Environment
Climate Change
'Glaring inconsistency': National emissions jump may be underestimated
Australia's greenhouse gases rose for a third year in a row in 2017, led by emissions from LNG and transport sectors, according to federal government data.
- by Peter Hannam
Latest
Renewables
Budget 2018: Funding cuts put Paris climate goal further out of reach
Australia's 2030 Paris climate pledge will be harder to achieve after the Turnbull government ended funding to its "centrepiece" emissions policy.
- by Peter Hannam
Renewables
Victorian government furious as Turnbull 'takes credit' for French solar deal
France's Emmanuel Macron and Malcolm Turnbull attended a signing of an MOU on Wednesday, but the French were surprised to learn no one from Melbourne was invited.
- by Peter Hannam
Analysis
Energy
Phony peace? Challenges to energy plan sent back to modelling board
Somewhere down the track lies possibly Josh Frydenberg's biggest challenge.
- by Peter Hannam
Energy
Ministers have high-powered dinner ahead of COAG energy talks
State and federal energy ministers met ahead of the COAG talks on Friday to 'narrow the differences' over the National Energy Guarantee.
- by Peter Hannam
Analysis
Energy
Chance to end climate wars: Can the NEG get up?
All you need to know about the National Energy Guarantee as state and federal ministers meet to debate its detail.
- by Peter Hannam & Cole Latimer
Energy
Dam fine energy plan: Tapping the nation's water resources for power
Reservoirs other than the Snowy offer largely untapped potential for energy storage and generation, including solar farms, that governments hope to unleash.
- by Peter Hannam
Extreme weather
'Cooked': Study finds Great Barrier Reef transformed by mass bleaching
Corals in the Great Barrier Reef have a lower tolerance to heat stress than expected, contributing to a permanent change of species mix, researchers found.
- by Peter Hannam
Energy
'Delicate': Energy chiefs warn of risks without advance on energy plan
Buoyant confidence in the electricity sector has seen power prices retreat but remains fickle and hinges on further progress on the government's energy plan.
- by Peter Hannam & Cole Latimer
Victorian election
Browned off: $90m 'clean coal' program ends as final project collapses
The last of a long list of government-backed "clean coal" projects has fallen over, with the Treasurer reluctantly confirming the end of a $90 million program.
- by Royce Millar & Ben Schneiders
Opinion
Bushfire
Menai bushfire reveals problem we must confront
I spent Sunday fighting a big fire right up against the edge of our biggest city. But the real point of the story is that it happened in mid April. We don't plan for major fires halfway through autumn.
- by Jim Casey