Could Australia, one of the world’s biggest exporters of coal and natural gas, become a solar superpower? The island continent, distant from Asia’s megacities, plans to capture the plentiful Outback sun, Continue Reading
Australia has shipped vast quantities of coal and gas to fuel Asia’s rapid growth for decades. But amid global concerns over climate change, investors and a previously skeptical conservative government Continue Reading
A key battle over the future of fossil fuels and climate change will soon be decided in a sleepy corner of Australia. After a decade-long struggle pitting a mix of farmers, Continue Reading
Even the world’s top coal exporter is struggling to make money from burning the fuel. Australia’s coal power plants, which make up more than half of the nation’s generation mix, Continue Reading
To indigenous Australians Isabel and George Coe, the hills near a 280-foot-tall dam here are part of a sacred landscape that is dotted with burials and ceremonial sites. Now, new Continue Reading
China is advising its citizens not to visit Australia, citing racial discrimination and violence against Asians, in what appears to be Beijing’s latest attempt to punish the country for advocating Continue Reading
Royal Dutch Shell ( RDSa.L ) is considering raising more than $2 billion from the sale of a stake in the common facilities at its Queensland Curtis LNG plant in Continue Reading
The early afternoon sun was pounding the parched soil, and Gus Whyte was pulling on his dust-caked cowboy boots to take me for a drive. We’d just finished lunch—cured ham, Continue Reading
As well as being a world-class LNG exporter , Australia may soon become a major exporter of renewable energy. Engineers are now looking to connect Singapore with Darwin, using a Continue Reading
Survey work will soon begin on an ambitious plan to export power from a giant solar farm in Australia to Singapore via a 3,800 kilometer (2,360 mile) undersea cable. The Sun Continue Reading
Australia has finalized a deal with the US to create its first emergency oil stockpile and store it in the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve caverns on the Gulf Coast. Receive Continue Reading
Australia will increase its oil stock through an agreement with the U.S. to help support the global market, following a video conference with G-20 energy ministers. Energy markets in Australia were Continue Reading
Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef has suffered its third mass coral bleaching in five years, according to early results of aerial surveys over the World Heritage site. “I saw coral bleaching Continue Reading
Tasmania will invest A$50 million ($33 million) to build a renewable hydrogen industry, as the island state plots a course to commercial exports of the clean fuel by 2030. Australia’s Continue Reading
Drilling in the Great Australian Bight could spoil the marine environment, critics argued Oil giant Equinor has abandoned controversial plans to drill in the Great Australian Bight in a move Continue Reading
Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor said Tuesday it will discontinue exploration in the Great Australian Bight off the country’s southern coast after deciding the program was “not commercially competitive.” Continue Reading
Standing in thick mud between burned trees and a concrete slab where his house had been, Peter Ruprecht admitted that he was not sure how or when to rebuild. He Continue Reading
As extreme wildfires burn across large swaths of Australia, scientists say we’re witnessing how global warming can push forest ecosystems past a point of no return. Some of those forests Continue Reading
Wildfires that have devastated Australia in the last few weeks pose a risk to drinking water for millions of people. Credit: Orbital Horizon/Copernicus Sentinel Data/Gallo Images via Getty Images Even Continue Reading
The traffic is thick out here on a calm Coral Sea and, very soon, it may get worse. Much worse. The horizon is marked by two dozen ship hulls, the Continue Reading
Returning from a morning feeding his sheep, Jeff McCole, a 70-year-old farmer, paused to take in the bittersweet scene – a few droplets of rain falling onto the remains of Continue Reading
A four-day downpour across Australia’s east coast has brought relief after months of devastating bushfires and years of drought, but also widespread storm damage and forecasts of more wild weather Continue Reading
Much of Australia’s wildfire-ravaged east coast was drenched on Friday by the biggest rainfall in almost 20 years, dousing some of the most dangerous blazes and providing welcome relief to Continue Reading
The coronavirus outbreak is having adverse effects on many Australian industries, but it could provide some welcome news for motorists. Retailers are bracing for potential product shortages and sales drops Continue Reading
Australian authorities warned on Friday of severe fire danger in densely populated areas this weekend, declaring a state of emergency in the capital, Canberra, as soaring temperatures and strong whipped Continue Reading
A bush fire burns behind a ridge near the town of Tharwa, about 20 miles south of Canberra, Australia, on Jan. 30, 2020. (Mick Tsikas/EPA-EFE/REX) A resident stops to take Continue Reading
The country was never as hot and as dry at the same time as it was in 2019, which helped set the stage for the devastating fires. In December, Australia Continue Reading
Swathes of southeast Australia were bracing on Thursday for a days-long heatwave that threatens to stoke bushfires that have been burning for months. As firefighters and residents prepared for the Continue Reading
Australia’s federal government may seek a national gas reservation policy that could have ramifications for the country’s LNG exports at a time when it has become the largest LNG exporter Continue Reading
It was the latest wild turn in this most extreme of Australian summers. Large hailstones have rained down on Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra over the past two days, destroying vehicles, punching Continue Reading
When the flames swept up from the cove through the gum trees, Neda Cettnic signaled frantically that it was time for her grandchildren to get off the roof. It was Continue Reading
Heavy rains have doused many of the country’s bushfires Forecasters have warned of severe storms in Australia’s fire-hit state of Victoria, which could lead to flooding. Recent heavy rains have Continue Reading
Parts of Australia’s east coast were hit by severe storms on Saturday, dousing some of the bushfires that have devastated the region for months but causing road closures and flash Continue Reading
Argument Catastrophic fires make it hard for media to stick to old narratives. Australia, the fossil-fueled paradise at the bottom of the world, is too easily misunderstood. The summer bushfire Continue Reading
A crippling drought in eastern Australia is threatening the production of commodities from coal to gold, sparking a scramble by companies for water to keep their operations going. The affected Continue Reading
James Murdoch has criticized his father’s news outlets for promoting false skepticism about climate change as deadly bushfires tear across Australia, the original home of Rupert Murdoch’s news empire. In Continue Reading
Australia’s remarkable prosperity rests on a balancing act. It mines coal, natural gas and iron ore from a vulnerable landscape. It takes ever more money from China while allied with Continue Reading
Engineering giant Siemens will decide by Monday on its involvement in the development of a controversial Australian coal mine being built by India’s Adani, CEO Joe Kaeser said on Friday. Continue Reading
Australia’s bushfire crisis worsened Thursday night into Friday as hot, dry and windy conditions redeveloped across the country’s hard-hit southeast, causing two large blazes to merge into one. The new Continue Reading
Bushfire conditions on Australia’s east coast eased on Saturday after a tough night for firefighters, and authorities said they expect to have at least a week of milder weather where Continue Reading
Australian authorities urged another mass evacuation across the heavily populated southeast on Thursday as a return of hot weather fanned huge bushfires threatening several towns and communities. Cows stand in Continue Reading
Australian insurer Suncorp Group ( SUN.AX ) said on Thursday it has received since September 2,600 bushfire-related claims worth up to A$345 million ($237.05 million), of which nearly a third Continue Reading
Australia’s bushfire crisis has arrived to such a tragic and critical apex that the smoke from the climate change-fuelled fires has travelled nearly 10,000 miles to South America and may Continue Reading
Australia urged nearly a quarter of a million people to evacuate their homes on Friday and prepared military backup as authorities said the next few hours could be “very, very Continue Reading
Surrounded by hills burned black as soot, with homes flattened and cattle decimated, Australians in the country’s east on Friday confronted a new round of supercharged bush fires as high Continue Reading
The bush fire crisis gripping Australia is piling political pressure on its government to take bolder action on climate change, as the scorching of vast tracts of forest and farmland amplifies Continue Reading
Deep in the burning forests south of Sydney this week, volunteer firefighters were clearing a track through the woods, hoping to hold back a nearby blaze, when one of them Continue Reading
Australian authorities urged another mass evacuation across the heavily populated southeast on Thursday as a return of hot weather fanned huge bushfires threatening several towns and communities. Victoria state Premier Continue Reading
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IF A Hollywood producer ordered up these images, they might be dismissed as too dramatic: orange skies; ash-filled rain; fire tornadoes; flames jumping as high as 230 feet; people huddling for shelter on the beach. Continue Reading
