11 Dec 2018

The New South Wales government plans 24 new pumped hydro projects that would provide about half of the state's demand for electricity on the hottest days...

6 Dec 2018

Carbon emissions from fossil fuel combustion have accelerated, driven higher by a resumption of growth in China and the US, dimming the prospects that climate...

6 Dec 2018

New data released on Thursday shows carbon emissions around the world are set to increase for the second consecutive year in 2018, following three years of...

4 Dec 2018

Climate leadership in Australia means acknowledging the risks of global warming and preparing the economy now for when the international community eventually...

4 Dec 2018

Opposition to coal seam gas in Australia is remarkable. CSG proposals – mostly affecting rural areas – have spawned hundreds of opposition groups across the...

29 Nov 2018

Australia doesn't need coal as part of its energy future, writes Dr Lachlan Blackhall.

27 Nov 2018

The Labor party’s energy policy platform, released last week, is politically clever and would likely be effective. It includes plans to underwrite renewable...

22 Nov 2018

Australia's boom in renewable energy faces an impasse unless more is done to develop infrastructure to complement wind, solar and pumped hydro storage...

15 Nov 2018

Chinese nuclear scientists have reached an important milestone in the global quest to harness energy from nuclear fusion, a process that occurs naturally in...

30 Oct 2018

The Australian National University's Professor Xuemei Bai has been awarded this year's Volvo Environment Prize for her pioneering work on...

25 Oct 2018

On October 8th, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published their Report on Global Warming of 1.5oC. The findings have enormous implications for...

24 Oct 2018

With drought ravaging Australia’s eastern states, much attention has been given to the need to provide short-term solutions through drought relief. But long-...