Royce Kurmelovs

Royce Kurmelovs is an Australian freelance journalist and author of The Death of Holden (2016), Rogue Nation (2017) and Boom and Bust (2018). He lives in Adelaide, South Australia.

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'Cakes of coal, volumes of gas': Australia accused of being climate wrecker as it seeks to host COP31

'Cakes of coal, volumes of gas': Australia accused of being climate wrecker as it seeks to host COP31

Australia has been “two-faced” by pushing to host the UN-backed COP31 climate conference in 2026 even as it has been approving massive new oil, gas and coal projects, an international climate group says.

How Australia became the world's greatest lithium supplier

How Australia became the world's greatest lithium supplier

As demand soars for electric vehicles and clean energy storage, Australia is rising to meet much of the world's demand for lithium. While this helps reduce the need for fossil fuels, it raises another question how can we source lithium sustainably?