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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
