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The Whyalla steelworks might be the best place in the world to make low-cost green iron. Will Labor seize the moment? | Rod Sims and Baethan Mullan

admin — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 02:49:33 +0000

If the government is committed to the energy transition and a future made in Australia, the choice that must be made is clear

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News Corp Australia chair says outlets not part of climate crisis ‘denial machine’

admin — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 02:34:43 +0000

Michael Miller tells Senate misinformation inquiry platforming climate deniers and net zero critics part of ‘great democracy and healthy debate’

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Liberals formally abandon net zero target but will allow moderate MPs to call lower emissions a ‘welcome outcome’

admin — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 02:28:38 +0000

Future Coalition government would not withdraw from Paris climate agreement altogether, Liberal frontbench decides a day after five-hour party room debate

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As a conservative Liberal senator I see no coherent reason to run away from a net zero target | Andrew McLachlan

admin — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 01:13:27 +0000

We cannot claim to be of the right of politics yet shy away from targets that hold us to account, especially ones that were once the Liberals’ own

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World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds

admin — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 00:01:08 +0000

Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating

The world is still on track for a catastrophic 2.6C increase in temperature as countries have not made sufficiently strong climate pledges, while emissions from fossil fuels have hit a record high, two major reports have found.

Al Gore wonders if ‘bullying’ Trump prompted Bill Gates to backtrack on climate

admin — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 21:05:42 +0000

Exclusive interview with ex-US vice-president at Cop30 also reveals his hope around much-maligned climate summit

Fear of being bullied by Donald Trump may have prompted Bill Gates to row back on the climate crisis, Al Gore has speculated, as he slammed the billionaire’s new position as “silly”, and the US president for his anti-climate stance.

Western US states fail to agree on plan to manage Colorado River before federal deadline

admin — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:31:04 +0000

Stakeholders have spent months ironing out disagreements over how to distribute water from the sprawling basin

State negotiators embroiled in an impasse over how to manage the imperiled Colorado River were unable to agree on a plan before a federally set deadline on Tuesday, thrusting deliberations deeper into uncertain territory.

The Liberals’ so-called ‘founding principles’ underpinning their decision to dump net zero fail the credibility test | Tom McIlroy

admin — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 14:00:58 +0000

The party’s imminent move to abandon the 2050 climate goal makes the environment the loser and Labor the biggest winner

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Cop30 live: ‘literally insane’ that we are letting global heating happen, says Al Gore

admin — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 12:10:27 +0000

This live blog is now closed. You can read the full Guardian coverage of the climate talks in Brazil here

Hello comrades, this is Nina Lakhani in chilly New York City taking over the blog for the next few hours. Thanks very much to my colleague Matt Taylor in London Town who will be back in the hot seat on Friday morning.

Leading climate activists and influencers have signed a letter criticising PR firm Edelman over its role at the Cop30 summit in Brazil.

Climate-sceptic IPA refuses to reveal funders in fiery Senate inquiry

admin — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 08:02:48 +0000

Australia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart has previously donated to Institute of Public Affairs but thinktank won’t say if she remains a donor

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