Environment
Climate Change
'Tsunami' of new wind and solar projects drives renewables output to a record
Renewable energy supplied more than a quarter of the National Electricity Market last month amid windy weather and new projects under way, according to The Australia Institute.
- by Peter Hannam
Latest
Science
Ask Fuzzy: Forecasts becoming clearer
Numerical weather prediction is one of the world’s modern miracles.
- by Rod Taylor
Energy
ACT becomes first in Australia to join UN's Powering Past Coal Alliance
The ACT government has become the first jurisdiction in Australia to join the UN's Powering Past Coal Alliance aimed at rapidly phasing out the fossil fuel.
- by Peter Hannam
Exclusive
Energy
Melbourne at the centre of Google's new green city tool
Google has picked Melbourne to trial a new climate change monitoring tool that combines Google Earth data and emission levels to let cities develop plans to fight global warming.
- by Cole Latimer
Renewables
'Overwhelming' economics favour accelerating shift from coal, reports say
Massive opportunities will come with the transition to low-carbon economies but the costs will also be huge if we don't, two new reports find.
- by Peter Hannam
Marine life
Sydney's marine life turning troppo as coral, other species head south
Tropical corals have been found further south than ever before - and so are many other species as our waters warm.
- by Peter Hannam
Renewables
Can't vote Liberal 'in good conscience': Alex Turnbull blasts climate stance
Alex Turnbull blamed "rent-seekers" backing the coal industry for felling his father Malcolm Turnbull as prime minister, saying it's "impossible" to vote for the Liberal-National coalition "in good conscience" because of its climate stance.
- by Peter Hannam
Opinion
Extreme weather
'Absolutely daft': How did we end up getting climate policy so wrong?
With the combustion of the Turnbull government on Thursday, the parallels with Emperor Nero supposedly playing his lyre as Rome blazed around him are unmistakable.
- by Peter Hannam
Energy
'Chaos and confusion': Labor-led jurisdictions blast Turnbull over emissions backdown
Labor-led jurisdications have criticised the Turnbull government's abrupt ditching of the emissions component of the National Energy Guarantee.
- by Peter Hannam
Extreme weather
Heatwave-related deaths influenced by prior acclimatisation to warmth
Quick quiz: which city is more likely to suffer heatwave-related mortality, Melbourne or Sydney?
- by Peter Hannam
Editorial
PM's reef plunge rips up grant rules
The process couldn't have been more flimsy and unaccountable without being negligent. The government looks duplicitous or incompetent - or both.