Month: February 2026

Proposals by California, Hawaii and New York lawmakers aim to hold fossil fuel industry accountable for soaring ratesAs climate disasters drive up the price of home insurance, three US states are considering empowering their state prosecutors to sue major polluters for their role in those rising costs.Lawmakers in California, Hawaii and New York have introduced measures which would authorize their attorneys general to sue fossil fuel companies on behalf of […]

Exclusive: Campaign group calls on institutional shareholders to vote against re-election of bosses overseeing net zero row-backBank chairs who water down their lenders’ climate commitments this year could face embarrassing shareholder revolts as campaigners try to hold bosses to account for environmental backtracking.ShareAction, a campaign group for responsible investment, will be issuing detailed reports to pension funds and asset managers in the coming weeks, outlining whether 34 of the world’s […]

Longtime aide departs after seemingly botched No 10 effort to shore up PM’s position against supposed plottersUK politics live – latest updatesMorgan McSweeney, Keir Starmer’s chief of staff and longtime aide, has resigned after a bitter row about supposed plots to bring down the PM.McSweeney masterminded Starmer’s path to Downing Street less than five years after Jeremy Corbyn’s devastating defeat in the 2019 election. Continue reading...Source: www.theguardian.comRead full article

Research suggests surging costs under Morrison government’s job-ready graduate scheme and axing of dozens of subjects largely to blameGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia risks becoming an “artless country” if it does not address the long-term decline in enrolments in creative courses, with more than 40 courses and degrees axed in less than a decade.New research published in the Australian Journal of Education this week […]

Expansion of space operations comes as ADF entering ‘most challenging strategic environment since second world war’, minister saysGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralian defence force recruits are being asked to aim for the stars, with two new positions advertised in defence’s space command.Applicants were invited to apply directly for the two space specialist roles – an operations officer to plan and support missions, and an […]

One MP who now considers a spill inevitable says accepting shorter suspensions for rogue Nationals senators was a significant backdownGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSussan Ley’s deal to reunite with the Nationals has damaged her credibility and potentially shifted some MPs into her leadership rival Angus Taylor’s corner, according to colleagues who are bracing for a spill as soon as this week.As Ley told a […]