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Peter Hannam covers broad environmental issues ranging from climate change to renewable energy for Fairfax Media.
More than half the corals of the far north Great Barrier Reef dead: official
Peter Hannam Half the corals in reefs off the far north Queensland coast killed by bleaching, says Marine Park Authority official.
Greens pledge almost $3b for new batteries to be paid by fossil fuel industries
Peter Hannam The Greens have ambitious plans around energy storage and will use budget negotiations to advance the latest breakthroughs in renewables.
Sydney weather: Riding the wave of a seemingly endless summer
Peter Hannam There's no early sign of an end to what's beginning to feel like an endless summer for Sydney.
CSIRO should delay deep job cuts until 'thorough review', Senate committee finds
Peter Hannam CSIRO should halt the implementation of deep job cuts including to climate science programs until a "thorough review" of the process, a Senate committee investigating the agency found.
April joins parade of record global temperatures, making it 12 months in a row
Peter Hannam It's the sort of anniversary you don't want to celebrate - a full year in which each month has set a new high mark for global temperatures.
'Bombshell': Just one-sixth of rural land-clearing tracked in NSW, ANU's Philip Gibbons says
Peter Hannam Farmers are clearing land six times faster than detected by the NSW government, and most offsets used to compensate for vegetation destruction merely preserve existing conservation areas, according...
Sydney weather: Autumn finally arrives as nights take a chilly turn
Peter Hannam Western Sydney had its coldest night since September as autumn-like conditions finally arrive in parts of the city.
Federal Election 2016: Labor's billion-dollar hole in renewable energy funding
Peter Hannam Labor faces 'a litmus test' of its support of renewable energy after it emerged that a Shorten government would book $1 billion of the savings cut from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency by the...
'Perilous': Bureau of Meteorology boss Rob Vertessy exits with climate warning
Peter Hannam Drought and climate change have already had an impact, and worse is to come.
Sydney weather: Cold fronts to break the warm spell, blow away smoke from fires
Peter Hannam Sydney is in for a relatively damp and dull weekend, briefly snapping the city's spell of sunny and dry mid-autumn days.
Greenland ice sheet melting has started early
Peter Hannam In a year of startling data pointing to a warming world, a thin blue line in one closely watched chart was initially dismissed as just too abnormal to be accurate.
Election 2016: Greens would tax coal, ban new mines in bid to save Great Barrier Reef
Peter Hannam The Greens would block new or expanded coal mines or coal seam gasfields, tax coal exports and channel funds back into efforts to restore health to the Great Barrier Reef.
Emerging threat from climate change: ocean oxygen levels are starting to drop
Peter Hannam Scientists had been expecting this for decades. Now the evidence is emerging.
'Not very good at politics': CSIRO Larry Marshall's Senate hearing admission
Peter Hannam CSIRO's embattled chief Larry Marshall stumbled through another Senate committee hearing on Wednesday.
Labor would introduce carbon market, pledge deeper carbon cuts if elected
Peter Hannam A Shorten Labor government would slash carbon emissions by significantly more than the Turnbull Coalition by 2030 and rein in land clearing.
Confusion over future of CSIRO Melbourne lab as climate science moves to Hobart
Adam Morton and Peter Hannam The future of a major climate change laboratory in suburban Melbourne is in doubt after the national science agency announced it would cut hundreds of jobs and sets up a smaller global warming...
Sydney's sizzle to extend well into May as the nation heats up
Peter Hannam National late-season records may tumble as the endless summer rolls deep into autumn.
CSIRO's new climate centre won't resolve future of research in Australia
Peter Hannam Ring-fencing a portion of climate scientists won't stop the brain drain from the CSIRO.
CSIRO sets up special climate centre but doubts remain over scale of cuts
Peter Hannam Cuts at the CSIRO have been scaled back but questions remain about the future of its climate science programs.
CSIRO eyes alternative plan to climate job cuts as Chairman Thodey faces inquiry
Peter Hannam CSIRO is expected to offer an alternative to deep cuts of its climate science program as soon as this week in a bid to defuse criticism as a Senate committee prepares to widen its inquiry to include...
