February
D-Day looms for Woodside’s massive North West Shelf gas project
It’s either crucial to energy security, or a climate disaster in the making. Labor will have to decide whether to let the LNG operation run another 50 years.
January 2024
Ocean-floor minerals are being touted as the next frontier
A new kind of 21st-century mining company is emerging: the for-profit corporation as self-declared climate saviour.
December 2023
Greenpeace takes Woodside to court alleging greenwashing
The environmental activists allege the oil and gas producer is misrepresenting its emission reduction efforts because it relies on carbon offsets.
July 2023
Sunak to expand UK’s North Sea drilling and carbon capture
The issue has become politically divisive, with the UK prime minister insisting that Labour’s plan for a moratorium on new exploration makes no sense.
January 2022
‘Licence to greenwash’: EU draft on nuclear and gas financing slammed
Draft European Union plans that would allow nuclear and gas energy to remain part of the bloc’s path to a climate-friendly future came under immediate criticism.
November 2021
Will Germany’s ‘debt brake’ stop its green ambitions?
Germany’s designated next chancellor, Olaf Scholz, says green initiatives will be the ‘biggest industrial modernisation of Germany in more than 100 years’. Who will pay for it all, though, is another question.
Climate fight hinges on China’s $US6.5trn green investments challenge
The world’s biggest polluter faces a Herculean task making the transformation from coal and other fossil fuels to renewables.
World’s biggest IPO: Rivian surges to over $100b on debut
Amazon-backed electric vehicle maker was valued more than $US130 billion, becoming the world’s biggest initial public offering this year.
October 2021
Democrats to subpoena Big Oil in climate deception probe
Members of US Congress concerned about climate change questioned executives of top oil majors and trade groups under oath for the first time.
September 2021
Greenwash warning to ASX companies relying on offshore credits
An adviser to Australia’s biggest traded companies warns too much reliance on offshore carbon credits without real cuts to emissions is becoming an investor ‘red flag’.
Tensions threaten fight against climate change, China warns US
The Biden administration is calling for Xi Jinping’s government to boost its efforts towards cutting carbon emissions.
August 2021
This coal-hating 18-year-old uni student is running for AGL’s board
Ashjayeen Sharif is vying to join the executive team of Australia’s largest carbon emitter, saying: ‘I’m confident I could do a better job.’
November 2020
Replacing Liddell with renewables cheaper, cleaner and reliable
Investment aligned with the NSW renewables road map will be a cheaper and lower-emissions option to replace AGL's ageing coal-fired power plant than gas, research shows.
October 2020
Climate wars evolve into a contest of targets
The central message of a series of new books on climate change is that Canberra is running out of time to set a date for net zero emissions.
July 2020
Japan vows to slash financing of coal power in developing world
Japan’s environment minister has hailed a 'turning point' in his country’s climate change policy after vowing to slash its much-criticised support for coal power in the developing world.
March 2020
Voters mock Michael Bloomberg's promotion of gas as green
Fighting coal was supposed to lift the presidential hopeful, but his embrace of natural gas has caused him to be labelled a '#climateDenier and a hypocrite'.
February 2020
The delicate art of debunking conspiracy theories
Countering beliefs in which people are emotionally invested in their beliefs, requires a nuanced approach.
The great climate crack-up
The global warming debate is polarised because the left hugs trees and the right hugs coal. A compromise sounds simple: an energy policy that cuts emissions at the cheapest cost to the economy.
May 2019
Greenpeace activists scale Sydney Harbour Bridge
'Australia is facing a climate emergency right now' the protesters say as the country goes to the polls on Saturday.