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31 08 2020 | 08:37

Methane released in gas production means Australia's emissions may be 10% higher than reported.

Analysis shows the government, which has committed to a ‘gas-led recovery’, has failed to properly account for methane’s effect on global heating. Australia’s greenhouse gas accounting…

19 08 2020 | 06:33

Final testing under way at expanded Hornsdale big battery in Australia.

The Tesla big battery at Hornsdale in South Australia is entering the final testing of its expanded capacity, and is achieving some significant new records and milestones that would be expected when…

16 08 2020 | 08:20

Calls for Woodside to pay $200m to clean up moribund Timor Sea oil site it ran until 2016.

Review recommends ‘trailing liability’, where owners remain liable for decommissioning sites after selling them. Energy giant Woodside Petroleum is facing calls to pay more than $200m to clean up a…

10 08 2020 | 07:28

Total rooftop solar installations in Australia topped 2.5 million mark in July—Sunwiz.

Australia’s rooftop solar market has defied the disruption caused by Covid-19, setting new installation records in the month of July, and pushing Australia past 2.5 million total rooftop solar…

10 08 2020 | 07:24

How Australia Plans to Recycle its Way to Recovery After COVID-19.

The Australian government has announced a A$190 million (US$130 million)investment in the nation's first Recycling Modernization Fund, with the aim of transforming the country's waste and recycling…

06 08 2020 | 08:07

Flooding could occur daily in Sydney by the end of this century because of climate change.

Human-caused sea level rise likely caused eight out of 10 floods in the region between 1970 and 2015, a study finds. Flooding in localised areas around Sydney will happen almost every week by the…

05 08 2020 | 08:19

Leadership on climate needed: CSIRO report.

Australia's national science agency has called for leadership on climate change, amid concerns the public -and the public service - do not fully understand the risks it posed. In a technical report…

29 07 2020 | 07:10

Almost 3 billion animals affected by Australian bushfires, report shows

Nearly 3 billion animals were killed or displaced by Australia’s devastating bushfire season of 2019 and 2020, according to scientists who have revealed for the first time the scale of the impact on…

23 07 2020 | 18:40

Samsung investment in Adani's Australian coal operation prompts call for boycott.

Activists protest at Samsung Electronics store in Sydney over debt purchase by affiliate Samsung Securities. A company in the Samsung Group invested in Adani’s Australian coal operation last year in…

12 07 2020 | 08:37

Australian banks 'undermining Paris agreement' with $7bn in fossil fuel loans.

Exclusive: Australia’s big four banks have loaned $7bn to 33 new or expansionary fossil fuel projects between 2016 and 2019, analysis finds Since the Paris agreement was signed, Australia’s big four…

12 07 2020 | 08:13

Scientists put forward plan to create universal species list.

A plan to create the first universally recognised list of species on Earth has prompted hopes of an end to centuries of disagreement and confusion over how to classify the world’s library of life.…

07 07 2020 | 08:27

Heatwaves have become longer in most of the world since 1950s – study.

Frequency of heatwaves and cumulative intensity has risen through the decades, research finds. Heatwaves have increased in both length and frequency in nearly every part of the world since the 1950s…

04 07 2020 | 10:56

Australia: Carbon capture and storage is a poor investment.

More money and emissions spent on projects than in storing carbon Australia is pondering carbon capture and storage despite poor outcomes from the only two projects operating world-wide and a lack…

30 06 2020 | 08:32

Forgotten farmers, mining and anti-green invective: how the Nationals became a party for coal.

In this extract from her Quarterly Essay, Judith Brett says mining has offered the Nationals a way to supplement their declining agricultural base At the gala dinner in March this year to celebrate…

16 06 2020 | 07:25

Mining Giant BHP Pauses Plans to Blast 40 Aboriginal Heritage Sites.

Anglo-Australian mining company BHP said it would pause plans to destroy 40 Aboriginal heritage sites as part of its expansion of an iron ore mine in Western Australia (WA).

05 06 2020 | 08:32

Renewables share overtakes gas generation for first time, as coal falls to record low in 2019.

More electricity was produced from renewable energy sources Australia-wide than gas generation for the first time in 2019, as a surge in wind and solar generation also pushes the share of electricity…

03 06 2020 | 10:01

Football pitch-sized area of tropical rainforest lost every six seconds.

Report also warns Australia will experience more extreme fire seasons due to climate crisis. The amount of pristine tropical rainforest lost across the globe increased last year, as the equivalent…

03 06 2020 | 10:01

Australia’s Water Is Vanishing.

Scorched by climate change and drained by industrial farms, the country’s most important river system is nearing collapse.

31 05 2020 | 08:59

Australian researchers claim world first in global race to develop better solar panels.

Experimental cell using the potentially game-changing material perovskite passes a series of heat and humidity tests A team of Australian researchers are claiming a world first in a global race to…

31 05 2020 | 08:44

Australian renewable energy generation tops gas for first time in 2019, coal falls to record low.

More electricity was produced from renewable energy sources Australia-wide than gas generation for the first time in 2019, as a surge in wind and solar generation also pushes the share of electricity…