Renewables surge shows Australia can meet ambitious 2035 reductions

Renewables surge shows Australia can meet ambitious 2035 reductions

The UK has promised to cut emissions by 81 per cent by 2035. The Climate Change Authority is considering how much more we could do.

  • byBianca Hall andNick O'Malley

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

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
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
I used a hack to get to Qantas gold status,but I have concerns
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I used a hack to get to Qantas gold status,but I have concerns

I needed 600 status credits to retain Qantas gold before my membership year was due to end,but I was 50 points short.

  • byLee Tulloch
Pacific leaders blame Australia for role in climate crisis

Pacific leaders blame Australia for role in climate crisis

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had barely touched down in Samoa when the Commonwealth summit faced a split over who should pay to cut emissions.

  • byDavid Crowe
Coalition’s ‘coal-to-nuclear’ plan puts fossil fuel in use for decades

Coalition’s ‘coal-to-nuclear’ plan puts fossil fuel in use for decades

Peter Dutton’s opposition has declared its plan will reach net zero by 2050 as it slams the Albanese government’s renewable energy goals.

  • byMike Foley andNick Toscano
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Qantas accused of misleading customers with carbon-neutral flights

Qantas accused of misleading customers with carbon-neutral flights

A climate group is urging the consumer watchdog to investigate the airline’s sustainability claims after a recent European Union crack down on “greenwashing”.

  • byPatrick Hatch
‘Gas is here to stay’:Opposition pledges public funds for fossil fuels

‘Gas is here to stay’:Opposition pledges public funds for fossil fuels

Opposition energy spokesman Ted O’Brien has opened a new battle in the climate wars,backing industry calls for public funds for new gas plants.

  • byMike Foley
Electric utes ‘won’t end the weekend’. But will they win over Australian drivers?

Electric utes ‘won’t end the weekend’. But will they win over Australian drivers?

New electric utes are landing in Australia – and automakers insist they have the grunt to tow a boat or trailer and take the family camping.

  • byNick Toscano andMike Foley
Pollution from cremations is set to double. Can saying goodbye be a greener process?

Pollution from cremations is set to double. Can saying goodbye be a greener process?

While the federal government wants to reduce emissions to net zero by 2050,the cremation sector is on track to almost double its carbon emissions in the same timeframe.

  • byBianca Hall
‘It’s almost beyond belief’:Findings blast Australia’s biggest carbon offset scheme

‘It’s almost beyond belief’:Findings blast Australia’s biggest carbon offset scheme

The scheme under question is the fifth-largest nature-based carbon abatement scheme in the world,making the adverse findings of global significance.

  • byMichael Bachelard