Environment
Green power: Woolies, Fortescue signal renewables shift
Australia’s largest retailer will power all its operations – including almost 3300 stores – with renewable energy by 2025, putting pressure on rival retailer Coles to follow suit.
- by Miki Perkins and Hamish Hastie
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Weather
Asthma warning as deadly thunderstorms roll in across Victoria
An alert has been issued in Victoria for potentially deadly thunderstorm asthma conditions, with four regions rated in the high-risk category.
Weather
Adelaide smashed by storms
Adelaide has been smashed by severe storms, causes damage to homes and cars across the city.
Weather
National weather forecast Wednesday 11, 2020
Wednesday November 11: Fine and sunny in north NSW with Sydney a top of 25, severe thunderstorm warnings across Victoria.
Renewables
Government backs new solar cell technology expansion into business
The Australian government's clean energy technology funding vehicle has backed new lightweight solar panels that will open solar pathways to business.
- by Nick O'Malley
Weather
Four Victorian regions on high alert for asthma thunderstorms
Looming thunderstorms have revived memories of 2016's fatal asthma epidemic with vulnerable patients being urged to have their medication nearby.
Weather
National Weather Forecast November 10, 2020
November 10, 2020: Partly cloudy across Queensland, sunny with a top of 24 in Sydney.
Opinion
Joe Biden
Australia suddenly isolated in the new global climate
Four years of Trump’s climate denialism has given Australia ample cover for its own climate inaction.
- by Steven Hamilton
Weather
National Weather Forecast November 9, 2020
Monday November 9: Showers and storms across Queensland, partly cloudy with a top of 21 in Sydney.
Weather
One week since Ipswich supercell storm wreaked havoc
While most residents ran for cover a group of Brisbane scientists sprinted into the supercell storm to save precious hailstones.
Opinion
Global warming
Australia the outlier in Biden's brave new zero-emissions world
Australia will be left behind as its allies take steps towards a greener, emissions-free future, led by the newly elected President.
- by Bob Carr