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Australian climate sceptics may form new party
A right wing government backbencher with ties to mining magnate Gina Rinehart has registered a website for a new political brand, Australian Majority
BP looking to sell off Great Australian Bight interests
Correspondence with the federal regulator reveals oil major is in discussions with others to offload drilling rights in environmentally sensitive region
Exxon, Chevron face Philippines climate change probe
Hearings by the country’s Human Rights Commission will target some of Donald Trump’s allies in the oil sector
Full circle: 33 hours in Australian climate policy
It took just over a day for the suggestion of a carbon price to be stamped out by right-wing MPs who hold the prime minister in their thrall
Fiji appoints beauty queen as climate ambassador
Anne Dunn takes on diplomatic role for next hosts of UN climate talks shortly after winning Miss Pacific Islands competition
Fire bombs: Hobart lies in the path of climate disaster
Around the world, communities are living obliviously close to climate-driven fire disaster. In the first in a series of reports, Karl Mathiesen visits Hobart, Tasmania
Fiji invites Trump to visit climate-hit Pacific islands
On the final day of climate talks in Marrakech, next year’s host appealed to the US president-elect for solidarity
Australia is withholding carbon emissions data, says UN
UNEP chief scientist says major report was unable to assess Australia’s progress towards its emissions targets because of a lack of information
New Zealand uses pine forests, creative accounting to dodge carbon cuts
Proposed forestry accounting changes would allow New Zealand to claim credits without cutting emissions, NGO claims
Carbon majors respond to climate and human rights inquiry
Fossil fuel companies including Rio Tinto, Glencore and BHP Billiton defend their records from Philippines probe
Why the Marrakech summit must deliver on climate finance
Vulnerable countries urgently need predictable support, funding that will offer countless health, economic and development co-benefits of cleaner energy sources
What top US writers get wrong about climate politics
David Roberts and Bill McKibben are two of the most influential writers about climate change, but they miss a trick by ignoring vulnerable countries, writes Michael Dobson
New Zealand ratifies climate deal amid accounting fraud claims
Climate change minister claims historic gesture puts New Zealand at the top climate table. But questions remain over use of carbon credits
Executives up for big bonuses in Great Australian Bight oil rush
Oil executives could get big windfalls if they find large new reserves, but experts say incentives reward risk
BP’s Great Australian Bight safety plans deemed inadequate
The national regulator has asked BP to provide further information on their environmental plans to drill two exploration wells in the Bight
Indonesia’s 2015 fires killed 100,000 people, study estimates
Harvard and Columbia University study finds death from smoke exposure “on a massive scale” in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore
Asia’s coastal typhoons are gaining power
The violence of typhoons that devastate Asian coastal regions is being magnified by rising sea surface temperatures caused by greenhouse gas emissions
Pacific nations signal support for UN aviation emissions deal
Roster of developing countries to back ICAO emissions pact likely to rise says Marshall Islands president as October deadline nears
UN urged to hold world leaders’ climate bash every five years
Marshall Islands president says heads of state need regular reminders about threat posed by global warming
Legal wins, coal price up but Adani’s Australian mine still “unbankable”
Despite consistent legal victories, Adani cannot change a coal price that languishes far below the level necessary to make the huge Carmichael mine viable