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Climate clash: coalition divide over targets laid bare

Climate clash: coalition divide over targets laid bare

Divisions over how to tackle Australia's climate targets have continued to deepen within the coalition as its conservative members push for a rethink.

Starring role for households in least-cost transition

Starring role for households in least-cost transition

Starring role for households in least-cost transition

Starring role for households in least-cost transition

Solar panels adorn more than four million rooftops and the energy regulator wants these sorts of energy assets playing nicely with the grid moving forward.

'Bizarre' push to drop net zero sets up coalition clash

'Bizarre' push to drop net zero sets up coalition clash

'Bizarre' push to drop net zero sets up coalition clash

'Bizarre' push to drop net zero sets up coalition clash

An effort to repeal the net zero emissions target has highlighted internal opposition divisions over climate change as Labor is urged to do more.

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A whale of a time: record sightings at season's start

A whale of a time: record sightings at season's start

Early whale sightings on the South Australian coast are being hailed by scientists who say they are a flagship species for successful conservation management.

Warning building rule book freeze not consequence-free

Warning building rule book freeze not consequence-free

A pause or review of the construction code has garnered support as a way to speed up home building but some argue a full hiatus could be counterproductive.

Legal challenge against Woodside gas project fails

Legal challenge against Woodside gas project fails

The battle to stop Woodside expanding its gas production continues with a fresh legal challenge in the Supreme Court, as another fails in the Federal Court.

Antarctica's 'abrupt changes' spell climate warming

Antarctica's 'abrupt changes' spell climate warming

Sea ice loss and other indicators point to fast changes to Antarctica that will have troubling consequences for Australia and the rest of the world.

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Grid reliability gaps covered, if no project delays

Grid reliability gaps covered, if no project delays

Grid reliability gaps covered, if no project delays

Grid reliability gaps covered, if no project delays

Australia's investment pipeline for clean energy, storage and transmission to replace coal is "healthy", but project delays pose reliability questions.

Custodian 'sick of waiting' on heritage decision

Custodian 'sick of waiting' on heritage decision

Custodian 'sick of waiting' on heritage decision

Custodian 'sick of waiting' on heritage decision

A Traditional Owner who launched a legal bid to safeguard rock art on her Country says there'll be nothing left to protect if action is not taken swiftly.

Industry, climate firms to give green iron green light

Industry, climate firms to give green iron green light

Industry, climate firms to give green iron green light

Industry, climate firms to give green iron green light

Creating a green metals industry is taking longer than expected, experts say, but an Australian summit is seeking ways to accelerate its creation.

Charge dropped for foiled stunt at Woodside boss's home

Charge dropped for foiled stunt at Woodside boss's home

Charge dropped for foiled stunt at Woodside boss's home

Charge dropped for foiled stunt at Woodside boss's home

Prosecutors have a dropped a conspiracy charge against a climate activist accused of involvement in a foiled publicity stunt at the Woodside boss's family home.

Australian electric car sales set to keep climbing

Australian electric car sales set to keep climbing

Australian electric car sales set to keep climbing

Australian electric car sales set to keep climbing

The long-term outlook for electric car uptake in Australia is upbeat but shifting policy sands could dampen demand for some models in the near-term.

Call to screw the cap on $11 billion diesel subsidy

Call to screw the cap on $11 billion diesel subsidy

Call to screw the cap on $11 billion diesel subsidy

Call to screw the cap on $11 billion diesel subsidy

More mining giants may clean up their operations if the government capped generous credits on diesel fuel and incentivised green projects, a report finds.

Italian glacier shrinking too fast to study

Italian glacier shrinking too fast to study

Italian glacier shrinking too fast to study

Italian glacier shrinking too fast to study

Scientists have to change the way they measure Italy’s Ventina glacier after it melted so much due to climate change.

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Cambridge Dictionary adds 'skibidi' and 'tradwife'

The Cambridge Dictionary has added more than 6000 new words, including slang terms like “skibidi”, "tradwife" and "delulu".

Crossbencher backs Libs amid salmon industry probe

An independent MP has thrown his support behind the Liberal Party, on the same day a probe into Tasmania's salmon industry was announced.

Charge ahead: road taxes may be closer than they appear

A road user charge targeting electric vehicle drivers is gaining widespread approval but how it will work and when it will arrive remains up for debate.

More than 300 people dead in Pakistan after floods

Hundreds have been killed in the deadliest downpour of the monsoon season in Pakistan's northwest, with the search on for more missing people.

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'Enraged': no plastic treaty as talks end without deal

Delegates are angry and disappointed after negotiators working on a historic treaty to address plastic pollution failed to reach an agreement in Geneva.

Salmon farms green lit, but conservation fight not over

Salmon farming has been allowed to continue in a harbour at the centre of a conservation battle, but further legal action has been flagged.

Rare earths race: plan to turn ash into critical metals

Researchers have come up with a bold plan to extract rare earth metals, critical to defence, technology and renewables, using coal mining waste.

Climate adaptation secrets hidden in reptilian genes

Nature is declining at an unprecedented rate and a vast library of reptiles, birds and other specimens could help researchers better understand pressure points.

Algal bloom 'collapsing the ecosystem': opposition

More marine life could be added to the threatened species list as the opposition claims SA's devastating algal bloom is "collapsing the ecosystem".

'We're open', but tourists scared off by algal bloom

Tourism operators are seeing visitor numbers plummet as reports of a devastating algal bloom spread, with misconceptions it is affecting the entire coastline.

Cover-up claims over 'forever chemicals' in tap water

More types of so-called "forever chemicals" have been detected in drinking water as scientists grapple with finding and removing them from the environment.

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