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Carbon footprint of a total knee replacement in Australia on par with driving a car from Brisbane to Sydney

27 Nov 2024

Researchers have calculated the greenhouse gas impact from a single knee replacement. A three-hour operation has similar emissions compared to a 914-kilometre car trip.

170 climate protesters arrested after allegedly disrupting shipping in New South Wales

26 Nov 2024

Two protesters have been granted bail after facing court on charges relating to an anti-fossil fuel demonstration that allegedly disrupted the shipping channel leading into the world's largest coal port.

Australia commits additional $50 million to deal with climate change

21 Nov 2024

The Australian government has committed an extra $50 million towards a global fund to deal with the loss and damage caused by climate change.

Australia accused of ‘exporting climate destruction’ on tiny Pacific neighbours with massive gas expansion plans

20 Nov 2024

Pacific governments at a UN climate summit are criticising Australia’s plans for a massive gas industry expansion in Western Australia, saying it could result in 125 times more greenhouse gas emissions than their island nations release in a year.

Is Australia's migration system ready for rising numbers of climate refugees?

19 Nov 2024

Australia is now obligated to help Tuvalu when it calls for help to respond to "the devastating impacts of climate change."

Australian engineer says Elon Musk, JD Vance key to US climate policy under Donald Trump

13 Nov 2024

An Australian engineer says billionaire Elon Musk and vice-president-elect JD Vance could become unexpected climate allies under the Trump administration.

Dams have taken half the water from Australia’s second biggest river – and climate change will make it even worse

7 Nov 2024

The largest wetland on Australia’s second longest river, the Murrumbidgee in the southern Murray-Darling Basin, is drying up. This is bad news for the plants, animals and people who rely on the vast Lowbidgee Floodplain.

Landmark court case sees activist group sue gas giant Santos for allegedly misleading investors

30 Oct 2024

Gas giant Santos told investors it had a clear plan to achieve net zero emissions by 2040 but had no evidence to back it up, the Federal Court has heard during the first morning of litigation against the gas giant.

COP this – gas is not a climate solution

30 Oct 2024

Hosting COP31 climate talks is an opportunity to showcase South Australia to the world, writes Belinda Noble, but not if we allow it to promote gas.

Why the time is right for Australia’s second shot at carbon pricing

25 Oct 2024

By Ross Garnaut | OPINION: Australia now has a government and parliament wanting to build Australia as the renewable energy superpower of the zero-carbon world economy.

Qantas accused of greenwashing as climate advocates lodge complaint over sustainability, net zero claims

17 Oct 2024

An environmental advocacy group has lodged a complaint with the consumer watchdog over claims Qantas makes on sustainability and climate.

Electric car sales have slumped. Misinformation is one of the reasons

16 Oct 2024

Battery electric vehicle sales in Australia have flattened in recent months.

Half Australia’s oceans to be protected - more than any other country

11 Oct 2024

Little-known Australian islands that teem with emperor penguins and elephant seals, and have the country’s only two active volcanoes, will be protected with an additional 300,000 square kilometres of marine park.

Coalmines and gasfields may be emitting twice as much methane as declared, report warns

11 Oct 2024

Australia’s coalmines and gasfields may be emitting twice as much methane as they currently declare, underscoring the need to introduce independent reporting of the potent greenhouse gas, an energy thinktank has warned.

Australia suffers setback in green hydrogen race

10 Oct 2024

Australia’s bid to become a global hydrogen superpower has been dealt a blow, with the nation’s biggest energy utility pulling out of building a large-scale green hydrogen hub despite the project being shortlisted for a share of $2 billion of funding from the Albanese government.

Australian Security Leaders Climate Group calls on federal govt to overhaul climate threat preparedness

9 Oct 2024

The danger of climate change has led to calls for a radical overhaul of how the federal government is planning to manage climate threats.

Our leaders are collaborating with fossil fuel colonialists

4 Oct 2024

By Tim Winton | COMMENT: The lassitude that distinguishes our moment is born of sorrow and buried rage. We act like colonial subjects because, in effect, that’s what we are

Australia’s ‘immoral’ coalmine decision akin to drowning its Pacific neighbours, Tuvalu’s climate minister declares

1 Oct 2024

Tuvalu’s climate minister says Australia’s decision to approve three coalmine expansions calls into question its claim to be a “member of the Pacific family”, and undermines the Australian case to co-host the 2026 UN climate summit with island nations.

Define ‘tree’: The fight over Woolworths’ eco-beef pledge

27 Sep 2024

Woolworths’ ban on beef reared on deforested land has prompted Australian farmers to campaign for rules to define the practice that would allow them to chop down trees as part of their land management.

Not enough demand: Big batteries in Aus may be told to stand by on empty to avoid rooftop solar switch-off

26 Sep 2024

The Australian Energy Market Operator is poised to introduce a significant shift in operating protocols that would involve instructing big batteries to stand by on empty to help address periods of extremely low or even negative operating demand.

'Why are carbon offsets not dead yet?'

26 Sep 2024

Journalist and environmental activist George Monbiot discusses neoliberalism, nature, and negative consequences with the Australia Institute's Climate and Energy program director.

New book exposes just how long, and hard, the fossil fuel industry has worked to advance its interests

25 Sep 2024

As freelance journalist Royce Kurmelovs points out in his new book Slick: Australia’s Toxic Relationship with Big Oil, most people underestimate just how far in advance the fossil fuel industry plans not only its new projects, but its PR and lobbying efforts, as well.

Climate change threatens Australian tourism more than is widely believed. Here’s why

23 Sep 2024

Right now, Australia is one of the top five tourist destinations in the world, a distinction the World Economic Forum says it shares with only the United States, France, Spain and Japan.

Cop31 is a chance for Australia to go from climate laggard to global leader

20 Sep 2024

OPINION: Australia’s bid to co-host the UN’s climate conference is not just a diplomatic event; it is a pivotal opportunity to redefine the nation’s role in the global fight against climate change.

Almost 68% of Australia’s tourism sites at major risk if climate crisis continues, report says

13 Sep 2024

Uluru, the Daintree and Bondi beach among locations that could be impacted if planet hits even 2C of warming by 2050.

Australian city stands to receive $200m economic boost if bid to co-host UN climate talks succeeds

12 Sep 2024

Australia and Pacific countries are vying with Türkiye to host the annual United Nations climate change talks in 2026.

Australia may delay release of 2035 climate target as world awaits outcome of US election

6 Sep 2024

Experts urge Australia not to delay target too long as report by Climate Change Authority identifies six barriers to net zero.

How climate change accelerated Australia's spring winds

4 Sep 2024

Strong winds in eastern Australia this week are being driven by climate change interfering with jet streams, the powerful high-altitude winds that encircle the globe.

Australian homeowners struggling to afford insurance as climate risks grow, report says

28 Aug 2024

Home insurance is becoming unaffordable for a growing number of Australian households as increased climate threats drive up their premiums.

Australia passes landmark bill mandating climate risk disclosures for companies

26 Aug 2024

New reporting standards require climate resilience assessments under both 1.5°C and 2.5°C warming scenarios.

Summer heat arrives in August, threatening to break all-time Australian winter temperature records

26 Aug 2024

Extraordinary August heat is developing across Australia, causing temperatures to spike up to 16 degrees Celsius above average while threatening all-time seasonal records in multiple states.

Humans can work with nature to solve big environmental problems – but there’s no quick fix

21 Aug 2024

“Nature-based solutions” are gaining momentum in environmental policy, including in Australia.

‘Unacceptable’: Red flag for huge Australian gas project

6 Aug 2024

Australia's federal government could be forced into a potential choice between environmental protection and its commitment to long-term gas supply to Australia’s trading partners.

Tasmanian 'Eco-Milk' tests shoppers' thirst for climate-friendly dairy

26 Jul 2024

A small dairy in Tasmania is stocking supermarket shelves with what it says is the world's first branded milk produced by cows fed with a seaweed that makes them emit lower levels of environmentally damaging methane gas.

Climate activists have received months-long sentences. Are tougher laws eroding Australians’ right to protest?

23 Jul 2024

NSW enacts highest number of new laws among states, with climate protesters disproportionately affected, report finds.

Methane leaking out of old mining site in Dharawal National Park near Sydney that closed decades ago

23 Jul 2024

In the heart of what appears to be a pristine national park, a greenhouse gas is leaking out of an underground coal mine more than 30 years after it was last used.

Australian Super accused of greenwashing by investing funds from ethical option in coal, oil and gas industries

19 Jul 2024

Australia's largest super fund has invested money from its 'Socially Aware' option in the coal, oil and gas industries.

Gas giant Woodside buys grazing properties in southern NSW to offset carbon emissions

18 Jul 2024

Woodside has bought four sheep and cattle farms in NSW for $40 million to help offset emissions from oil and gas projects.

‘Knowledge keeps the fires burning’: how ancient Indigenous wisdom can transform our battle against climate change

15 Jul 2024

As climate change worsens, Indigenous peoples can offer valuable insights into sustainability and resilience, Australian researchers say.

Rising risks of climate disasters mean some Australian communities will need to move

9 Jul 2024

Many Australians live in areas increasingly exposed to climate change and associated extreme weather such as floods, fires, coastal erosion, cyclones and extreme heat.

Women 14 times more likely to die in natural disasters: Australian study

8 Jul 2024

Women faced increased rates of violence and homelessness after climate disasters in Australia, researchers say.

From 'carbon-based economies' to renewable energy hubs, regions face their future

5 Jul 2024

While a small coal mining town is facing thousands of job losses, a farming region is picturing renewable energy being generated on its fertile cropping land.

Australia’s ‘carbon budget’ may blow out by 40% under the coalition’s nuclear energy plan

3 Jul 2024

The Coalition’s pledge to build seven nuclear reactors, if elected, would represent a huge shift in energy policy for Australia.

Fossil fuel giant uses new tactic to fight climate change movement

2 Jul 2024

Santos is trying an unusual new tactic to fight the climate movement by pursuing environmental groups who championed the court case of traditional owners opposing the Barossa gas project

Renewables and storage to replace coal, as Australia urged to go faster

1 Jul 2024

The Australian Energy Market Operator has confirmed that a combination of renewables and storage, backed by significant investments in transmission upgrades, remains the cheapest and smartest course.

Former NSW treasurer appointed head of Australia's Climate Change Authority

25 Jun 2024

Former NSW treasurer and energy and environment minister Matt Kean has been appointed to lead the Climate Change Authority, less than a week after announcing his resignation from state politics.

Only 60% of Australians accept climate disruption is human-caused, global poll finds

25 Jun 2024

Exclusive: French survey of 26 countries finds fewer Australians than global average agree that climate change is the greatest health threat facing humanity.

Telstra ditches carbon credits to push harder on direct emissions

24 Jun 2024

Australia's telco giant is dumping its carbon credit offset scheme and claims its plans are “carbon neutral” or “carbon offset”, instead moving to a direct-investment model.

Australia’s foreign affairs minister warns dropping 2030 climate targets would abandon Pacific nations

18 Jun 2024

Foreign Affairs Minister labels the Coalition's decision to rule out setting a 2030 climate target as a move that will increase energy bills and risk further Chinese influence in the Pacific.