Environment
Climate change
The world's leading energy adviser has turned a shade green
This year, for the first time, the International Energy Agency has indicated how the daily habits of the world's population might help fight climate change.
- by Nick O'Malley
Latest
Coronavirus pandemic
Global emissions fall faster than at any time on record as COVID-19 hits economies
The carbon pollution drop in the first half of 2020 has been steeper than during the global financial crisis, Great Depression of the 1930s and the 1979 oil crisis, according to international researchers.
- by Peter Hannam
Great Barrier Reef
'There is no time to lose': Great Barrier Reef has lost half its corals
The Great Barrier Reef has lost half its corals, with a decline in the number of shallow and deep water corals across almost all species in the past two decades.
- by Miki Perkins
Energy
Old king coal has surrendered to solar, says global power report
For the first time since the industrial revolution, coal-fired power will constitute less than 20 per cent of the world's energy by 2040, according to the annual report by the International Energy Agency.
- by Nick O'Malley
Biodiversity
Wastewater, chlorine concerns for Western Port marine life
Opponents of a floating gas facility in Western Port have voiced their concerns to an inquiry considering the environmental effect of the proposal.
- by Miki Perkins
Global warming
'An uninhabitable hell': UN says climate change 'doubled the rate' of disasters
The United Nations warns that many regions are becoming uninhabitable as global warming increases floods, fires and other natural disasters.
- by Olivia Rudgard
Paris Agreement
Australian oil and gas company Cooper Energy the first to go net zero
Cooper Energy will offset all its carbon emission from this financial year, making it the first Australian net zero oil and gas company
- by Nick O'Malley
Emissions
Environmental probe into AGL's floating gas terminal bid
Emissions from AGL’s proposed floating gas terminal at Western Port could be far greater than the energy giant has estimated for the controversial $250 million project.
- by Miki Perkins
Exclusive
Bushfires
'We’re bloody lucky we didn’t bury thousands of people': Constance's new climate pledge
The Member for Bega has said he will dedicate his life to ensuring last summer's "bushfire tsunami" doesn't happen again.
- by Peter Hannam
Climate policy
Beachgoers keep high eye on Victoria's changing coastline
Volunteers in coastal communities have been trained to pilot lightweight drones mounted with cameras in order to precisely measure shoreline change along Victoria’s coastline.
- by Miki Perkins
Federal budget
'Thrilled': Next generation climate modelling gets budget kickstart
Federal funding has cheered scientists who say it will help refine predictions for everything from fire-generated thunderstorms to worsening urban heat islands.
- by Peter Hannam