Energy giant backs states going solo on renewables
Renewable energy can add resiliency to electricity grids and there's no reason why individual states can't set their own goals higher than a national target, says a US industry veteran.
Renewable energy can add resiliency to electricity grids and there's no reason why individual states can't set their own goals higher than a national target, says a US industry veteran.
Donald Trump will pick an ardent opponent of President Barack Obama's measures to curb climate change as head of the Environmental Protection Agency - a choice that enraged green activists and cheered the oil industry.
The irony of the hysterical attack by some MPs is that by ensuring the scheme isn't on the table they are likely to further aggravate the problems they describe in doomsday language.
Here's why you should find optimism - but also deep concern - about the major energy trends.
Victorian govt hires Canberra's 'Mr Renewables' as clean energy advocate
Green Army's demobilisation is just the latest retreat since 2013, ACF says.
Watch out for some 'taking out the trash' of unhelpful climate news.
State and city governments worldwide are leaving their federal counterparts behind on climate change.
While odd things are happening at both ends of the globe, it's the South Pole that is harder to decipher.
People can fixate on polar bears and say "it's a pity but it doesn't affect me'. They're wrong, a conservation biologist says.
Donald Trump, who called climate change a hoax during his campaign and vowed to pull out of the Paris accord, now says global warming might be real after all.
A threat by the incoming Trump administration to the climate research of US space agency NASA would be disastrous for global efforts to monitor and counter global warming, Australian researchers said.
A senior NASA official has taken the extraordinary step of personally rebuking One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts' claims the agency had falsified key data.
More than 45 countries, mostly developing nations, have said they will switch entirely to renewable energy as soon as possible.
A warming climate means the days of Melbourne's boulevards being lined with exotic elm trees are numbered. Instead, the city's landmark boulevards will be lined with trees that can tolerate the higher temperatures forecast in the future. But don't think that automatically means gum trees.
A "disconnect," between banks, government planning and the insurance industry, is leaving Australian homeowners vulnerable to "climate change foreclosure."
Frog calls that greeted researchers after the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires were robust in number. But genetic testing has revealed they are alarmingly limited in diversity, catching researchers on the hop.
Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels and industry have stabilised for a third year in a row.
Climate models may be underestimating how sensitive the planet is to rising greenhouse gas levels .
A Trump presidency could have serious impacts on Australia's climate science and other research including short-term weather forecasts.
(Bloomberg) -- A lawsuit brought by children against the Obama administration may force President-elect Donald Trump to decide how far he'll go to downplay the threat of global warming.
The Turnbull government has ratified the Paris climate agreement, formalising Australia's commitment to a global effort to curb carbon emissions and reduce the risk of dangerous climate change.
Record hot years such as last year's global scorcher will become the norm before 2030 unless greenhouse gas emissions are curbed, a new study by Australian researchers has found.
Chicken Littles may be on to something when it comes the effects of global warming.
The world can't afford to be building new fossil fuel-burn plants, a UN scientist says.
Baird government sets an 'amazing' goal, breaking ranks with its federal counterpart.
Climate change has a habit of throwing up some surprising outcomes and this has to be one of them.
Australia is already experiencing an increase in extreme conditions - and it's projected to get worse.
Cutting carbon emissions could generate more than 1 million extra jobs by 2040.
Carbon dioxide concentrations are rising at a record rate,
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