Environment
Climate change
‘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.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Nick O'Malley
Latest
What winter has in store for Sydney and NSW
The weather bureau is predicting a warmer, wetter winter for most of the country, but the outlook for most of the NSW coast is neutral.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
‘Seemingly endless fire season’ predicted for Victoria this winter
Climate scientists say “warmer than normal” predictions are “defined against a normal that was in the past”.
- by Bianca Hall and Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Opinion
Gas
Albanese’s gas project extension is a mistake - but it’s not too late
Labor came to government in 2022 with a climate mandate and voters have once again backed it to protect the environment. But it has failed at the first test.
- by Carmen Lawrence
Opinion
Editorial
Community right to feel Albanese having it both ways on climate
The clear sense of betrayal from some and relief from others suggests many are not sure where the government stands on carbon.
- by The Herald's View
Exclusive
Gas
A prince, traditional owners and a ‘carbon bomb’: Inside Woodside’s extension plans
Energy giant Woodside has won preliminary approval to keep operating its WA oil and gas fields for another 45 years. But at what environmental cost?
- by Bianca Hall
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.
- by Nick Toscano, Bianca Hall and Nick O'Malley
Opinion
Energy
Greenwashing is rife in Australia, but could its days be numbered?
This week’s admission from a major Australian company could mark a turning point for Australians being misled while trying to do the right thing.
- by Claire Snyder
Analysis
Climate crisis
The NSW floods have already been linked to climate change. Scientists are debating if that’s too quick
Global warming brings extreme weather but did it cause the NSW floods?
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Opinion
NSW floods
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.
- by Malcolm Knox
Analysis
Climate policy
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.
- by Nick O'Malley
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