Environment

Toyota has hit back at claims against its newly joined Japanese parent company in a class action over alleged emission cheat devices, saying the bulk of the claims are statute barred.

The NSW government has granted mine operator Glencore permission to run the Ulan coal mine until 2035, allowing for the extraction of an additional 18.8 million tonnes of coal, despite net zero targets on the horizon.

Woodside's North West Shelf gas project looks set to be extended until 2070, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signalling the federal government's approval was a sure thing.

An activist group has lost a challenge to the approval of a 69-turbine wind farm in North Queensland that it says ran afoul of international treaties to protect migratory birds, with a judge finding no grounds to review the decision.

The government has rejected Greenpeace's request to reconsider approval for Woodside’s North West Shelf project extension, paving the way for a final decision that could see the gas field in operation for another 46 years.

A NSW Supreme Court judge has stayed civil proceedings relating to asbestos-contaminated mulch found in parks across Sydney amid ongoing criminal proceedings.

EnergyAustralia has admitted that its ‘Go Neutral’ carbon offset product did not prevent or reverse the harms associated with the burning of fossil fuels. 

EnergyAustralia has reached a settlement with advocacy group Parents for Climate in a suit accusing it of falsely promoting its carbon offset products as carbon neutral.

A judge has vacated a hearing in Energy Resources' lawsuit challenging a decision not to renew its lease for the Jabiluka uranium mine in the Northern Territory after hearing there were "good prospects" the case could be resolved. 

Woodside is facing another legal challenge to its $16.5 billion Scarborough gas project, in what an environmental group called a "test case" for how NOPSEMA will assess greenhouse gas emissions from energy projects.