Environment
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As big as two Harbour bridges: The giant wind farms you’ll see from the coast
The project would be part of a bold push to increase Australia’s use of renewable energy.
- by Laura Chung and Nick O'Malley
Perth faces one of its coldest days as chilly cold front causes chaos
Perth has shivered through one of its coldest days of the year, thanks to an icy cold front spreading over south west Western Australia.
‘Out of date, inaccurate and confusing’: BOM, SES and Resilience NSW slammed for flood response
A NSW parliamentary inquiry into the state’s deadly flood disasters in the Northern Rivers and Hawkesbury region found the information from the Bureau of Meteorology and NSW SES was “incorrect and out of date”.
- by Laura Chung
A pioneer in forestry environmentalism
A highly original thinker to the end, John Jack exhaustively generated ideas and concepts to address global warming; the extinction of flora and fauna; and the regeneration of biodiversity.
- by Peter Greig and Rob Youl
Analysis
Paris Agreement
‘I can look my kids in the eye’: US Senate finally flexes muscle on climate change
Governments bruised by political warfare over climate have learned from past battles and are pushing policies designed to do more than simply cut emissions.
- by Nick O'Malley
Yay, a rat! No seriously, this is good news
A sphere of soft fluff when sitting still, and a lean shape-shifter as it runs along tiny tunnels, the broad-toothed rat has reappeared after 32 years.
- by Miki Perkins