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Emissions figures give 'incomplete' picture: experts

Emissions figures give 'incomplete' picture: experts

Labor has claimed a 28.2 per cent drop in emissions below 2005 levels, but is it really the environmental success story it appears?

Laws to rev up electric car race at starting line

Laws to rev up electric car race at starting line

Laws to rev up electric car race at starting line

Laws to rev up electric car race at starting line

Australia's automotive industry will look different in 2025 after a change in laws inspires a long list of electric and plug-in hybrid challengers.

Plea to save wallabies from becoming feasts for foxes

Plea to save wallabies from becoming feasts for foxes

Plea to save wallabies from becoming feasts for foxes

Plea to save wallabies from becoming feasts for foxes

An adorable wallaby once thought to be extinct is struggling to secure a foothold back in Australia where fox-proof safe havens would give it a fighting chance.

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Australia urged to power ahead on EV charger rollout

Australia urged to power ahead on EV charger rollout

Australia is not moving fast enough on vehicle charging and is holding back apartment dwellers, one of the country's biggest energy firms says.

Crucial $4.8b power line gets tick despite resistance

Crucial $4.8b power line gets tick despite resistance

The overhead HumeLink transmission line will be crucial to the national energy grid but has drawn criticism from farmers, communities and environmentalists.

Halfway there: Australia on track for renewable goal

Halfway there: Australia on track for renewable goal

If current momentum gained in the six months is sustained then Australia can reach its 2030 renewable energy target, think tank research suggests.

Push to spark up EV policy to drive net zero ambitions

Push to spark up EV policy to drive net zero ambitions

Misinformation and an early end to state subsidies has slowed electric car adoption and may mean Australia misses its climate goals, a study has found.

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Climate activists invade premier's office building

Climate activists invade premier's office building

Climate activists invade premier's office building

Climate activists invade premier's office building

A group of anti-Woodside climate activists have temporarily occupied the ground floor of a government office building containing the WA premier's office.

Woodside gas project given WA environmental approval

Woodside gas project given WA environmental approval

Woodside gas project given WA environmental approval

Woodside gas project given WA environmental approval

After six years of assessment and hundreds of appeals against it, a massive Woodside gas project has been given WA environmental approval to operate until 2070.

Drop test: tech giant to ditch single-use plastic packs

Drop test: tech giant to ditch single-use plastic packs

Drop test: tech giant to ditch single-use plastic packs

Drop test: tech giant to ditch single-use plastic packs

More Christmas gifts purchased online will arrive in recyclable packaging this year after a two-year research project into making envelopes green.

Water trigger laws used in court bid to block fracking

Water trigger laws used in court bid to block fracking

Water trigger laws used in court bid to block fracking

Water trigger laws used in court bid to block fracking

Lock the Gate Alliance has launched the first legal challenge to fracking under the water trigger in Australia’s national environment laws.

Exhausted: Australia lags Europe, US on car pollution

Exhausted: Australia lags Europe, US on car pollution

Exhausted: Australia lags Europe, US on car pollution

Exhausted: Australia lags Europe, US on car pollution

Vehicles are getting bigger but more efficient, a transport study has found, but Australia is still being lapped by other nations on low-emission cars.

Santos sold vague plan as carbon blueprint, court told

Santos sold vague plan as carbon blueprint, court told

Santos sold vague plan as carbon blueprint, court told

Santos sold vague plan as carbon blueprint, court told

A plan for gas giant Santos to reduce emissions does not rely on real projects and could mislead the public, a group has told the Federal Court.

Work on 'safe' nuclear reactors from day one of victory

Work on 'safe' nuclear reactors from day one of victory

Work on 'safe' nuclear reactors from day one of victory

Work on 'safe' nuclear reactors from day one of victory

A warning it will take "decades" to make coal sites safe for nuclear reactors has been dismissed as polling shows staunch opposition from women voters.

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Renewable hydrogen tech could give green light to jobs

Australia could unlock $1.7 billion and thousands of jobs by 2050 if it seizes the opportunity to create hydrogen-manufacturing equipment, a study has found.

Environment 'unfinished business' for PM as polls near

The government is facing opposing calls to introduce and scrap environmental protection laws after a bid to pass it in parliament was abandoned last minute.

Water quality decreasing in largest river system

Regional towns are experiencing more frequent water restrictions or drinking water problems as researchers paint a damning picture of the Murray-Darling Basin.

Australia to present argument in landmark climate case

Pacific island nations are pushing for more action on climate change as they face the existential threat of rising tides and a lack of access to finance.

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Win for green industries as Labor plan secures support

A multibillion dollar push to increase manufacturing in industries such as renewable energy and critical minerals is set to pass parliament.

Cost of big races revealed right at the finish line

Revelations about the price of events such as major motor races are among the dozens of reports released on a parliament's final sitting day.

More to come for climate: 'immense strain' on taxpayers

Cutting greenhouse gas emissions is an urgent priority and investing in renewable energy is the best way to do it, the nation's climate tsar says.

Australia urged to follow Middle East on nuclear power

Australia could have nuclear power reactors operating within 12 years, an inquiry has heard, if the nation follows the Middle East rather than Europe.

Environment watchdog scrapped as PM railroads minister

The prime minister has bulldozed his own environment minister to quash a deal to establish an environment watchdog.

Fur flies over billion-dollar koala park cost claims

A billion-dollar purported price tag for a new national park has dropped jaws and raised eyebrows as loggers and environmentalists resume hostilities.

Anti-coal protests 'playing into Dutton's hands'

Protesters travelling to Canberra after blockading a key coal port have been warned they risk helping the coalition win office.

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