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Floods
RFS and SES face partial merger under flood inquiry recommendation
Former police commissioner Mick Fuller and Professor Mary O’Kane’s report to Premier Dominic Perrottet calls for the biggest overhaul of emergency services since they were established.
- by Laura Chung
Latest
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
‘Out of date, inaccurate and confusing’: BOM, SES and Resilience NSW slammed for flood response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Rivers and Hawkesbury region found the information from the Bureau of Meteorology and NSW SES was “incorrect and out of date”.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
‘They better have a bloody good reason’: Why Resilience NSW was doomed from the start
From the day Resilience NSW was established, it was co-ordinating recovery from bushfires, a pandemic and multiple flooding events. But former emergency services chiefs say it wasn’t given the time to establish itself to deal with the mammoth work ahead.
- by Laura Chung
‘Never seen anything like it’: The volcano blast that altered the atmosphere
When an underwater volcano erupted off Tonga this year, it blasted enough water vapour into the atmosphere to impact the ozone layer and influence surface temperatures.
- by Laura Chung
Climate, inflation hang over Diggers and Dealers forum
Follow the money, and not the response to the climate and energy crisis, the business audience heard on day one.
- by Marion Rae
Opinion
Paris Agreement
Good news on climate is so rare, it should be celebrated
The shock climate deal just cut between Democratic senators should be celebrated the world over, even as it highlights the fragility of global climate hopes.
- by Nick O'Malley
Plibersek urged to scrutinise Victorian coal mine ‘pit lake’ plan
Latrobe Valley residents have asked the new federal environment minister to scrutinise a proposal to flood the enormous Hazelwood coal mine to make a lake, citing concerns about future water availability.
- by Miki Perkins
Opinion
Waste
I felt dirty dropping that plastic, but would a politician even care?
It’s time to name and shame our leaders on plaques dedicated to their eco-vandalism.
- by Anson Cameron