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The Pluto LNG plant is intended to take the gas from Scarborough and liquefy it for export.

Woodside’s environmental plan for $12b project ‘corporate puffery’, court told

Woodside argues its Scarborough gas project in Australia’s north-west will displace coal use globally. But it needs a plan in case that theory falls through.

  • Emma Young

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Trump’s big toxic bill will cost America – and the world

The US president’s “Big Beautiful Bill” won’t just undo many positive developments for the environment – the economic fallout will be significant too.

  • 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
Dan Tehan

‘Trashing our economy’: Tehan maintains rage over Labor’s green agenda

The opposition’s new energy spokesman will attack the cost of Labor’s renewable energy goals, as the Coalition wrestles with a commitment to net zero.

  • Mike Foley
Nationals leader David Littleproud and Liberal leader Sussan Ley.

Why net zero is a battle for political middle ground

Both sides of the federal Coalition are debating their ongoing commitment to net zero emissions, and the outcome will shape the political landscape.

  • Mike Foley
A solar power station on the outskirts of Golmud, Qinghai province.

The rumours were true: China’s greenhouse gas emissions are falling

Suspicions were first reported last year that the world’s biggest greenhouse gas polluter was managing to cut its emissions five years earlier than planned.

  • Nick O'Malley
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The Coalition’s commitment to nuclear energy will determine the future of bipartisan support for net zero.

The surprise incentive that could keep Nationals on board with net zero

The Liberals and Nationals are weighing their positions on both nuclear energy and climate action, but they can’t have one without the other.

  • Mike Foley
Senator Matt Canavan addressing a rally against renewable energy last year.

How Tony Blair helped out Matt Canavan in his war on net zero

The unlikely comments of an elder statesman of the climate movement – and warfare inside the Nationals – show how fragile the politics of net zero are.

  • Nick O'Malley
Bringing contrails under control.

This project could put aviation conspiracy nuts out of business

Researchers are working on eliminating contrails, the high-altitude condensation trails on which an unfounded theory rests.

  • Chris Zappone
Climate heat graphic gif

As the world cooks, why have our political leaders gone cold on global warming?

Climate change has been all but ignored in the Australian election campaign, and world leaders are giving up on the cause, even as the heat rises.

  • Nick O'Malley

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