Tehran judiciary employs AI to track financial networks in fuel smuggling cases
Tehran’s judiciary has announced the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in tracing the financial networks behind fuel smuggling operations.
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Cost of emissions from five major Australian resource companies more than $900bn, study finds
US researchers link BHP, Rio Tinto, Santos, Whitehaven Coal and Woodside Energy to specific climate harms over three decadesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFive of Australia’s biggest fossil fuel producers could be on the hoo…
Revealed: Forecasts of greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels soar in Trump’s first 100 days
Tariff chaos hampers Trump’s pledge to ‘drill, baby, drill’, but analysis still shows surge in planet-heating emissions‘A ruthless agenda’: charting 100 days of Trump’s onslaught on the environmentDonald Trump’s ambitions for the US to “drill, baby, dr…
‘World’s largest’ electric ship measuring 130m launched by Tasmanian boat builder
Manufacturer Incat built Hull 096 to run between Buenos Aires and Uruguay, calling it their ‘most complex’ project everAn Australian boatbuilder has launched what it describes as the world’s largest battery-power ship, describing it as a “a giant leap …
Liberal-aligned thinktank running anti-Greens ads received $600,000 from coal industry in Queensland election
The Australian Institute for Progress’s ‘Can you afford the Greens?’ ads claim minor party’s housing policies would lead to increased rentsPolls tracker; Election guide; Interactive seat explorerParty policies; Micro parties explained; Full election co…
Labor and Coalition accused of being on fossil fuel ‘unity ticket’ as thermal coal exports hit record high
Australia shipped 57m tonnes of coal for burning in overseas power plants between October and December last year, the most recorded for a three-month periodPolls tracker; Election guide; Interactive seat explorerParty policies; Micro parties explained;…
UK banks put £75bn into firms building climate-wrecking ‘carbon bombs’, study finds
Exclusive: Britain is key financial hub for destructive fossil fuel mega-projects, according to researchBanks in the City of London have poured more than $100bn (£75bn) into companies developing “carbon bombs” – huge oil, gas and coal projects that wou…
Trump has launched more attacks on the environment in 100 days than his entire first term
Blitzkrieg has hit protections in place for land, oceans, forests and wildlife, and will worsen the climate crisis‘A ruthless agenda’: charting 100 days of Trump’s onslaught on the environmentDonald Trump has launched an unprecedented assault upon the …
Solar panels to be fitted on all new-build homes in England by 2027
Government to press ahead with net zero plans as Keir Starmer rejects Tony Blair’s criticisms of climate policyAlmost all new homes in England will be fitted with solar panels during construction within two years, the government will announce after Kei…
Australians’ support for nuclear power ban rises despite Dutton’s best efforts to sell atomic future, survey finds
Only one in two Liberal party voters are in favour of lifting the national ban, according to the National Climate Action SurveyElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; Election guide; Interactive seat explorerParty …