Fossil fuels
Opinion
Renewables
Big Oil’s green dream has turned into a multibillion-dollar nightmare
BP and Shell led Big Oil’s push into renewable energy. Now they are leading the retreat.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Latest
Activists keep pressure on big banks despite $10b cut in fossil fuel lending
An analysis of banks’ environmental, social and governance strategies comes as a deadline looms for businesses to provide climate transition plans to one bank or risk losing finance.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Expansion of coal will come at a cost. A new report says it won’t be mining that pays
The NSW Net Zero Commission has warned the state is not on track to meet legislated emission reduction targets and that any expansion of coal mining will force other industries to make deeper cuts.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Green group to pay millions after failed bid to thwart Santos pipeline
Australia’s top climate legal service will pay $9 million to gas giant Santos after a court rejected its bid to block a pipeline near the Tiwi Islands.
- by Nick Toscano
Exclusive
Protests
Grant is a coal miner. He’s been arrested for protesting against coal exports
A coal miner for 44 years, Grant Howard was among 170 people arrested at the Rising Tide blockade of the Port of Newcastle.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Analysis
Climate crisis
‘Wrecking ball’: The oil-rich nation blocking UN climate talks
The need for consensus is delaying urgent action on climate – and consensus is needed to fix it.
- by Nick O'Malley
‘The world is watching’: Forrest backs treaty for fossil fuel phase-out
Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest has become the first business leader to back a proposed treaty setting concrete deadlines for the global phase-out of fossil fuels.
- by Jesinta Burton
Australia needs to get ready for a future without coal: Origin CEO
The boss of Origin Energy warns Australia is drifting closer toward a decade of extraordinary upheaval for the power grid.
- by Nick Toscano
Trump’s pick for defence secretary paid woman who accused him of sexual assault
The lawyer for Fox News commentator Pete Hegseth has confirmed the payment but denies his client did anything wrong amid further scrutiny over his appointment.
- by Reuters
Trump day one: Drills, pardons and a certain ‘schedule F’
According to his own statements, the new US president has a lot to do on his first day back in the White House.
- by Colleen Long and Dan Merica
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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