How climate-denier Trump may leave China to save the planet

How climate-denier Trump may leave China to save the planet

Xi Jinping will take great delight in showing the world how decadent the US becomes under Donald Trump when it comes to global warming. The planet may be the winner.

  • byRoss Gittins

Latest

‘Drill,baby,drill’:What if the world doesn’t need Trump’s ‘liquid gold’?
Opinion
Oil

‘Drill,baby,drill’:What if the world doesn’t need Trump’s ‘liquid gold’?

Donald Trump wants America to dominate the global oil market. But his plans to boost production come as demand for the fossil fuel has weakened.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Trump appoints energy secretary who drank bleach on camera

Trump appoints energy secretary who drank bleach on camera

Net zero is a “sinister goal”,according to Chris Wright,founder of a $4 billion energy company who Trump has chosen as his energy secretary.

  • byCameron Henderson
Trump’s pick for defence secretary paid woman who accused him of sexual assault

Trump’s pick for defence secretary paid woman who accused him of sexual assault

The lawyer for Fox News commentator Pete Hegseth has confirmed the payment but denies his client did anything wrong amid further scrutiny over his appointment.

  • byReuters
Albanese unlikely to announce new climate targets until after federal election

Albanese unlikely to announce new climate targets until after federal election

The prime minister is telling regional leaders he is on track to slash emissions by 43 per cent by 2030,but has hedged on whether he will announce an updated target before voters go to the ballot box next year.

  • byDavid Crowe
In our block of flats,the majority was hung out to dry
Opinion
Opinion

In our block of flats,the majority was hung out to dry

A fraction shy of 75 per cent of the vote supported our right to put a clothes-drying rack on our balconies. That wasn’t enough. Strata law needs to change.

  • byVaidehi Shah
Advertisement
Australia’s thin silver lining in Trump’s dark clouds for climate action

Australia’s thin silver lining in Trump’s dark clouds for climate action

Donald Trump’s return could cause global climate policy chaos and slow the pace of emissions reduction. But there’s a ray of hope for Australia.

  • byMike Foley andNick Toscano
Spanish floods yet another reminder of the climate battle we’re losing

Spanish floods yet another reminder of the climate battle we’re losing

Everyone knows both the solution to climate disasters and what’s causing them,but our leaders remain unwilling or unable to take corrective action.

  • byNick O'Malley
Australia is already 1.5 degrees hotter

Australia is already 1.5 degrees hotter

The CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology have been mapping Australia’s changing climate for 14 years. Here’s what their latest snapshot tells us.

  • byBianca Hall
Billionaires and lobbyists have seized control of our national narrative

Billionaires and lobbyists have seized control of our national narrative

Having spoken to 8000 people across the country,I have been struck by the sense of pent-up fury,anguish and frustration among Australians.

  • byTim Winton
Minister’s plan to scrap emissions plans on WA’s biggest polluting projects
Exclusive
Pollution

Minister’s plan to scrap emissions plans on WA’s biggest polluting projects

The projects with greenhouse gas management plans cover about 310 million tonnes of estimated CO2 emissions from WA industry over the next 25 years.

  • byHamish Hastie