meteorology predicting a summer of heatwaves

Even without declaring an El Nino, the Bureau of Meteorology is predicting a warmer than average summer for Australia. And the world’s oceans have set a new temperature record for the average global temperature. But in some good news, platypuses have been confirmed living near a development in...

Pacific nations fight to take climate harm to the highest court

Nations in the Pacific at the frontlines of climate change, such as the country of Tuvalu, are taking their fight for survival to the world’s highest court, the International Court of Justice, as rising sea levels and natural disaster continue to threaten lives and livelihoods

UN levy on global shipping industry sets sail

After mammoth negotiations led by Pacific Island nations the Marshall Islands and Solomon Islands, the global shipping industry is set to have an emissions levy imposed. It comes after gruelling United Nations negotiations ended with an agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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