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The Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been talking up the future of the coal industry in the decades to come. That's despite a COP26 promise to "phase down" coal, and frequent widespread predictions that market forces are...

After walkouts, tears and last-minute deals, the UN climate summit in Glasgow is over, and all 197 countries have signed up to the final agreement. So what's in it? Today on The Signal, we're bringing you the successes and...

A week ago we were wondering what the UN climate summit in Glasgow, COP26, might deliver for humanity. We'd been told many times that the world is not on track to limit warming to less than 2 degrees, and that Glasgow was...

There's a lot of pressure on the leaders of wealthy countries gathering in Glasgow at the moment to be more ambitious on cutting emissions. When the focus turns to Australia, the prime minister Scott Morrison has a standard...

There's a lot of pressure on the leaders of wealthy countries gathering in Glasgow at the moment to be more ambitious on cutting emissions. When the focus turns to Australia, the prime minister Scott Morrison has a standard...

Parts of Australia's new net-zero climate policy are finally public. But many who've read its 129 pages say the much-anticipated 'plan' is light on for detail, leaning heavily on existing policies, untested technologies,...

It's been a long time coming, but the Nationals have finally agreed in-principle on terms for a net zero by 2050 target. Announcing the deal on Sunday evening, Barnaby Joyce wouldn't say what the final conditions were, and...

It started with an ultimatum, and it's ending in a new gas-fired power plant. The Government is making the case for the new project at Kurri Kurri, in the NSW Hunter region. In fact, they're so sold on the idea, they're stumping...

Australia's coal fired power plants are on borrowed time. The Northern power plant at Port Augusta in South Australia was reduced to rubble in 2017, and Hazelwood in Victoria's LaTrobe Valley went the same way last year. Next...

What a difference a single word can make. Scott Morrison appears to be crab walking his way to a net-zero emissions target, something he now describes as "preferable" for Australia by 2050. The comment has drawn howls of...

Will Graham is a fifth-generation grazier who has seen enough years of dry, hot weather to convince him Queensland must transition away from coal to renewables.

The Queensland Premier says she was unaware consultancy company PricewaterhouseCoopers donated more than $2,000 to Labor on the same day she revealed her partner Shaun Drabsch was involved in a loan application for Adani,...

The Queensland Premier says she was unaware consultancy company PricewaterhouseCoopers donated more than $2,000 to Labor on the same day she revealed her partner Shaun Drabsch was involved in a loan application for Adani,...

Rival plans to provide to power north Queensland will be a key issue at the next state election, with voters set to choose between hydro electricity and a coal-fired plan.

It was back to the 1990s on the campaign trail as former leaders lent their support, while old tweets, solar subsidies and law and order also rated mentions.