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Energy Minister Chris Bowen (left), Matt Kean and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the press conference announcing Kean’s appointment.

Why the Coalition should stop trying to silence nuclear power critics

Attacking the Climate Change Authority, as the Coalition did this week, will not change the price of nuclear nor the cost of coal.

  • Nick O'Malley

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The Whyalla steelworks is part of the GFG Alliance.

Labor’s $500m plan to rescue Whyalla from wipeout

The Albanese government will invest multi-millions to help keep the plant afloat after it was seized from the control of British billionaire Sanjeev Gupta.

  • Mike Foley and James Massola

With Trump declaring war on climate action, is this the last straw?

The US under Donald Trump has become a dead weight despite the technology existing to decarbonise the global economy.

  • Nick O'Malley
Dr Shanta Barley, Chief Climate Scientist, Fortescue, at the Climate Integrity Summit.

Australians are being misled by ‘dodgy’ offsets, say Fortescue

The iron ore giant says the public is being misled into believing that low-quality carbon offset schemes will lead to net zero, despite evidence that only reducing fossil fuels will work.

  • Michael Bachelard
The industry group representing property owners has expressed concern about the integrity of the carbon offset market.

One hundred ‘carbon-neutral’ corporates quit government scheme over integrity concerns

Mounting doubts that carbon offsets may not stand up to scrutiny have driven an exodus from the federal government-managed system.

  • Michael Bachelard
Woodside CEO Meg O’Neill speaking at the Melbourne Townhall.

Higher gas bills on east coast now unavoidable, warns Woodside

Energy giant Woodside says consumers are headed for a blowout in gas bills after years of drilling bans have left Victoria and NSW in a perilous position.

  • Nick Toscano
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SMH: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese Press Conference at Sydney Jewish Museum on the day Wollahra was attacked with anti-semitic graffiti and car bombing. PM with Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek.

Weeks after Plibersek clash, Albanese under pressure from own MPs to pass stalled bill

The prime minister intervened on negotiations between the environment minister and the Greens in December, leading to criticism that he had caved to mining interests.

  • Paul Sakkal

This could be the year voters get their priorities wrong

A protest vote on the cost of living will achieve little. The best election outcome would be a minority government dependent on the support of those who get the urgency of climate action.

  • Ross Gittins
Rescue workers pull a small boat in the village of Guipry Messac, western France, after the Storm Herminia has unleashed downpours on the region.

Residents rescued from ‘worst flooding in 40 years’ as Herminia hits France

In Brittany, Residents have been told to expect waters to rise to 1.5 metres inside their homes.

Coal power is becoming increasingly unreliable in Australia as generators age.

Ageing coal generator fleet spells trouble for power outages

The Climate Council says coal outages are primary drivers of power shortage warnings, particularly in summer, and have contributed to some of the largest power price spikes along the eastern seaboard

  • Bianca Hall

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