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- Labor and Coalition cut short debate on offshore gas bill labelled ‘window dressing’ Mon, 25 Mar 24, 7:08pmFirst Nations activists call legislation ‘a betrayal’ while Greens leader tells parliament Labor are ‘climate con artists’
- Climate activists across Europe block access to North Sea oil infrastructure Sun, 17 Mar 24, 2:43amBlockades at facilities in Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden, with protests in Scotland and action expected in Denmark
- Failure to insulate UK homes costing thousands of lives a year, says report Wed, 13 Mar 24, 8:12pmAnalysis finds 58 people have died due to cold homes every winter day since 2013 Tory pledge to ‘cut the green crap’
- ‘Stop insuring fossil fuel’: activists target London insurers in week of action Sat, 2 Mar 24, 1:11amMarches, protests and sabotage attacks as City at forefront of global campaign against industry
- ‘He had a machete in his cheek’: how Guatemala’s hydropower dream turned deadly Mon, 22 Jan 24, 11:00pmLatin America’s water wars: The people of the Ixquisis valley thought their most valuable resource would help lift their villages out of poverty. Instead, murder and violence followed
- Climate groups begin legal actions against Rosebank North Sea oil project Mon, 18 Dec 23, 11:01amGreenpeace UK and Uplift are seeking a judicial review in the Scottish courts to stop opening of huge new oilfield
- Chris Bowen says agreement on global fossil fuel phase out central to Australia’s renewable energy plans Mon, 11 Dec 23, 6:31amAustralia’s climate minister says Cop28 summit must aim to keep 1.5C goal alive as he names Saudi Arabia as a block to agreement
- Chris Bowen tells Cop28 to ‘end the use of fossil fuels’ in energy systems as talks try to break deadlock Mon, 11 Dec 23, 6:31amAustralia’s climate minister says summit must aim to keep 1.5C goal alive so Pacific countries are not ‘swallowed by the seas’
- Chris Bowen tells Cop28 to ‘end the use of fossil fuels’ in energy production as talks try to break deadlock Mon, 11 Dec 23, 6:31amAustralia’s climate minister says summit must aim to keep 1.5C goal alive so Pacific countries are not ‘swallowed by the seas’
- Thousands left without power in SA heatwave as other states issue alerts – as it happened Fri, 8 Dec 23, 5:56pmThis blog has now closedAustralia heatwave: temperatures set to soar on weekendGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastJames Ashby to stand for One Nation in Queensland seat
- Australia news live: Daniel Andrews fires up over ‘Dictator Dan’ moniker; festival-goers warned about heatwave conditions Fri, 8 Dec 23, 4:56pmFormer Victorian premier gives first interview after resignation, saying ‘the haters hate and the rest vote Labor’. Follow the day’s news live
- Australia news live: Daniel Andrews fires up over ‘Dictator Dan’ moniker and Sky After Dark ‘bullshit’ Fri, 8 Dec 23, 2:00pmFormer Victorian premier gives first interview after resignation, saying ‘the haters hate and the rest vote Labor’. Follow the day’s news live
- Australia news live: Donald Trump Jr again postpones live Sydney appearance; Extinction Rebellion protest blocks Melbourne traffic Fri, 8 Dec 23, 10:54amSon of former US president’s July tour was first postponed to September, then pushed back to December before most recent postponement. Follow the day’s news live
- National Portrait Gallery criticised over choice of sponsor to replace BP Tue, 14 Nov 23, 3:45amNew portrait prize sponsor, the law firm Herbert Smith Freehills, has represented the oil company
- Shell sues Greenpeace for $2.1m in damages over fossil fuel protest in North Sea Thu, 9 Nov 23, 7:59pmEnergy firm’s lawsuit looks for indefinite block on group’s protesters targeting its infrastructure