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'We won': Landmark climate ruling as NSW court rejects coal mine

'We won': Landmark climate ruling as NSW court rejects coal mine

Environmental groups are cheering a decision in NSW's Land and Environment Court that found the emissions of greenhouse gases and resulting climate change from a proposed coal mine was among the reasons to reject the project.

  • by Peter Hannam

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'Sands are shifting': NSW agriculture minister to push climate cause
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'Sands are shifting': NSW agriculture minister to push climate cause

Niall Blair, NSW agriculture minister and a Nationals MP, says it was time climate change's impact on farming was acknowledged and the effects dealt with - even if his views differed from "many of my colleagues".

  • by Peter Hannam
'A worrying signal': it's hot and only going to get hotter
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'A worrying signal': it's hot and only going to get hotter

Annual global temperatures were the fourth highest on record in 2018 with the world in the midst of its hottest decade since reliable data has been collected, international agencies say.

  • by Peter Hannam
'Bigger than Franklin': Bob Brown to lead anti-Adani road convoy
Bob Brown

'Bigger than Franklin': Bob Brown to lead anti-Adani road convoy

The former Greens leader says his planned road convoy to protest the proposed giant Adani coal mine in Queensland will be bigger than the protest to stop the damming of Tasmania's wild rivers in the 1980s.

  • by Peter Hannam
Governments not keeping pace with climate change impacts: scientist
Townsville Floods

Governments not keeping pace with climate change impacts: scientist

One of Australia's leading scientists has warned both the Queensland and federal governments that they are not keeping pace with the impacts of climate change.

  • by Tony Moore
One backyard at a time: how Perth gardeners can lead the planet back to health
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Global warming

One backyard at a time: how Perth gardeners can lead the planet back to health

You hope something happens soon, but think you personally can’t make a real difference. This feeling of disempowerment is possibly our greatest challenge.

  • by Trevor Cochrane
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Sydney wins bid to host major climate conference for women in 2020
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Sydney wins bid to host major climate conference for women in 2020

Hundreds of climate leaders are expected to flock to Sydney next year after the City of Sydney won its bid to host a global conference for women.

  • by Peter Hannam
Facebook glitch emboldens student climate protesters
Environmental Protection

Facebook glitch emboldens student climate protesters

The battle cry for climate-conscious students to take part in a school strike had been launched, but on Friday, they hit a glitch.

  • by Nicole Precel
A doctor's prescription for beating the heat
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Global warming

A doctor's prescription for beating the heat

A western Sydney doctor confronts the health challenges of climate change, but her prognosis involves a referral to politicians.

  • by Sujata Allan
'Terrifying': Scientists dig deep for missing piece of climate puzzle
Antarctica

'Terrifying': Scientists dig deep for missing piece of climate puzzle

Scientists hope to reveal answers to some fundamental questions about how our atmosphere is coping with our soaring emissions of greenhouse gases.

  • by Peter Hannam
Gum trees and the fight against global warming
Good Weekend

Gum trees and the fight against global warming

Australia has been placed on a WWF International list of global deforestation hot spots – the only one in the developed world.

  • by Greg Callaghan