It is not clear what is happening at first. In one video, a CCTV camera looks out over a port facility; in another it is a grand building that marks the Nepal-China border crossing. There are people in these images but from this distance, they look like specks. But the specks on the screen are […]
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New Zealand to Become First Country in the World to Lock the Courthouse Door on Climate Change
Borrowing a tactic from the United States, New Zealand will adopt a law authored by industry to give legal immunity for tort claims against fossil fuel producers and big emitters.
Australian Oil and Gas Company Santos Offered Communities Help in Exchange for Good PR
Campaign groups say the company’s disaster-relief fund for outback communities during 2025 flooding came with strings attached.
Australian Court Finds Context Is King in Clearing Oil Company Santos of Greenwashing
Last month Australian courts cleared oil company Santos of greenwashing over claims it produced “clean energy’. Subsequently, fossil fuel companies demanded a “crack down” on green groups.
“Simply Cannot Be Ignored”: How Australia’s fossil fuel industry shaped the climate future by capturing economic models
Heatwaves and bushfires burned across southern Australia this January thanks in part to climate change. An Australian government agency once insisted it might not happen.
New Documents Reveal Japan LNG Industry’s Influence on Australian Politics
A new report from Influence Map shows employees from Japanese companies involved in major Australian gas projects have been regularly meeting with Australian ministers, directly shaping policy.
Selling Seaweed: An Australian Green Startup’s Chemical Insurance Policy
Sea Forest embodied the promise of green capitalism: grow seaweed, solve climate, get rich. It appears the company was playing with a stacked deck.
In Attempt to Spam Climate Information Integrity Investigation, Australia’s Climate Skeptics Score an Own Goal
In attempting to thwart the investigation, anti-climate and anti-renewables groups revealed important information about themselves and why such an inquiry was necessary in the first place.
Gunshots, Burned Vans and Cozy Meetings with the Resource Minister: The Fight Against Coal in New Zealand
Coal had been on the decline in New Zealand. A new right-wing government is determined to bring it back.
“There Was So Much Death.” A Toxic Algal Bloom Is Ravaging Australia’s Southern Coast—Warming Waters Are to Blame.
Three ingredients are required for an algal bloom to get going – temperature, the right conditions and food. South Australia had all the preconditions necessary, thanks to climate change.
