Activists are convinced a wartime campaign of resistance is the only way to highlight the existing system’s failure to meet the moment

The opposition claims Australia is an outlier in the developed world in not having nuclear, yet Germany and Italy have closed their plants

The Coalition’s rejection of a 43% cut in emissions by 2030 will have major ramifications for us and the world

The Coalition has no climate policy. But Labor’s positions are undermined by its confused stance on gas and the delay of new environmental laws

The plan announced on Thursday offers the gas industry – and Western Australia in particular – everything it could want

So long as oil and gas companies remain wedded to self-interest, the push against them isn’t going away

The challenge for a resource-rich, medium-sized economy such as Australia is to identify the right green industries to focus on, while minimising the risks to taxpayers

While Toyota falls in line on vehicle emission standards, questions are raised about ‘solar sunshot’ and carbon offsets

We should focus on rooftop solar – Australians love it

We are buying more electric and plug-in hybrid cars – 8.5% of all new sales last year – and no one’s weekend has ended. But that’s barely half of the global sales proportion

Voters have made its position clear but our politicians are still not talking about how we can change the way we live and work to ease the climate crisis

The UN summit’s deal heralds the end of coal, oil and gas. The real test is whether producers back it up with action

The government deserves credit for steps to drive down pollution from electricity but other parts of the economy are yet to be addressed

There is an unprecedented global swing towards solar and wind power under way

When the ‘godfather of climate science’ says the extraordinary heat during the northern summer points to accelerated warming, governments should listen

It’s hard to overstate just how exceptionally high global temperatures are now, but we have the technology to avert disaster

Unsubstantiated claims of nuclear energy’s worth distracts from the urgency to act now on climate crisis

Being serious about limiting global heating to 1.5C doesn’t just mean investing in green energy, it means ensuring there are as few new mines as possible

The energy transition is a race and what’s needed are policies that will drag large-scale renewable power into the system faster

Labor is struggling to get its story straight on why it is helping fund a major expansion of the fossil fuel sector in the NT