Climate change
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The US insurance industry is the second largest institutional investor in oil, gas and coal – but it risks losing money if it doesn’t change its investment strategy
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Christopher Pyne rejects a further suggestion that the Coalition’s Direct Action climate policy could operate as a de facto emissions trading scheme
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A coalition of organisations have entered into unprecedented joint action to ensure climate change is in the minds of voters on 2 July
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Arctic would warm by as much as 20C by 2300 with disastrous impacts if action is not taken on climate change, warns new study
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Dana Nuccitelli: In a ‘Pepsi challenge’ test, economist and statisticians find mainstream climate arguments accurate and contrarian arguments wrong and misleading
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From 3-15 May, thousands of young people around the world took part in civil disobedience on six continents, calling for oil, coal and gas to be kept in the ground
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…In the US, it’s a reason to hand names to the FBI
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Letters: We should be able to generate around 25% of the main cathedral electricity from our new panels, including power for our air source heat system
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ExxonMobil and others pursued research into technologies, yet blocked government efforts to fight climate change for more than 50 years, findings show
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Every year at the shareholders’ annual meeting, there is an attempt to push the company on reducing emissions. It’s time to stop trying and divest instead
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Chris Garrard: A new report shines a light on the links that BP has developed with leading cultural institutions. Does this limit their ability to speak out on climate change?
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Radical action is needed to combat increasing rate of environmental damage to water sources, land, biodiversity and marine life, report shows
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Researchers have found people will act in a more environmentally helpful way when they consider what kind of legacy they hope to leave behind
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Sarah Myhre: Climate scientists are feeling the need to engage in social leadership before it’s too late
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Museum temporarily closes as activists hang huge banners renaming the new BP-sponsored Sunken Cities Egypt exhibition as ‘Sinking Cities’
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The senator who started out as an anti-pokies campaigner is likely to be leading a new, significant political force after the poll
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This election is Australia’s last chance to save the reef, which requires $1bn a year for 10 years to reduce water pollution to give it a chance to survive climate change, report warns
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The more than 88,000 Fort McMurray residents evacuated during the wildfire must wait until June to begin a phased re-entry plan, says Alberta premier
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Letters: More than 400 churches, church buildings and vicarages already have solar panels installed, with other developments including the first carbon-neutral churches
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Sydney experiences highs of 28C when average temperature for May is 19.5C, with warmer weather set to continue for at least a week in many parts of country
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Exclusive: Market Forces says halt to refinancing existing loans would also test banks’ support for 2C warming target
Topics
- Fossil fuels
- Climate change
- Energy
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- Australian politics
- Australian election 2016
- Climate change scepticism
- Natural disasters and extreme weather
- Queensland
- Exxon Mobil
- Marine life
- Oceans
- Emissions trading
- Global climate talks
- Coal
- Canada
- United Nations
- Coral
- New South Wales
- Wildlife
Great Barrier Reef: advisers call for cap on farm pollution