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Woodside Energy’s North West Shelf.

Albanese just extended a major fossil fuel project for 45 years. Here’s what it means

The approval ends years of uncertainty over the North West Shelf’s future, and marks one of the biggest political moves so far by the re-elected Albanese government.

  • Nick Toscano, Bianca Hall and Nick O'Malley

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The plane that flies like a shark.

Could sharks hold the secret to cutting flight costs?

Much of aviation’s history hinges on what humans learn from birds about aerodynamics. But the next leap forward may be driven by an ocean creature.

  • Chris Zappone
The Illawarra community rallied against offshore wind farms in 2023.

MAGA-inspired outrage machine has a new target in this election

The fossil fuel lobby is paying millions of dollars to set up anti-renewables “community groups”. In some seats it may shift the dial.

  • Ed Coper
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
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
Illustration by Simon Letch

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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Wind turbines in Spearville, Kansas. President Biden argued that technological gains and demands for wind and solar infrastructure would create work that would more than make up for job losses.

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.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
ANZ Bank.

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.

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey
A coal stack in the Hunter Valley, NSW.

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.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Santos has suggested delays to the Barossa project could cost $456 million.

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.

  • Nick Toscano

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