Mooted Aus oil refinery ‘dinosaur technology’ amid clean energy transition, experts say
Today 12:15pm
Leading Australian climate policy experts say a new oil refinery in Western Australia would be an investment in “dinosaur technology” that would require public subsidy and do little to solve the country’s fuel security.
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Torres Strait leaders return to court in landmark climate case appeal
Today 12:15pm
Torres Strait Islander community leaders Uncle Pabai Pabai and Uncle Paul Kabai have returned to court as they continue their landmark legal fight over the threat climate change poses to their islands, culture and way of life.
Climate and rock art advocates take on ‘carbon bomb’ gas project in Aus federal court
22 Jul 2026
The Albanese government’s decision to approve one of the world’s largest gas projects in Western Australia is being challenged in the federal court, setting up a significant test of how Australia’s environment law deals with the climate crisis.
“It’s by stealth, isn’t it?” The multi-million dollar effort by Australian fossil fuel companies to get into schools
16 Jul 2026
Australian oil, gas and coal companies want to get into school to shape what kids learn about their industry and climate change. One group has been trying to map the scale of the problem.
Coal is back in Australian Super’s portfolio. What happened to that net zero pledge?
13 Jul 2026
In 2020 Australia’s biggest super fund dumped its Whitehaven shares. Fast forward to 2026 and it is now the coalminer’s single biggest investor.
Australia's battery subsidies spark rooftop solar resurgence
7 Jul 2026
The rooftop solar boom shows how countries stifled by transmission line logjams can continue reducing emissions, analysts say.
Australia opens first carbon refinery, making new products from captured CO2
24 Jun 2026
Australia’s first carbon refinery opened in New South Wales, capturing carbon dioxide from explosives giant Orica's ammonia-making operations on Kooragang Island and turning it into products such as concrete, paper and glass.
Burning forest ‘waste’ to make cement damages the climate
24 Jun 2026
The Australian government has agreed to invest almost $53 million in a north Tasmanian company that will upgrade its coal-fired kiln to burn wood “waste” and used tyres for cement manufacturing.
Australia declares El Nino set to be strongest in decades
17 Jun 2026
Australia's weather bureau warned on Tuesday that an El Nino weather pattern has formed in the tropical Pacific and could intensify in the second half of 2026 to become one of the strongest in seven decades.
Climate change has already made Australians in one state much poorer, and more’s to come
16 Jun 2026
The world’s hottest years over the past decade have coincided with stagnant economic productivity, rising prices and geopolitical instability.
