‘Wrecking ball’:The oil-rich nation blocking UN climate talks

‘Wrecking ball’:The oil-rich nation blocking UN climate talks

The need for consensus is delaying urgent action on climate – and consensus is needed to fix it.

  • byNick O'Malley

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‘The world is watching’:Forrest backs treaty for fossil fuel phase-out

‘The world is watching’:Forrest backs treaty for fossil fuel phase-out

Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest has become the first business leader to back a proposed treaty setting concrete deadlines for the global phase-out of fossil fuels.

  • byJesinta Burton
Australia needs to get ready for a future without coal:Origin CEO

Australia needs to get ready for a future without coal:Origin CEO

The boss of Origin Energy warns Australia is drifting closer toward a decade of extraordinary upheaval for the power grid.

  • byNick Toscano
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
Trump day one:Drills,pardons and a certain ‘schedule F’

Trump day one:Drills,pardons and a certain ‘schedule F’

According to his own statements,the new US president has a lot to do on his first day back in the White House.

  • byColleen Long andDan Merica
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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Mysterious dark spheres on Sydney beaches identified
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Mysterious dark spheres on Sydney beaches identified

Preliminary testing by Randwick City Council has identified the black balls that have washed up on Coogee,Maroubra and Gordons Bay beaches as “tar balls”,made from oil and debris.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons andFrances Howe
Crisafulli happy to keep the coal fires burning if LNP takes power

Crisafulli happy to keep the coal fires burning if LNP takes power

An LNP government could keep Queensland’s coal-fired power stations operating beyond 2035. Experts say this would cost the climate and the Queensland budget.

  • byMatt Dennien
Renewables’ half-hour of power on the east coast

Renewables’ half-hour of power on the east coast

Australia’s energy transition reached a record this week as renewables hit 74 per cent of the electricity mix for a half-hour period.

  • byNick Toscano
‘The sun doesn’t send a bill,’ says Chris Bowen,but will there be blackouts this summer?

‘The sun doesn’t send a bill,’ says Chris Bowen,but will there be blackouts this summer?

The federal minister for energy and climate change explains why the government’s on track to deliver cleaner energy for Australia – and why the opposition’s plans are a recipe for disaster.

  • byPeter FitzSimons
‘Nightmare scenario’:Ageing coal power is driving up electricity bills

‘Nightmare scenario’:Ageing coal power is driving up electricity bills

Unplanned outages at three east coast coal power stations contributed to soaring wholesale electricity prices,one of the factors that drive up bills.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons