Environment
Climate Change
States leave federal government in the shade when it comes to renewables: report
NSW has the most large-scale renewable energy projects under way in Australia, and lifted its share of clean energy markedly in the past year.
- by Peter Hannam
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Houston, you have a problem, and some of it of your own making
As the oil and gas capital of the world, Houston should have known storms like Harvey were coming.
- by Peter Hannam
'Critical': Deeper carbon cuts for power sector would slice prices, RepuTex says
A weak Clean Energy Target (CET) would shift the emissions reduction burden away from the electricity sector, undermine investor certainty, and potentially leave power stations pumping out pollution into the next century, according to analysis by RepuTex.
- by Peter Hannam
'Urgent' need for rich world to help poor prepare for climate extremes: WMO head
Weather agencies including Australia's must step up cooperation to close a "widening gap in capacity" with developing nations, with the urgency of action increasing as the planet heats up, David Grimes, president of the World Meteorological Organization, says.
- by Peter Hannam
'Desperate': CommBank rules out lending to Adani's Carmichael coal mine
The Commonwealth Bank rules out lending to the proposed Carmichael megacoal mine in Queensland.
- by Peter Hannam
Australia's carbon pollution soars, government data shows
Australia's greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase, making the task of future pollution cuts more difficult.
- by Peter Hannam
Snowy retreat: Climate change puts Australia's ski industry on a downhill slope
Australia's ski resorts face the prospect of a long downhill run as a warming climate reduces snow depth and cover.
- by Peter Hannam
More climate scientists urgently needed for Australia, academy says
Australia's climate research is in "urgent" need of dozens more scientists to help prepare for global warming.
- by Peter Hannam
Warming limit of 1.2 degrees needed to save Great Barrier Reef: expert panel
Australia and the rest of the world must keep global temperature increases to 1.2 degrees to save the reef.
- by Peter Hannam
On the brink: 95 per cent chance of global warming reaching 'tipping point'
World temperatures are likely to rise by more than two degrees Celsius this century.
Extreme El Nino events to double in number even with 1.5-degree warming: study
More frequent severe droughts, coral bleaching are on the agenda with more extreme El Nino events predicted even with ambitious climate goals.
- by Peter Hannam