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The state energy ministers still need to deliver on their promises, but imagine if any of them held the federal portfolio

Exclusive: An audit shows the drop in carbon pollution was due to a decline in sales of fuel for light vehicles and domestic aviation

$100m to be spent on conservation after critics expressed concerns for Kosciuszko national park

Australian Energy Council’s support for Paris agreement will increase pressure on federal government to back pledge

The job losses will be equivalent to the entire local coal industry if the renewable energy target is not replaced

ALP leader also makes overture to Scott Morrison to reach bipartisan consensus on energy policy mechanism

Labor leader sets out policy pivot in challenge to PM to display genuine bipartisanship

Alan Finkel calls saving electricity the ‘best form of generation’ as groups push for efficiency measures to lead economic recovery

Focus should shift to renewables to avoid risk of being stranded with fossil fuel infrastructure, AMWU national secretary says

Conservationists welcome ruling to protect koalas and greater gliders but point to approved coalmine that required destruction of habitat

We could create a virtuous circle of investment and cost savings, alongside warmer, healthier homes

Labor’s Joel Fitzgibbon defends his call for ALP to adopt the Coalition’s target of 26-28% emissions reduction by 2030

If speed weren’t a factor, we could rely on the market to incentivise green technology at its own pace – but the clock is ticking

Political editor Katharine Murphy talks to environment editor Adam Morton about a huge week in energy policy and why Australia appears to be making an energy roadmap without a destination

David Littleproud said reports that coal shipments had been cancelled would not ‘disrupt our exports’ and was not retaliatory