Decarbonisation

External consultants advised the NSW government in 2023 that the Paris Agreement climate targets, which the state has committed to, won't be achieved, in its report on the best way to reduce coal mine emissions and obtained under FOI laws.

Local councils say the growing number of renewable energy projects needs to be balanced against local land use requirements and community interest.

The Coalition insists it supports the global Paris Agreement but it wants to dump Australia's short-term emissions reduction target. Is that allowed under the rules?

Premier Steven Miles says his government will legislate to permanently ban carbon capture and storage activities within the expansive region.

A subsidiary of mining giant Glencore has had its proposal to store carbon in the Great Artesian Basin – which is relied upon by 180,000 people for water – knocked back by the Queensland government.

An Australian aviation startup on a mission to decarbonise air travel is developing a battery that could power a small aircraft to travel 1,000 km using hydrogen, and it already has a customer.

Sucking carbon dioxide directly out of the air and burying underground is touted as a crucial way to avoid the worst of global warming. So how does it work, and is it for real?

Accused by the Nationals of making a wrong call over a controversial carbon capture project, Liberal deputy leader Sussan Ley hits back, exposing a split at the highest levels of the Coalition. 

Multiple Australian companies are pioneering the country's electric aviation industry. So how are green planes powered, how safe are they, and what will it cost?

It's hoped the nano-generator will eventually become a new method of industrial carbon capture with the potential to significantly reduce global carbon dioxide emissions.

Peak farming bodies say a mining giant's proposal to store waste carbon dioxide in Australia's biggest underground freshwater system puts the nation's food production system at risk.

One of Australia's largest wineries, Casella Family Brands, has installed almost 9,000 solar panels — enough to power more than 1,900 homes.

There are fears that injecting liquefied CO2 into a freshwater reservoir that underlies almost a quarter of the continent could contaminate the water supply for more than 180,000 people.

Two new reports find that regional Australia wants more certainty for the future as the country looks to decarbonise by 2050, with one stating the current "largely unplanned, market-led approach" is unlikely to be effective.

The Great Artesian Basin generates about $13 billion of product and supplies water to hundreds of towns, but a big coal company wants to store waste CO2 in it.

Victoria's independent infrastructure advisory body is calling on the government to put a dollar value to carbon emissions stemming from major construction projects.

The steelmaker continues to work on its "decarbonisation journey" while revealing plans to diversify the use of 1,200 hectares of land it owns in New South Wales, Victoria and New Zealand.

Two Northern Territory cattle stations have been put up for sale, with a specific buyer in mind: companies with a large carbon footprint. The sale could mean a tidy profit for a Sydney-based investor.

The $425 million Riverbend Energy Hub proposal in Tailem Bend could turn 200,000 tonnes of landfill into green hydrogen every year.

Australia has committed to net zero emissions by 2050, but frustrated landowners in Western Australia say green land uses are being road-blocked by government red tape.