A bushfire burning in the Adelaide Hills A heatwave sweeping south-east Australia has sent temperatures soaring in the nation’s biggest cities and escalated the threat of bushfires. A large blaze Continue Reading
Another big battery project has been announced in Australia, as energy storage developers rush to profit from the nation’s abundant sunshine and wind resources. Origin Energy Ltd. issued an expression of Continue Reading
For the past six months, Virendrasinh Bhosale, a seafarer from India, has been trapped on a hunk of metal floating off China’s eastern coast. He is desperate to see his Continue Reading
The world’s most ambitious renewable energy project to date is the proposed Australia–ASEAN Power Link . This project would combine the world’s largest solar farm, the largest battery, and the Continue Reading
A sharp worsening in relations between Australia and China could threaten a deal that would have seen Woodside Petroleum sell a stake in a natural gas field and in the Continue Reading
The desolate red sands of the Pilbara region in western Australia, home to most of the iron ore mines that account for a major chunk of the nation’s export income, Continue Reading
BHP said on Oct. 14 that it has been asked to defer some shipments of coking coal to China because of new restrictions imposed by the Chinese government on Australian Continue Reading
Tensions between the two countries have reached new heights in recent months . After Australia began seeking support from European leaders for an investigation into China’s response to the coronavirus Continue Reading
Australia risks missing out on at least A$43 billion ($31 billion) in investment over the next five years if it fails to set a target of net-zero emissions for 2050, Continue Reading
A drive to reduce emissions that is spreading faster than the coronavirus in the energy industry could see assets worth up to $17 billion put up for sale in Australia, Continue Reading
The New South Wales government approved the eastern Australian state’s first hydrogen gas facility on Aug. 12 that could potentially supply gas to greater Sydney by 2025. Receive daily email Continue Reading
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
