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Fossil fuels are back with a vengeance! And the world is cooking

The fossil fuel industry is fighting back harder than ever against those who would seek to curtail it to protect the climate. Profits are up, political pressure for change is down. Meanwhile, the planet just gets hotter.

  • Nick O'Malley

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Fire ravages a Pacific Palisades neighbourhood amid high winds in Los Angeles.

Australia leases US firebombing aircraft in the northern winter. So what happens when LA burns in January?

Experts say Australia risks being isolated from international firefighters and water-bombing aircraft in its next bushfire season.

  • Mike Foley
2024 was the hottest year on record globally, and the second-hottest for Australia.

Australia just had its second-hottest year on record – and temperatures will rise again

Global temperatures continued to rise in 2024 as the UN chief warned of a “climate breakdown”.

  • Nick O'Malley
Gas is a key source of planet-warming emissions but remains widely used in Victoria and NSW.

Victoria eyes new bans on appliances to get homes off gas

Victorians would be forced to replace broken gas heaters and hot-water units with electric versions from as early as 2026 under the state government’s favoured plan.

  • Nick Toscano, Kieran Rooney and Mike Foley
A protester speaks at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan.

As the world wobbles on climate, Australia doubles down

Rattled by Donald Trump’s victory and pushback against earlier commitments, the world’s climate diplomats have struggled to find common ground during COP29 talks.

  • Nick O'Malley

How climate-denier Trump may leave China to save the planet

Xi Jinping will take great delight in showing the world how decadent the US becomes under Donald Trump when it comes to global warming. The planet may be the winner.

  • Ross Gittins
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Children should have the world in their hands, but will they?

The climate killer we ignore: Women are losing babies. I call it ‘maternalcide’

Soaring heat and compounding natural disasters are triggering fatal heart-related illnesses, mosquito-borne viruses and other fetal abnormalities.

  • Nathalie Beasnael
Wind turbines tower over cattle on property owned by Charlie Prell near Crookwell in NSW.

State government plans to slash big renewables planning process

Despite its lofty net zero goals, the NSW planning process has been a slow-moving morgue for big projects but that might now change.

  • Nick O'Malley
The CFA has warned dry conditions in much of the state could pose a nasty bushfire risk this season.

‘Summer of grass fires’: Authorities warn of increased fire risk

A drier-than-average winter has left a build-up of vegetation fuel across Victoria.

  • Bianca Hall
Flash floods in Spain turned village streets into rivers, ruined homes, disrupted transportation and killed at least 95 people in the worst natural disaster to hit the European nation in recent memory.

Spanish floods yet another reminder of the climate battle we’re losing

Everyone knows both the solution to climate disasters and what’s causing them, but our leaders remain unwilling or unable to take corrective action.

  • Nick O'Malley

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