UN world health report: Glaciers melting, climate change at record high
Earth is suffering in ways that are unthinkable as every indicator used to measure the overall ill-health of the planet broke new records. In what should but likely will not…
Climate change: NOAA El Nino signals danger for Australia as heatwaves sweep Asia
An extreme heatwave is smothering much of Asia. That’s rare for this early in the year. It’s unusual that it’s already lasted a fortnight. It’s odd because it stretches across…
NPC: Woodside chief Meg O’Neill on Coalition’s safeguard mechanism move
Peter Dutton’s unwillingness to compromise on the government’s key election promise has been slammed by one of the country’s chief gas producers. Woodside energy boss Meg O’Neill said the Coalition…
Adam Bandt: Safeguard Mechanism will stop dozens of coal, gas projects from continuing
Greens leader Adam Bandt says the opening of any new coal or gas projects will be “squarely on Labor” as his party celebrated stopping more than 50 deals from progressing.…
Climate change: IPCC issues final warning to reduce emissions, last chance decade
Leading scientists have warned that we are almost half way through the “last chance decade” to pull the brakes on climate change. Almost 300 scientists across 67 countries contributed to…
UN climate change report: Map reveals dire outlook for Australia’s future
A new report from the United Nations has said the “window is narrowing” to meet the goal of the planet only warming by 1.5 degrees. And a map released with…
Australia Institute report on fossil fuel implications of Safeguard Mechanism
The 116 new fossil fuel projects in the pipeline would pollute the atmosphere with 4.8 billion tonnes of carbon emissions by 2030 if they all came to fruition, according to…
IPCC report: Scientists’ final warning on climate action before 2030
One of Australia’s leading climate researchers says a new report will be the “final warning” to reduce carbon emissions before 2030. The contributions of almost 300 scientists across 67 countries…
Greta Thunberg: accused of quietly deleting tweet that said ‘humanity would be wiped out’ if fossil fuels not cut by 2023
Environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg has allegedly deleted a 2018 social media post that stated “humanity would be wiped out” if fossil fuels didn’t stop being used by 2023. Ms Thunberg…
Sydney Harbour Bridge climate protesters Deanna ‘Violet’ Coco and Alan Glover appeal sentences
Two climate activists have had a huge win in court, successfully appealing their sentences over a protest that blocked a lane on the Sydney Harbour Bridge last April. And now…
