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Coal mining operations in the Bylong Valley.

NSW should end coal expansions to meet net zero targets

A state government agency has declared that NSW cannot meet its climate targets if it keeps approving new coal mine extensions.

  • Nick O'Malley

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Westpac faces a shareholder resolution from environmentalists over its fossil fuel lending.

Foreign pension giants sour on banks over green issues

Funds managing hundreds of billions of dollars are backing shareholder resolutions from environmental groups pushing for change at Westpac and NAB.

  • Clancy Yeates
Steven Miles has recorded the first positive personal rating for a state Labor leader since in three years, but his party’s primary vote still lags Premier David Crisafulli’s LNP.

Voters warming to Miles as Crisafulli’s popularity continues to slip

New polling has revealed voters’ first positive personal perception of a Labor leader in three years, despite a dip in party support.

  • Matt Dennien
Meg O’Neill.

Trump wants to ‘drill, baby, drill’. This Australian giant is happy to help

Oil and gas giant Woodside is expanding in the US under its American chief executive. Over brunch in New York, Meg O’Neill explains why she thinks the climate conversation has fundamentally changed.

  • Michael Koziol
Record levels of renewable energy in the electricity grid are displacing coal and driving down emissions.

Australia records biggest annual drop in emissions outside pandemic

Record output from renewable energy means emissions from coal plants are down as Australia’s greenhouse output has fallen for the first time in years.

  • Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
Qantas CEO Vanessa Hudson.

Electric-powered planes? Not in my lifetime, says Qantas boss

Business leaders give their views on Australia’s energy transition and climate challenges.

  • Clancy Yeates
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NSW Liberal Leader Kellie Sloane visited the state’s most marginal electorate on Tuesday, held by her colleague Jordan Lane.

The strategy ‘gathering dust’ that Kellie Sloane wants to bring back

The NSW Liberal leader says she has changed her language on a controversial issue, as she looks to resurrect some former Coalition government policies.

  • Alexandra Smith and Siena Fagan
Environment Minister Murray Watt at the National Press Club on Thursday with his revised version of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act.

‘Big political price’: Labor steps up pressure on Greens to pass environment reform

Environment Minister Murray Watt says the Greens have already suffered for standing in the way of reform.

  • Nick Newling and Matthew Knott
Anthony Albanese during the opening plenary session at the G20.

Trump boycotted the G20. Albanese and other world leaders stared him down

A senior Trump official branded it “shameful” that the meeting had forged ahead with a leaders’ declaration despite US opposition.

  • Matthew Knott
Brazil’s Environment Minister, Marina Silva, left, speaks as COP30 president André Corrêa do Lago listens at a news conference at the COP30.

Takeaways from heated UN climate talks in Brazil

Few countries got everything they wanted. And the venue even caught fire. Here’s what you need to know.

  • Melina Walling, Anton L. Delgado and Seth Borenstein

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