Graham Lloyd | Author at The Australian

A heated argument

Windmill in the Outback, Coral Bay, Western Australia

0:00 AMGRAHAM LLOYDWarring groups are blurring the lines on the climate and weather debate.

‘Public won’t put up with that’

Supplied undated image obtained Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 of Origin Energy's Australia Pacific liquefied natural gas facility at Curtis Island in north Queensland. Origin has shipped the first cargo from the second of its two production trains at the liquefied natural gas facility, having already exported 47 cargoes from Curtis Island since the first of the facility's 4.5 million tonnes per annum trains began in January. (AAP Image/Origin Energy) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

0:00 AMGraham LloydThe missteps that have resulted in rising gas prices and a looming shortage are many, but the window to fix this crisis is closing fast.

Gas explorers urge end to bans

Views of the Queensland Curtis LNG (QCLNG) Project Site

0:00 AMGraham LloydGas companies have a narrow window to voluntarily plug a shortfall in domestic supplies, industry experts have warned.

Ice melt baffles scientists

0:00 AMGraham LloydThe variables of Antarctic sea ice is putting some scientific conclusions back on the shelf.

Debate pushed in new directions

0:00 AMGraham LloydMachine learning and AI threaten to challenge the models on which climate understanding is based.

Hundreds die in Mexico quake

A woman is assisted after being injured during a quake in Mexico City on September 19, 2017. A powerful earthquake shook Mexico City on Tuesday, causing panic among the megalopolis' 20 million inhabitants on the 32nd anniversary of a devastating 1985 quake. The US Geological Survey put the quake's magnitude at 7.1 while Mexico's Seismological Institute said it measured 6.8 on its scale. The institute said the quake's epicenter was seven kilometers west of Chiautla de Tapia, in the neighboring state of Puebla. / AFP PHOTO / STR

0:00 AMGraham LloydPeople dig through the rubble looking for survivors of Mexico’s deadliest earthquake in decades.

Nature mirrors Mexico-US rift

A man is rescued from a collapsed building in the Condesa neighborhood of Mexico City after an earthquake in Mexico, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017. The 7.1 earthquake stunned central Mexico, killing more than 100 people. (AP Photo/Pablo Ramos)

0:00 AMGraham LloydTwo catastrophic earthquakes that have battered Mexico mirror the tumultuous political times in Mexico-US relations.

World to rely on coal for decades

Coal is stockpiled in preparation for loading onto ships for export at the Newcastle Coal Terminal in Newcastle, north of Sydney, Australia, on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. BHP Billiton Ltd. and Rio Tinto Group declined in Sydney trading after Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan signaled the final terms of the government's planned mining tax may depend on talks with independent lawmakers. Photographer: Ian Waldie/Bloomberg

0:00 AMGraham LloydRenewable energy, gas and nuclear will be the world’s fastest growing forms of energy but fossil fuels will be backbone, report states.

Energy option none dare name

A Chinese worker takes pictures of a containment dome for the No.2 nuclear island being lifted and installed at the Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant in Haiyang city, east China's Shandong province, 12 September 2015. The No.2 nuclear island at Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant was capped with a giant containment dome installed on the top in east China's Shandong province on Saturday (12 September 2015). The successful installation of the 899-ton cap marked the completion of the structural construction of the island. The Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant, with a total investment of 80 billion yuan ($13 billion), is expected to go into operation in 2016 and will eventually have six reactor units. The first stage includes two AP1000 reactor units with power capacity of 1.25 million KW each. The plan for the second stage includes another two units of the same capacity.

0:00 AMGraham LloydIt’s a viable technology that Australians are too frightened to use. But look at the mess we’re in.

BoM in weather records overhaul

Frozen man holding a thermometer while it is snowing

0:00 AMGraham LloydThe Bureau of Meteorology is overhauling its temperature dataset following a three-year review by a panel of experts.

Nuclear ‘must replace coal, gas’

15:38 PMGraham LloydOne of the world’s leading new-generation environmental thinkers says the “renewable energy experiment” has failed.

Hurricanes not man-made

This Sept. 7, 2017 photo provided by the Dutch Defense Ministry shows storm damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, in St. Maarten. Irma cut a path of devastation across the northern Caribbean, leaving thousands homeless after destroying buildings and uprooting trees. Significant damage was reported on the island that is split between French and Dutch control. (Gerben Van Es/Dutch Defense Ministry via AP)

0:00 AMGraham LloydClimate change is not behind these devastating weather patterns.

updatedMexico quake kills 61

Picture taken on September 8, 2017 in Juchitan de Zaragoza, state of Oaxaca, where buildings collapsed after an 8.2 earthquake that hit Mexico's Pacific coast overnight. Mexico's most powerful earthquake in a century killed at least 35 people, officials said, after it struck the Pacific coast, wrecking homes and sending families fleeing into the streets. / AFP PHOTO / Pedro PARDO

7:13 AMGraham LloydAs the extent of destruction emerges, the President warns of possible strong aftershocks in the wake of the 8.2 earthquake.

Wind fail: blow me down

0:00 AMGraham LloydReliable power is the first casualty in the rush to boost renewables.

Abbott‘s ‘daring’ climate speech

Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott to unveil bronze bust in Prime Ministers Avenue

0:00 AMGraham LloydTony Abbott will give the annual lecture to one of the world’s leading climate-change sceptic think tanks.

ExclusiveMercury at -62C in BOM bungle

0:00 AMGraham LloydA hardware fault has been blamed on Antarctic-like temperatures being recorded at a weather station in NSW.

Cassie’s surprise show in court

8:04 AMGRAHAM LLOYDAccused drug mule Cassie Sainsbury has made a brief appearance in a Bogota court this morning.

Uni may sack scientist over reef

0:00 AMGraham LloydOutspoken marine scientist Peter Ridd has landed in hot water with James Cook University after a high-profile book tour.

EXCLUSIVEWrong end of stick on temps

0:00 AMGRAHAM LLOYD, SAM BUCKINGHAM-JONESThere are fresh doubts over temperature records after a post office worker read a thermometer at the wrong end.

CommentDumb and dumber to save face

13:27 PMGraham LloydCassie Sainsbury has just turned a six year sure thing into a possible 30-year jail stint in risky attempt to save face.

UpdatedCassie faces 30 years in jail

Supplied Editorial Cassie Sainsbury sentencing day

8:06 AMGraham Lloyd in BogotaCassie Sainsbury to go to trial as plea bargain rejected after she went against lawyer’s advice to drop threats claim.

Cocaine Cassie awaits her fate

0:00 AMGraham Lloyd, BogotaCassie Sainsbury faces a long trial and possibly 30 years’ jail unless a Colombian judge accepts her plea deal.

Cassie rolls the legal dice

Cassandra Sainsbury, of Australia, arrives for a court hearing in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, July 26, 2017. The 22-year-old was detained April 12 at Bogota's international airport after an X-ray machine detected almost 6 kilograms of cocaine hidden in packages stashed in her luggage, as she was preparing to board a flight to London on her way back to Australia. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

0:00 AMGRAHAM LLOYD in BogotaThe fate of the Australian mule hinges on the word ‘intent’.

exclusiveTemps drop as BoM orders fix

0:00 AMGraham LloydTemperatures recorded at an automatic weather station have plunged since action was taken to make it ‘fit for purpose’.

exclusiveMore weather stations put on ice

0:00 AMGraham LloydProblems with the Bureau’s temperature recording network have spread to the ACT, Victoria and Tasmania.

Weathering a storm

0:00 AMGRAHAM LLOYDBureau of Meteorology readings seem to go strange if the mercury dips too low.

External experts in BoM review

18:31 PMGraham LloydJosh Frydenberg rejects calls for an independent probe of data collection, but promises to release in-house review findings.

EXCLUSIVEInquiry on temperature data

0:00 AMGraham LloydThe BoM has ordered a full review after the agency was caught tampering with cold winter temperature logs.

Hiccup stalls Cassie plea deal

0:00 AMGraham Lloyd in BogotaThe expected formality of a plea deal for Cassie Sainsbury was put into confusion after the judge wanted to review it.

UpdatesCassie hearing suspended

New supplied photo of accused drug smuggler Cassie Sainsbury. supplied by a source

8:00 AMGraham Lloyd, BogotaA Bogota judge has delayed his decision on Cassie Sainsbury’s plea bargain deal over drugs charges.