Environment
Climate change
Survey reveals a world still hooked on coal despite best intentions
Despite the lofty goals of the United States and the European Union and the Paris Agreement targets, nearly three billion tonnes of new coal will be extracted each year if all the planned new mines are completed.
- by Nick O'Malley
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City life
Perth Pleasure Garden drops Woodside name as Fringe rethinks sponsors
After two years of escalating protests over fossil fuel ties leading to gag clauses in artist contracts, one of the world’s largest fringe festivals signals change.
- by Emma Young
Climate change drives down oxygen levels in lakes worldwide
The world’s freshwater lakes have lost as much as a fifth of their oxygen levels in four decades, a new study says, with climate change being blamed.
- by Peter Hannam
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Climate policy
Labor would accelerate Sydney’s net-zero emissions goal if elected
Labor has vowed to bring forward Sydney’s carbon neutrality goal by another five years to 2030 if the party takes office in September’s council elections, boosting tree canopy and electric vehicle use.
- by Peter Hannam
Opinion
Climate policy
The sleeper election issue that could bite Morrison and Albanese
The world is moving ahead of Australia - and both its major political parties - on climate change. It’s an opportunity for independents at the next federal election.
- by John Hewson
Climate change blamed for more than a third of heat-related deaths
Human-caused global warming was responsible for many thousands of heat-related deaths in recent decades, a fraction of the numbers expected in the future even if nations adopt ambitious emissions-cutting efforts.
- by Peter Hannam
Editorial
Renewables
Investors, courts say the transition to renewables is no longer optional
Australia has the natural resources and technological knowhow to become a global leader in sustainable energy and to leave our fossil fuels in the ground forever.
- The Age's View
Opinion
Energy
False prophets and snake oil will fail coal communities
The likes of Joel Fitzgibbon will tell voters that coal can have a bright future. It can’t, but the people who’ve relied on it can.
- by Patrick Suckling
Politicians have duty of care to protect children from climate harm, court finds
A million Australian children will be hospitalised at least once in their life for heat stress and the Great Barrier Reef will die along with the east coast’s eucalyptus forests should climate change not be halted, a federal court judge has said in a case brought against Environment Minister Sussan Ley by eight school students.
- by Nick O'Malley
Opinion
NSW byelection
NSW Labor followed the Joel Fitzgibbon playbook in the Hunter and look what happened
It was empirical proof that abandoning leadership on climate change is a dead end in regional seats.
- by Felicity Wade
Climate concerns resume rise as coal mine ban draws support, Lowy says
The majority of Australians want action on climate change even if it costs them significant money, with the longest-running poll of attitudes also showing almost two-thirds would back a ban on new coal mines.
- by Peter Hannam