Environment
Climate change
Biden's radical climate change plan could overturn the world's efforts
Once viewed with mistrust by climate change activists, Joe Biden's radical plan could supercharge global efforts to embrace serious emissions reduction.
- by Nick O'Malley
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Extreme weather
Last season's climate catastrophes cost insurers $5.4b
A warming climate is increasing the risk of catastrophic bushfires, damaging hailstorms and powerful cyclones, the country's biggest insurer says.
- by Peter Hannam
Manufacturing
Dawn of 'green steel' and the revival of Australian manufacturing
A process for making steel without emitting greenhouses gases could not only help Australia tackle climate change but revitalise our industrial heartland.
- by Nick O'Malley
Exclusive
Renewables
Government to fund gas and carbon storage via clean energy programs
The government's long-awaited Technology Roadmap confirms its ongoing support for gas and carbon capture and storage according to a leaked draft paper.
- by Nick O'Malley and Mike Foley
Extinction Rebellion
Rupert Murdoch's British papers delayed as climate protesters stop the presses
Extinction Rebellion said it took the action to highlight what it regards as the Murdoch-owned newspapers failure to accurately report on climate change.
Extreme weather
El Nino lulls lead to harsh floods, fires and droughts: study
The swing between El Ninos and La Ninas in the Pacific, operates with a kind of memory, with periods of low activity followed by stints of more extreme events.
- by Peter Hannam
Opinion
Gas
The Chief Scientist’s critics are wrong about natural gas
Without gas, the transition to renewables will be slower and we will need to burn more coal to keep the lights on.
- by Richard Bolt
Paris Agreement
UK conservatives' action on climate change 'stuff of dreams', NSW Premier tells Theresa May
The UK Conservative Party's unified and effective climate policy is an example to all centre-right governments, Gladys Berejiklian has told Theresa May.
- by Nick O'Malley
Bushfires
Battle weary: as fire season looms, volunteers still coping with the last one
While a political battle over the findings of the NSW Bushfire Inquiry brews, those who survived last summer's fires are still processing what happened.
- by Peter Hannam and Nick O'Malley
Exclusive
Paris Agreement
Nation 'woefully unprepared' for climate change, business groups warn
A coalition of business, union, environmental and welfare groups believes that Australia is ill-prepared for climate change and needs a systematic national response
- by Nick O'Malley
Opinion
Renewables
The business case for fixing Australia's systemic failures on climate change
The nation is ill-prepared and that will hurt the economy, but we can make the changes needed to secure our wellbeing.
- by Emma Herd