Apparently, saving trees to destroy the planet is an offer we can't refuse

Fiona Katauskas

Mon 17 Aug 2026 12.23 AEST

Climate

Apparently, saving trees to destroy the planet is an offer we can't refuse

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OFF THE CHARTS

Santos paid zero company tax for 11th year in a row, ATO data shows

By Greg Jericho

The latest corporate tax data released today by the Australian Tax Office (ATO) showed that once again, major gas producers are paying no company tax, and despite claims that changes to the Petroleum Rent Resources Tax (PRRT) would deliver “more revenue sooner”, the PRRT in 2024-25 raised less tax than in 2020-21.

Climate Economy

WHAT'S NEW

Woodside’s Browse project could expose almost 1m more people to unprecedented heat, new climate impact tool estimates

By Tegan George

Drawing on research from six Australian and UK universities, a team from the Australian National University (ANU) and UNSW has launched the Carbon Impacts Tracer, which translates carbon dioxide emissions into estimates of real-world climate damage.

Climate

OPINION

We can finally measure the damage each new coal, gas or oil project will do to people and nature

By Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, Claudia Stepin, Gillian Moon, Maria Nawaz & Wesley Morgan

Our new open-source climate tool – the Carbon Impacts Tracer – will help make fossil fuel companies and governments approving projects accountable for the damage they will do. It shows how much a new project will warm the planet – and how much damage it will do across eight areas, from loss of crops to heatwave deaths in Europe.

Climate

WHAT'S NEW

Taxpayers could be left to foot the bill for offshore oil and gas clean-up unless the Albanese Government closes a loophole

By Tegan George

Big corporations could continue to treat Australia’s oceans as a “dumping ground” for old equipment and leave taxpayers out of pocket unless the Albanese government closes a loophole, a Greens senator has warned.

Climate Environment & Biodiversity