Experts rule fracking too risky
14 Jun 2013
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Decline in global oil and gas field output accelerating, IEA says
Wed 17 Sep 2025
The decline in output from mature global oil and gas fields is accelerating amid greater reliance on shale and deep offshore resources.
Australia: Cost of years of inaction on climate change is now revealed
Wed 17 Sep 2025
OPINION: In recent weeks, alarming glimpses into the contents of the federal government’s National Climate Risk Assessment have leaked out.
Shipping companies support a first-ever global fee on greenhouse gases, opposed by Trump officials
Wed 17 Sep 2025
Nearly 200 shipping companies said Monday they want the world’s largest maritime nations to adopt regulations that include the first-ever global fee on greenhouse gases to reduce their sector’s emissions.
Europe’s summer of extreme weather caused €43bn of short-term losses, analysis finds
Wed 17 Sep 2025
Greatest damage from heat, drought and flooding done in Cyprus, Greece, Malta and Bulgaria.
South African environmental groups push to block Shell’s new wells – how world court opinion might help
Wed 17 Sep 2025
The International Court of Justice’s landmark advisory opinion on climate change has come in handy for South African communities that are trying to stop global oil company Shell from drilling for oil and gas off the coast.
A steady ocean pattern just failed for the first time ever observed
Wed 17 Sep 2025
The failure of the Gulf of Panama’s seasonal upwelling system has left scientists wondering what happens next.
US Securities and Exchange Commission chief threatens ban on European accounting rules
Tue 16 Sep 2025
Paul Atkins questions whether overseas companies should be barred from using International Financial Reporting Standards.
Rising seas will threaten 1.5 million Australians by 2050 – report
Tue 16 Sep 2025
One and a half million Australians living in coastal areas are at risk from rising sea levels by 2050, a landmark climate report has warned.
China, climate crisis and COP31: Five takeaways from the Pacific Islands Forum
Tue 16 Sep 2025
A key climate crisis funding treaty struck as Pacific leaders backed Australia’s bid for Cop31 despite some criticism of its environmental credentials.
Carbon storage’s prudent limit: The end of infinite assumptions
Tue 16 Sep 2025
The publication of A prudent planetary limit for geologic carbon storage in Nature is an important moment in the conversation about carbon capture and storage.
