2+ hour, 26+ min ago   (72+ words) Industry frustration over delay to WA emissions reforms'AFR Almost 18 months after Western Australia vowed to hand responsibility for policing greenhouse gas emissions to Canberra, the Cook government is yet to implement the controversial policy, prompting confusion and frustration in the…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (68+ words) World records third-hottest year on record as fires, floods hit at home'AFR Last year was the world's third-warmest on record, underscoring a trend already fuelling destructive fires and floods in Australia in the early days of 2026. Official confirmation from respected…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (97+ words) Large-scale wind and solar wasting record amounts of power'AFR Large-scale wind and solar farms were forced to waste a record amount of the power they created in 2025 as grid constraints, the persistence of coal and the flood of rooftop solar…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (96+ words) Huge boost for wind and solar funding to quicken renewables rollout'AFR The federal government's $33 billion green bank intends to throw its weight behind more individual wind and solar energy projects in NSW over the next 12 months as Labor looks to…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (43+ words) Silent killer: Australia's hothouse climate needs cooler houses'AFR Heatwaves are a staple of Australian summers, and Australians have suffered through one of the worst on record this week, with temperatures sailing past 40 degrees for consecutive days across the country's southeast....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (166+ words) Australians brace for possibly the worst heatwave since 2019-20 bushfires'AFR Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Emergency-level bushfires have ignited, and residents are being urged to leave their homes as some of the worst heatwave conditions…...

2+ week, 16+ hour ago   (188+ words) Fix the electricity system in 2026 by returning to first principles'AFR Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Australia is conducting a dangerous experiment, replacing reliable, dispatchable power with intermittent renewables in the name of net zero....

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (166+ words) Australia makes list of 2025s costliest climate events'AFR Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Australias destructive ex-tropical cyclone Alfred has been ranked among the worlds most costly disasters fuelled by climate change in 2025. Economic losses, caused…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (226+ words) Relying on solar power and onshore wind for new generation should provide the lowest-cost mix of technologies for 2030 and 2050, the science agency has found. Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Solar power and onshore wind…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (209+ words) Businesses say minimum efficiency standards are needed to manage the demands of the booming artificial intelligence industry. Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Individual data centres proposed for Australia's major cities are seeking daily water…...