Emissions
Cost-of-living crisis meets new era of electric cars
Customers are voting with their wallets and continuing to buy more clean cars despite a tougher economic outlook.
- by Mike Foley
Latest
Meet Hilda, the calf bred to fight climate change
The calf is the first of Britain’s scientific herd conceived using IVF to accelerate the breeding process to cut methane emissions.
- by Rob Harris
New rules to bring more and cheaper EVs to Australia
Australia joins every other developed economy – except for Russia – by imposing fuel efficiency standards.
- by Mike Foley
Why is everyone talking about nuclear energy?
Australia’s leaders are divided on how to power our energy future. What’s really up for debate?
- by Hannah Hammoud and Nick Toscano
Exclusive
Energy
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.
- by Nick Toscano, Kieran Rooney and Mike Foley
Exclusive
Paris Agreement
Renewables surge shows Australia can meet ambitious 2035 reductions
The UK has promised to cut emissions by 81 per cent by 2035. The Climate Change Authority is considering how much more we could do.
- by Bianca Hall and Nick O'Malley
Opinion
Climate policy
In our block of flats, the majority was hung out to dry
A fraction shy of 75 per cent of the vote supported our right to put a clothes-drying rack on our balconies. That wasn’t enough. Strata law needs to change.
- by Vaidehi Shah
Australia’s thin silver lining in Trump’s dark clouds for climate action
Donald Trump’s return could cause global climate policy chaos and slow the pace of emissions reduction. But there’s a ray of hope for Australia.
- by Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
Opinion
Air travel
I used a hack to get to Qantas gold status, but I have concerns
I needed 600 status credits to retain Qantas gold before my membership year was due to end, but I was 50 points short.
- by Lee Tulloch
Pacific leaders blame Australia for role in climate crisis
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had barely touched down in Samoa when the Commonwealth summit faced a split over who should pay to cut emissions.
- by David Crowe
Coalition’s ‘coal-to-nuclear’ plan puts fossil fuel in use for decades
Peter Dutton’s opposition has declared its plan will reach net zero by 2050 as it slams the Albanese government’s renewable energy goals.
- by Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
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