Environment
Climate change
Grim climate forecasts point to shrivelling rivers in northern NSW
Dams will fill less frequently, farmers will face water cuts and rivers will cease flowing more often as the climate warms and dries, according to draft water strategies released by the Planning Department.
- by Peter Hannam
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Opinion
Political leadership
A PM running on Trump time risks getting left behind by Biden
Biden sees action on climate as a key plank of restoring international respect for the US.
- by George Megalogenis
How COVID-19 is threatening the world’s ‘last chance’ climate talks
Why the nations most at risk of climate change are also those least likely to be vaccinated in time for this year’s United Nations climate talks.
- by Nick O'Malley
‘Utter nonsense’: CSIRO blasted for dropping Chinese climate partner
Scientists have ridiculed a decision by the CSIRO to end a key climate research partnership with China, denying the suggestion of national security risks.
- by Peter Hannam
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NSW budget
NSW to invest $380 million to turbocharge renewable energy rollout
The Berejiklian government will spend an extra $380 million to help expedite investment into the state’s five renewable energy zones and smooth the way for an increase in solar, wind and storage projects.
- by Peter Hannam
Analysis
Paris Agreement
Should we pay a carbon tax to our own government or to someone else’s?
Foreign governments are telling us they will not stand by and allow Australian industry to operate free of the carbon taxes their producers are required to pay.
- by Nick O'Malley
Opinion
Global warming
How COVID forced the planet’s luckiest raincheck
The pandemic delayed the global climate summit until November this year - one of the most fortuitous postponements in history.
- by Andrew Charlton
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