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'Blind to community': independent flags data centre tax

'Blind to community': independent flags data centre tax

Governments aren't meeting the moment on artificial intelligence, an ACT senator says, as community and tech industry concerns are overlooked.

'No surrender': UN urges action as 1.5C goal slips away

'No surrender': UN urges action as 1.5C goal slips away

'No surrender': UN urges action as 1.5C goal slips away

'No surrender': UN urges action as 1.5C goal slips away

Global temperatures are on track to rise by 2.8C by the end of the century unless nations make deep emission cuts, including those from coal, oil and gas.

Multimillion-dollar bid to make electric fleets pay up

Multimillion-dollar bid to make electric fleets pay up

Multimillion-dollar bid to make electric fleets pay up

Multimillion-dollar bid to make electric fleets pay up

A fleet of more than 100 electric vehicles will be put to the test over three years to find out if vehicle-to-grid technology can cut costs and make money.

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'It's creepy': rocker's scathing critique of the West

'It's creepy': rocker's scathing critique of the West

Activist musician John Butler has taken the stage at a clean energy summit to call out a state government for its climate action policies.

Greens divided over under-fire senator's leave claims

Greens divided over under-fire senator's leave claims

The leader of the Greens has hit back at one of his senators, insisting it is appropriate he takes leave while allegations he mistreated women are investigated.

Ill winds: calm weather puts Great Barrier Reef at risk

Ill winds: calm weather puts Great Barrier Reef at risk

Australian researchers have identified weather patterns that can raise the risk of coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef, and winds play a key role.

Australia should 'roll out red carpet' for data centres

Australia should 'roll out red carpet' for data centres

Clear rules and less 'green tape' are needed to ensure tech giants don't abandon Australia and take investments elsewhere, a climate leader warns.

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Over-tyred: inquiry calls for a recycling overhaul

Over-tyred: inquiry calls for a recycling overhaul

Over-tyred: inquiry calls for a recycling overhaul

Over-tyred: inquiry calls for a recycling overhaul

Fewer end-of-life tyres would be buried in the ground and more recycled into new roads under changes recommended by a parliamentary inquiry.

Warming seas threaten billion-dollar salmon industry

Warming seas threaten billion-dollar salmon industry

Warming seas threaten billion-dollar salmon industry

Warming seas threaten billion-dollar salmon industry

Climate change could cost Tasmania's salmon industry millions of dollars in revenue and force major changes to farming operations, a report has warned.

Call to scrap 'enormous red tape' emissions rule

Call to scrap 'enormous red tape' emissions rule

Call to scrap 'enormous red tape' emissions rule

Call to scrap 'enormous red tape' emissions rule

The coalition is calling on the federal government to roll back a plan requiring businesses to track and report their emissions.

Pacific head rebukes Australia's focus on pre-COP costs

Pacific head rebukes Australia's focus on pre-COP costs

Pacific head rebukes Australia's focus on pre-COP costs

Pacific head rebukes Australia's focus on pre-COP costs

Tuvalu's climate minister says he was "very happy" with pre-COP attendance, but alarmed by new fossil fuel projects being green-lit in Australia.

'Long memory': Pacific faces decades of global warming

'Long memory': Pacific faces decades of global warming

'Long memory': Pacific faces decades of global warming

'Long memory': Pacific faces decades of global warming

Cutting all greenhouse gas emissions will not immediately reverse the effects of climate change on the world's largest ocean, a study has found.

Coalition seeks to shield mines from climate activists

Coalition seeks to shield mines from climate activists

Coalition seeks to shield mines from climate activists

Coalition seeks to shield mines from climate activists

Angus Taylor has pledged to tighten protections for coal and gas projects after environmentalists successfully challenged a major coal expansion.

Rain fails to dampen climate mission at pre-COP31 event

Rain fails to dampen climate mission at pre-COP31 event

Rain fails to dampen climate mission at pre-COP31 event

Rain fails to dampen climate mission at pre-COP31 event

The government has defied critics and bad weather to highlight climate threats to Pacific nations but pre-COP31 also turned the spotlight on its commitments.

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Coal demand set to plunge as the world goes electric

Increasing global use of electricity is set to be a major focus at the COP31 summit in Turkey, but a report finds progress is falling short.

Wind farm build begins after community opposition

More than 10 years after it was first proposed, and sparked community backlash from high profile critics, the construction of a wind farm has begun.

High Court ruling in coal court case spooks miners

Australian miners are worried investments could dry up after a critical High Court finding on coal mining emissions that could be felt globally.

Weather resistant: $3m fund to protect Pacific projects

Road and internet projects in small Pacific nations will get greater climate protection but a report warns much larger investments could be needed.

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Climate change a gender inequality 'magnifying glass'

Australia must use its role at COP31 to centre the needs of girls and women, who can be disproportionately impacted in the aftermath of climate disasters.

Besieged nation warns COP31 can't be climate talkfest

The tiny Pacific nation of Tuvalu has hosted presidents and prime ministers to demonstrate the starkest impacts of rising sea levels before major climate talks.

Australia backs energy as it cops heat at climate talks

Australia has pledged millions of dollars to boost renewable energy in the Pacific but faces criticism from other nations over fossil fuel exports.

Fossil fuel phase-out, climate funds top pre-COP agenda

A Pacific event will set the agenda for the United Nations' global climate summit and groups are calling for Australia to push ambitious goals.

Solid and safe: why the Greens chose Shoebridge

David Shoebridge won the Greens' first-ever contested federal leadership ballot and promises a more adversarial and prosecutorial path for the party.

Carbon credit farming plan reaping dividends

A plan to regenerate an outback sheep station before the next major drought through a carbon credit project is paying off and making millions in the process.

Australian tech giant taps into community solar farm

One of Australia's largest technology companies has signed a decade-long deal with a community-owned solar farm to help power a landmark building.

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