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full bench of the NSW Court of Appeal invalidates the permission for Indonesian company MACH Energy to extend the Mount Pleasant coal mine near Muswellbrook for another 22 years after its current approval expires in 2026.

Court overturns massive coal mine approval on climate grounds

The NSW Court of Appeal found the planning authority must consider climate change impacts even if the coal is being exported to burn overseas.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Nick O'Malley

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Two humpback whales breaching off near Manly earlier this week.

Whale watchers advised to start early as climate change hastens migration

As ocean temperatures rise, whales are setting off earlier on their arduous breeding migrations along the east coast.

  • Mike Foley
Frayzel Uale is one of more than 5000 Tuvaluans who have entered a ballot for one of 280 permanent residency visas.

Four in five Tuvaluans apply to move to Australia. Frayzel is among them

More than 8000 Tuvaluans have applied for 280 permanent residency visas for Australia, while last year 56,000 people from other Pacific countries applied for 3000 places.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Nick O'Malley
Chris Bowen attended last year’s climate talks in Baku, but has yet to secure Australia’s hosting rights.

Albanese government faces backlash for failing to lock in climate talks

Despite years of effort and the support of its UN peers, Australia has been unable to convince Turkey to pull out of the race to host global climate talks.

  • Nick O'Malley
Donald Trump has cut satellite data on Antarctic’s sea ice just as it’s needed most.

Trump cuts satellite data on Antarctic sea ice just as it’s needed most

Scientists at the Australian Antarctic Partnership Program are just beginning to understand the dire effects of extremely low sea ice in the Antarctic summer, but they will lose access to their main data set at the end of this month.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Global warming is now a present reality, not an abstract future threat.

How to get the best bang for your climate buck

Philanthropists are free to donate to the other side of the world if that’s where the impact will be the greatest, while governments have a primary responsibility to their constituents.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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This tree fell onto a restaurant in the Brisbane suburb of Teneriffe during Cyclone Alfred.

Surge in wild weather claims threatens insurance as we know it

One major insurer has received 32,000 claims for wild-weather-related damage to both vehicles and property between January and May this year, more than for the whole of last year.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Nick O'Malley
People braving the cold weather on the St Kilda foreshore.

We were promised a warm winter. So why is it so cold?

If you believe the weather bureau, Australia is expecting a warm, wet winter. If you believe your own senses when stepping outside, it is distinctly chilly.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
The exceptionally warm oceans are making heat waves worse, disrupting marine life and destroying coral reefs.

‘Fast running out of time to turn the tide’: Australia at sea in vast marine heatwave

The World Meteorological Organisation has confirmed 2024 was the hottest year on record in the south-west Pacific, breaking the previous record set in 2023.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Nick O'Malley

Denial is hard to grasp in the city. In flooded Taree, it’s bewildering

The people most affected by natural disasters in Australia are represented by the people who are most likely to deny that human activity has changed our climate.

  • Malcolm Knox

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