Climate
Latest greenhouse gas emissions data show Australia’s emissions cuts 'too small and too slow'
The greenhouse gas data is one of those rare data sets where you want the figures to go down – less is better. And the problem for any efforts to limit the impact of climate change is that Australia’s emissions have not been going down anywhere near as fast as they need to be.
The Government is positioning Australia as a global dumping ground for CO₂ and it's taxpayers who carry the risk
The Australian Government is quietly reshaping national climate policy so that Australia can become a global dumping ground for carbon dioxide under the banner of “Sequestration Nation” and keep using and exporting gas.
Part Three: Why CCS subsidies are a perpetual scam
Welcome to CCS week. Leaders in the carbon capture, transport, storage and utilisation industry are gathering at the “CO2CRC” conference in Melbourne.
Kumi Naidoo: Australia must abandon fossil fuels or lose climate credibility
The Australian Government has been urged to leverage its leading role in this year’s United Nations climate conference to start reversing the world’s “suicidal trajectory”.
Climate change is exposing coffee-growing regions to dangerous heat
If worsening natural disasters and soaring energy and insurance bills haven’t been enough to raise the alarm about climate change – its threat to the world’s coffee supply just might.
As a fourth coral bleaching crisis begins, scientists warn reefs are being hit harder each time
As a fourth global bleaching crisis unfolds, an international study has found more than half of the world’s reefs experienced significant damage during the last marine heatwave.
EPBC reforms a ‘net positive’ for oil and gas, according to Department
Environmental reforms rushed through parliament at the end of last year in a deal between Labor and the Greens were welcomed as a “net positive for the oil and gas sector,” according to a senior government bureaucrat.
Scraping the Bottom of the Gas Barrel in Queensland
The gas export boom has been selling Australians short for the last decade, in more ways than one. It has pushed domestic prices through the roof, scarred Queensland landscapes, polluted waterways and destroyed fertile farmland.
Government accused of ‘climate vandalism’ after approving coal mine expansion
The Albanese Government has drawn fierce criticism after approving the extension of a Queensland coal mine that conservationists say will destroy crucial habitat for koalas and greater gliders.
The special fossil fuel industry carve out hidden deep in Australia's nature laws, revealed
To the casual observer, the long overdue reform to our federal environment laws – the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) (EPBC Act) – looked like a win for nature and climate.
