Heated conservationists are calling out an “embarrassing” inclusion in the State Budget, as WA continues to spend more money on starting fires than fighting them.
Craig Duncan
Water Corporation has unveiled infrastructure changes to a major South West water supply as the climate crisis sees reduced rainfall in the region.
Anthony Albanese has defended his Government’s call to extend Woodside’s North West Shelf gas project to 2070, saying gas is essential as the country shifts to renewables.
Caitlyn Rintoul
Roger Cook has warned Western Australia’s emissions may rise to allow the world to reach net zero targets as he stepped back from previously proposed legislation for a 2050 target.
Oliver Lane and Dylan Caporn
Andrew Forrest was in Perth on Thursday, the morning after Donald Trump put a 90-day pause on his sweeping global tariffs that sent global markets into meltdown.
Simone Grogan
As experts warn of rising heatstroke risks, could this Perth-developed patented cooling vest be the life-saving tool needed for high-risk environments such as mining?
Liam Murphy
Regional West Australians could be in for more jobs and a stronger economy if a huge zero-emission energy project on the Nullarbor goes ahead, a sustainability expert says.
Jessica Antoniou
A controversial plan for an offshore wind farm off the coast of Bunbury is being revved up by Federal Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen, despite Premier Roger Cook suggesting other options would be quicker.
Jessica Page
With five years left of Earth’s ‘decisive decade’, Sam Elsom speaks about the headwinds and heartbreak of finding solutions in a world often indifferent to what he sees as the most pressing issue for us all.
It’ll be a big ask to hit clean energy targets and ensure power is reliable and affordable.
Sean Smith
Macquarie is quitting the world’s biggest climate banking alliance, becoming the first major Australian financial institution to withdraw since Donald Trump’s return to the While House.
Cheyanne Enciso
Two outgoing Labor MPs are striking out with a new consultancy as part of a bid to break the political and industry deadlock over climate change.
Exposure to outdoor air pollution and extreme temperatures may increase the risk of prolonged pregnancy, new research from Curtin University has revealed.
Claire Sadler
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has accused the Prime Minister of playing a ‘two-card trick’ over the so-called Nature Positive laws, despite warnings the bill is a ‘threat to jobs’.
Jessica Page and Ellen Ransley
Cooling centres in the US and Europe usually have bathrooms, chairs, beds, charging devices, food, and entertainment like books and TV. They can also have kennels and pet food.
The Prime Minister has been accused of politicising the California wildfires by using them to attack the Coalition’s nuclear energy plan as Los Angeles continues to burn.
Jake Dietsch
‘It’s too hot to do anything’ are the words I’ve heard rumbling through Perth while we all have scattered to do our shopping in the final few hours of trading hours before Christmas.
Emma Garlett
Labor and the Greens are edging toward a shock deal to create a new Environment Protection Agency as they look to pass the bill in Federal Parliament’s frantic final sitting week of the year.
Dan Jervis-Bardy
The Greens will no longer insist on a climate trigger under a new offer designed to tempt the Federal Government into a deal to pass its Nature Positive laws in the final parliamentary sittings of the year.
For the second year in a row, Earth will almost certainly be the hottest it’s ever been. For the first time, the globe this year reached more than 1.5 degrees of warming compared to the pre-industrial average.
Melina Walling
Emissions from private jets have increased by almost 50 per cent in just five years, according to the latest research.
Extreme heatwaves cause more deaths in Australia than any other natural hazard.
Neil Sims and Pep Canadell
South West NRM have worked closely with the community to plan ahead of drought seasons — with a mission for drought “preparedness”.
Anjelica Smilovitis
Santos says public statements it could reach net-zero emissions by 2040 were not misleading because its roadmap contained targets and not promises.
Miklos Bolza
