Climate policy
Precedent: Collaroy residents to get state subsidy for sea walls
Storm battered residents of NSW's most erosion prone beach will receive government subsidies to protect their homes from future coastal storms. The funding package is expected to set a precedent for other coastal communities.
- by Julie Power
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NSW energy policy shakeout looms as new minister picked, staff exit
Matt Kean, leader of the moderates faction of the NSW Liberals, has firmed as the favourite to take over a revamped energy and environment ministry as the Berejiklian government prepares to burnish its climate change policies.
- by Peter Hannam
Paris Agreement
Greens lift 2030 renewable target to 100 per cent, would revive carbon price
Carbon-free electricity and a halt to thermal coal exports - both by 2030 - and the revival of an economy-wide carbon price top the climate policies the Greens will campaign on at the upcoming federal election,
- by Peter Hannam
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Why climate change risks are 'material' for big finance
However dysfunctional our domestic debate is on climate change, it's abundantly clear the financial sector needs to give this issue growing attention.
- by Clancy Yeates
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Heavyweights now speaking with one voice on climate change risks
In an era defined by a cautious approach to climate in politics and business, influential independent voices have finally stepped up.
- by Sam Hurley
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Humans in the headlights: frozen in the path of a climate catastrophe
We humans are rabbits in the headlights of climate change, intuitively knowing we’re in trouble, but standing around watching as it thunders towards us.
- by Alex Fletcher
Woodside Petroleum
Going carbon neutral would barely touch Woodside's huge Pilbara profits: Thinktank
The oil and gas giant could completely offset carbon emissions from North West Shelf and Pluto for a tiny 1.1-1.5 per cent of gross profits, TAI says.
- by Emma Young
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Victoria's growth will place increasing demands on our environment
This is a critical time for Victoria in terms of managing population growth and climate risks and a new report will help us do this.
- by Gillian Sparkes
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Extreme weather, rising seas, feral animals: the state's environmental report card is grim
Victoria's biodiversity is rapidly deteriorating in many parts of the state, with feral animals and plants on the march while native species are losing habitat and under increasing threat of extinction.
- by Adam Carey
As the climate warms, heat is building on politicians to respond
As the federal election nears, public concern over global warming is the highest in more than a decade. But will that bring Australia's climate action back on track?
- by Nicole Hasham
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Climate policy
'I go to bed anxious about dying': Thousands of students protest climate inaction in Perth CBD
The crowd varied greatly in age, with some parents participating in a “day care strike” with their toddlers and other older people coming alone with their own signs.
- by Hannah Barry