Global warming
Global warming set to exceed 1.5 degrees, slow growth: UN draft
Governments can cap temperatures below the strict 1.5-degree ceiling agreed in 2015 only with "rapid and far-reaching" transitions in the world economy, the report says.
- by Alister Doyle
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Global warming
Power sector emissions dip stalls, while transport revs up
Cuts in power sector emissions are unlikely to be maintained, while those from the transport sector will continue to climb in the absence of standards.
- by Peter Hannam
Global warming
Climate activist Bill McKibben still fighting 'The End of Nature'
The leading American environmentalist reveals how he stays positive amid mounting gloom on the scientific and political front.
- by Peter Hannam
Energy
Coal executive drafted orders for Trump to withdraw from Paris climate accord
Bob Murray, chief executive of an Ohio-based coal company, sent the Trump administration drafts of executive orders. All the President had to do was sign them.
Great Barrier Reef
'Unorthodox': CSIRO CEO Marshall learnt of $444m reef plan by 'rumour'
CSIRO chief said he learned of the Turnbull government's plan to funnel $444 million for Great Barrier Reef research to a non-profit group in "a rumour".
- by Peter Hannam
Opinion
Opinion
The biggest mistake we've made on climate change
Global warming used not to be, shouldn’t be and doesn’t have to stay a right-versus-left issue.
- by ROSS GITTINS
Global warming
Great Barrier Reef's five near-death experiences revealed in new paper
The Great Barrier Reef suffered five "death events" over the past 30,000 years as sea levels rose and fell, forcing corals to migrate land or seaward to cope.
- by Peter Hannam
Global warming
Someone is making a banned chemical that destroys the ozone layer, scientists suspect
Emissions of CFC-11 are on the rise, suggesting someone may be secretly manufacturing the pollutant in violation of an international accord.
- by Chris Mooney
'Going backwards': A third of protected land at risk as Australia lags
Almost a third of the world's protected lands face intense pressure from humans with even rich nations such as Australia failing to conserve key biodiversity.
- by Peter Hannam
Josh Frydenberg
Josh Frydenberg accuses Alan Jones of peddling conspiracy theories
"Alan, if we could only bottle your rage this morning, we'd have a new energy source," the Energy and Environment Minister told the Sydney radio host.
- by Fergus Hunter
Canberra
ACT brings forward zero net emissions deadline to 2045
The new deadline is five years earlier than planned.
- by Katie Burgess