Australia
Tasmania to reach 120% renewable electricity in five years, Labor pledge
An election policy from the state opposition would provide a boost to rooftop solar and see more clean energy shipped to the mainland
Another blow for giant Australian coal mine as rail company steps back
Freight company Aurizon has withdrawn its application for a federal loan to build a rail line to link proposed coal mines with ports on the coast
Kevin Rudd: ‘I don’t know how Malcolm Turnbull faces his grandkids’
Australia’s former prime minister talks about the failure of his country’s climate policy, the rise of China and the Carmichael coal mine
Australia: Labor victory a ‘death knell for Adani’ coal mine
Queensland Labor looks certain to form government promising to veto a public loan, observers say that puts the southern hemisphere’s biggest coal project in serious doubt
Former UN climate chief lobbies against $1bn loan to Australian coal train
Christiana Figueres warns subsidising Adani’s controversial Carmichael mega-mine would damage Australia’s reputation abroad
Video: Palau to raise Adani coal mine with Australia
“The future of our planet cannot tolerate us continually burning coal,” said the minister for environment of the tiny Pacific state
Australian state premier promises to veto funding for giant Adani coal mine
Prospects of massive Indian-owned coal development take a dip after Queensland Labor leader makes surprise announcement
Climate change ‘probably doing good’, says former Australian PM Abbott
Former Australian prime minister likens treatment of climate sceptics to the Spanish Inquisition and says the government lost seats by not campaigning on energy prices
Australia only wealthy nation still breaking energy emissions records
How did a country that launched one of the world’s first major carbon pricing schemes become a rogue polluter in just five years?
Tony Abbott to address London climate sceptic group
Abbott becomes second former Australian prime minister to address Global Warming Policy Foundation. His speech will be called ‘Daring to Doubt’
Australian bank sued over failure to disclose climate risks
Shareholders are taking the Commonwealth Bank to court, alleging that it is misleading investors about its financial position
Pro-Adani Australian resources minister quits over dual citizenship
Matt Canavan, who has strongly backed Adani’s Queensland mega-mine, is third senator in recent weeks to be caught out by dual citizenship rule
UN committee urges Australia to rethink support for Adani coal mine
Human rights review finds Australia’s coal production ambitions will contribute to dangerous climate change and asks government to reconsider
Australia: new climate policy, same old politics
A major review of Australian climate policy has been compromised by the malignant politics that has sent Australia to the back of the international pack
Adani’s Australian mine green light can’t change economics of coal
The ‘final investment decision’ taken by Adani this week leaves many near and long term questions unanswered about the project’s viability
Fund considering Adani coal mine loan ‘obsessed with secrecy’
Experts say $5bn Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility’s repeated rejection of requests for information on Adani coal project loan has no basis in law
Supreme Court loss creates new problem for Adani’s Australian mine
Indian ruling means Adani will be unable to manipulate price of coal overseas then seek escalations in cost of power back home
Adani coal would not cut emissions – IEA expert
Australian ministers claim Carmichael mine would send cleaner coal to India than imports from elsewhere. This is false, says analyst from major global agency
Climate change made NSW’s hottest summer 50 times more likely
Researchers find strong climate signal behind the heatwaves and record average temperatures that beset Australia’s eastern states this summer
Australian Labor will not back 2030 renewable energy target
After political attacks, Labor says it will not legislate a renewable energy target, despite a policy promising to deliver a 50% share by 2030