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OFF THE CHARTS

Four charts that give you the good and bad news of the newest greenhouse gas update

By Greg Jericho

The June quarter greenhouse gas emissions have been released - earlier than expected.

Climate
Four charts that give you the good and bad news of the newest greenhouse gas update

WHAT'S NEW

Albanese Government strikes 11th hour deal with the Greens to pass environment laws

By staff writers

The laws, which were being negotiated with the Coalition until late last night, are controversial amongst climate advocates.

ClimateEnvironment & Biodiversity
Albanese Government strikes 11th hour deal with the Greens to pass environment laws

WHAT'S NEW

Insurance premiums driven higher by higher catastrophic risk

By David Richardson

A new study has shown the dramatic impact of climate risk on skyrocketing homeowners' insurance prices

ClimateEconomy
Insurance premiums driven higher by higher catastrophic risk

OPINION

Introducing ‘payments to destroy’ under national nature laws – lessons ignored from the NSW scheme

Frances Medlock & Fergus Green

Everyone agrees the current laws are failing, but that doesn’t mean any change is an improvement. When it comes to offsets, it’s clear things are going to get worse not better.

Climate
Introducing ‘payments to destroy’ under national nature laws – lessons ignored from the NSW scheme

WHAT'S NEW

Ed Husic on the money: gas industry profiteering is costing Australians

By Matt Saunders

Ed Husic’s ‘breaking ranks with Labor’ speech in parliament yesterday which claimed gas exporters are profiteering from Australians and driving up domestic energy prices, is right on the money and well backed by the data.

Climate
Ed Husic on the money: gas industry profiteering is costing Australians

WHAT'S NEW

Australia’s big climate win – stopping Korean coal mines

By Rod Campbell

One of the big announcements at last week’s UN climate talks in Brazil was that the South Korean Government has committed to phasing out coal-fired power by 2040.

ClimateEnvironment & Biodiversity
Australia’s big climate win – stopping Korean coal mines

OPINION

Australia’s gas bonanza is for corporate super-profits, not climate superheroes

Ketan Joshi
Ketan Joshi
Climate
Australia’s gas bonanza is for corporate super-profits, not climate superheroes

OPINION

Northern Australia is extraordinary, and it’s under severe threat

Euan Ritchie

Right now, this region, is under siege, in large part due to insatiable corporate and government desires to ‘develop’ the North.

Environment & BiodiversityClimate
Northern Australia is extraordinary, and it’s under severe threat

EXPLAINER

Timeline: How Australia’s failed COP bid overshadowed our climate action failure

By Skye Predavec

Why did Australia, the world’s second-largest exporter of fossil fuels by emissions, want to host COP?

Climate
Timeline: How Australia’s failed COP bid overshadowed our climate action failure

OPINION

Australians are being asked to believe we can protect nature by exploiting it faster and with less scrutiny

Virginia Young
Virginia Young
Environment & BiodiversityClimate
Australians are being asked to believe we can protect nature by exploiting it faster and with less scrutiny
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