What's the difference between a 90's climate activist and today's tech bros?

Fiona Katauskas

Thu 10 Sep 2026 01.00 AEST

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What's the difference between a 90's climate activist and today's tech bros?

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OPINION

COPping it, Australian style

By Fiona Katauskas

Climate

OPINION

The Pacific is drawing the map while Australia digs up the road

By Louise Morris

On Wednesday in Fiji, Pacific ministers said what Australian ministers have so far avoided saying. The region needs a plan to end its dependence on coal, oil and gas. At a high-level pre-COP31 side event in Nadi, Navigating the Pacific Energy Transition, ministers discussed their intention to develop a regional roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels.

Climate

WHAT'S NEW

Melbourne’s Port Phillip Council joins push to make big polluters pay for climate disasters

By staff writers

Port Phillip Council has unanimously passed a motion calling for the Federal Government to fund a National Climate Compensation Fund with a levy on gas and coal production. The inner-Melbourne local government area, which covers suburbs such as St Kilda, Elwood, South Melbourne and Port Melbourne, faces increased risk of flooding and coastal damage in the face of climate change.

Climate

OPINION

Decision to approve massive NSW coal project wilfully blind to climate policy reality

By Fergus Green

The New South Wales Independent Planning Commission last week approved the largest coal mining project in the state’s history. The way it proposes to deal with the immense climate-harming emissions from burning the exported coal beggars belief.

Climate