Climate change
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Let's give up the climate change charade: Exxon won't change its stripesEvery year at the shareholders’ annual meeting, there is an attempt to push the company on reducing emissions. It’s time to stop trying and divest instead
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The Science Museum is free – so what is BP buying?Chris Garrard: A new report shines a light on the links that BP has developed with leading cultural institutions. Does this limit their ability to speak out on climate change?
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Fracking protesters gather in North Yorkshire as crucial planning meeting beginsRyedale residents tell councillors they do not want to be the first place in the UK to allow fracking
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Carbon dioxide's 400ppm milestone shows humans are rewriting the planet's historyLevels of CO2 are pushing beyond 400 parts per million in the atmosphere. The last time they were there, 15 million years ago, the world was very different
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Climate scientists, mourning Earth's losses, should make their voices heardSarah Myhre: Climate scientists are feeling the need to engage in social leadership before it’s too late
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Greenpeace activists scale British Museum to protest BP sponsorshipMuseum temporarily closes as activists hang huge banners renaming the new BP-sponsored Sunken Cities Egypt exhibition as ‘Sinking Cities’
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Nick Xenophon, the 'anti-politician' poised to cause headaches – whoever wins electionThe senator who started out as an anti-pokies campaigner is likely to be leading a new, significant political force after the poll
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Great Barrier Reef needs $10bn for chance of survival, scientists sayThis election is Australia’s last chance to save the reef, which requires $1bn a year for 10 years to reduce water pollution to give it a chance to survive climate change, report warns
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Environmental groups demand end to logging of Australia’s native forestsMore than 30 green groups sign statement after damning report says extending regional forestry agreements ‘would constitute an irrational decision on environmental, economic and social grounds’
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What Sir David King gets wrong about carbon pricingJudy Hindley and Brian Utton: Pricing carbon is key to spurring the quick deployment of existing low-carbon technologies that we need
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Saving Great Barrier Reef from climate change should be central election issue, says Tim FlanneryScientist says lack of attention to climate change is ‘staggering’ given it is Australia’s last chance ‘to close down coal-fired power stations and save the reef’
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The long game: will Malcolm Turnbull's gamble pay off?The leader who promised to end three-word slogans now says ‘jobs and growth’ every second breath. But will diluting the personality that made him popular win him the power to build a lasting legacy?
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Global warming will hit poorer countries hardest, research findsTropical regions likely to suffer biggest increase in hot days and extreme weather because of climate change, say scientists
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Trump's foreign policy tirade turns to David CameronApril becomes the seventh month in a row to break temperature records; China suppresses Cultural Revolution events; Justin Trudeau’s wife asks for more staff
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After Fort McMurray: where are the world's most fire-prone cities?Images of the devastated Canadian city show just how destructive fire can be to urban populations. But the risk is greatest in informal settlements, where high population density and low-grade construction can be a deadly combination
Oil company records from 1960s reveal patents to reduce CO2 emissions in cars