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Resources minister Matt Canavan says Australian coal will lift the developing world out of poverty; empower First Australians; cut carbon emissions; and catch mice. Let's get digging!

Sharp rise globally in the dirtiest fossil fuel investments reverses progress made after the Paris agreement, with tar sands holdings more than doubling in Trump’s first year in office

Bank holdings in “extreme” fossil fuels skyrocketed globally to $115bn during Donald Trump’s first year as US president, with holdings in tar sands oil more than doubling, a new report has found.

A sharp flight from fossil fuels investments after the Paris agreement was reversed last year with a return to energy sources dubbed “extreme” because of their contribution to global emissions. This included an 11% hike in funding for carbon-heavy tar sands, as well as Arctic and ultra-deepwater oil and coal.

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The public consultation period for assessment for ongoing export accreditation will be open from 29 March until 4 May 2018.

The public consultation period for assessment for ongoing export accreditation will be open from 29 March until 4 May 2018.

The public consultation period for assessment for ongoing export accreditation will be open from 29 March until 4 May 2018.

The public consultation period for assessment for ongoing export accreditation will be open from 29 March until 4 May 2018.

More heartache for Australian EV enthusiasts, after Tesla CEO Elon Musk hinted at further delays on arrival of "mass market" Model 3 electric vehicle.

This summer, the RERT and demand response enabled Victoria and South Australia to survive without any major blackouts.

Wind and solar farms encouraged to use new technologies like cloud-cam and Lidar and provide their own 5-minute ahead output forecasts.

MinterEllison has advised Victoria's Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) on its Energy Storing Initiative (ESI) – a funding program that will deliver two large-scale battery storage projects for grid constrained areas in Western Victoria.

All indigenous languages can be traced to a mother tongue dubbed Proto-Australian, researchers say.

The 2018 National Taxonomy Research Grant Programme (NTRGP) Student Travel Grants round is NOW OPEN and will close at 2pm (AEST) Monday 23 April 2018.

This month is an interesting anniversary: the sixtieth anniversary of solar power in space.

Arctic sea ice has experienced maximum extent for the year, reaching 14.48m square kilometers on 17 March – the second smallest in 39-year satellite record.

Simply Energy chooses Tesla batteries for 8MW virtual power plant in Adelaide, now rapidly emerging as a centre for technology that adds to grid security and lowers prices for consumers. Even the Coalition is excited.

Consumers in England will get money back for returning plastic and glass containers in a bid to cut waste.

This week, site access construction works have started on site for the Cattle Hill Wind Farm, located in the Central Highlands of Tasmania.

Upstart electricity retailers Powershop and Diamond Energy again win 5-star rankings in independent Green Energy Guide. AGL, meanwhile, earned itself an elephant stamp.

• Father Amaro Lopes is follower of Dorothy Stang, killed in 2005
• Extortion, land invasion and sexual harassment charges considered

Brazilian police have arrested a priest in the Amazon who championed the rights of smallholders against powerful agricultural interests.

Father Amaro Lopes is the best-known follower of the American-born nun, Dorothy Stang, who was murdered in 2005 in a killing orchestrated by landowners during a dispute that continues today.

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Consumers to receive small cash sum for returning plastic, glass and metal drinks containers

All drinks containers in England, whether plastic, glass or metal, will be covered by a deposit return scheme, the government has announced.

The forthcoming scheme is intended to cut the litter polluting the land and sea by returning a small cash sum to consumers who return their bottles and cans.

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