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Reporter with The Associated Press

17 Articles

Australia closer to making big polluters reduce emissions with help from Green Party

The Australian government took a major step toward implementing a key climate policy that would force chief greenhouse gas polluters to reduce emissions, with the minor Greens party pledging their support on Monday.
News, Politics | March 27th 2023

Hard no from Australia to open-pit coal mine near Great Barrier Reef

Australia for the first time has rejected a coal mining application based on environmental law, with the government minister citing the open-pit mine's potential harm to the nearby Great Barrier Reef.
News | February 10th 2023

Australia and Singapore agree to achieve net-zero

Australian and Singaporean leaders announced on Tuesday, October 18, 2022, what they described as a world-first agreement to cooperate in transitioning their economies to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.
News, Politics | October 18th 2022

Flooding in southeast Australia could swamp or isolate 34,000 homes

Around 34,000 homes could be inundated or isolated in Victoria state as a flood emergency continues across parts of Australia’s southeast, an official said on Monday, October 17, 2022.
News, Politics | October 17th 2022

Australian PM encourages King Charles to push on with climate advocacy

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said King Charles III continuing to advocate for climate change action in his new apolitical role as monarch would be “perfectly acceptable.”
News, Politics | September 15th 2022

Russian invasion speeds world shift to clean energy

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will accelerate the world’s shift to renewable energy because of price shocks in oil and gas, a U.S. climate envoy said on Thursday, August 25, 2022.
News, US News | August 25th 2022

Australia bans coal mine to protect Barrier Reef

Australia’s new government announced on Thursday, August 4, 2022, it plans to prevent development of a coal mine due to the potential impact on the nearby Great Barrier Reef.
News | August 4th 2022

Sydney floods hit 50,000 around Australia's largest city

Hundreds of homes have been inundated in and around Australia’s largest city in a flood emergency that was causing trouble for 50,000 people, officials said on Tuesday, July 5, 2022.
News | July 5th 2022
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Court rules Australian environment minister has no climate duty of care

An appeals court on Tuesday, March 15, 2022, overturned a groundbreaking ruling that Australia’s environment minister had a duty to protect younger people against climate change.
News, Politics | March 15th 2022

Australia dumps a pile of money into low emissions investment fund

Australia’s prime minister on Wednesday, November 10, 2021, launched a billion Australian dollar ($738 million) investment fund to fast-track emerging low emissions technologies including carbon capture and storage as he bolsters his government’s green credentials ahead of elections due within months.
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News, Politics | November 10th 2021
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