Oceanography professor and former CSIRO chief Tony Haymet has been named new Australian chief scientist, to provide independent advice and research to the federal government.

WMO’s climate and energy lead Roberta Boscolo on the latest climate report, the 1.55°C average temperature rise and heating oceans. Plus: A wrap of the news in our first podcast of 2025.

Big batteries have overtaken gas as the second biggest player in the evening demand peaks, and their owners are cashing in on the privilege.

But questions remain about the future of its giant smelters and refineries in Queensland after the new LNP state government put a halt to new wind farm approvals. The decision by the Queensland ...

“He hasn’t lived in a bubble:” CEC names former radio shock jock to spread word on clean energy A former radio shock jock has been named as the new national spokesperson for the Clean Energy ...

The new Queensland LNP state government has announced strict new wind farm planning rules, just weeks after calling in one project and pausing three others – and promises the criteria will be ...

Australia’s electricity market is old, outdated and not doing enough to drive investment in the renewable energy needed for the country to hit its climate targets.

A $230 million project investigating ways to make extracting future materials more sustainable will bring together five research groups from five continents, including one from Australia.

Near neighbours of one of the country’s biggest wind projects are being given the opportunity to choose how close they want to be to the proposed turbines.

Contractors named for early works on potential 12 GWh pumped hydro project – assuming the state government is still interested in long duration storage for renewables.