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Queensland coal goes to war with solar
6 Sep 2019
In Queensland, it seems the legacy coal generators are deciding not to ramp down as the market might expect. Instead, some observers suspect they are trying to force the solar plants out of the market.
Can indonesia avoid a capital distaster?
6 Sep 2019
Indonesia will build a new capital city from scratch in a jungle-covered area with little to no infrastructure and it could be an environmental disaster.
Green is all the go in Ireland
6 Sep 2019
Ireland is about to get a whole lot greener by planting 440 million trees.
Big Food 'failing to face up to role' in emergency
5 Sep 2019
The world’s biggest producers of meat, dairy and seafood are failing to tackle the enormous impact they are having on the planet through deforestation, the routine use of antibiotics and greenhouse gas emissions, a report warns.
Don't leave crisis to 'neanderthals', says Kerry
5 Sep 2019
Humanity risks marching off a cliff unless governments take immediate action to fight the climate emergency, says former US secretary of state John Kerry.
Europe facing dramatic farmland devaluation
5 Sep 2019
Climate change could turn the entire EU agribusiness upside down, according to the European Environment Agency.
Belt and Road could weaken global 2deg target
4 Sep 2019
China’s multi-trillion dollar global investment plans could blow the 2deg warming limit set by the Paris Agreement without curbs on pollution, a new study says.
Trump wants to log Alaska
4 Sep 2019
As Amazon wildfires blaze, the world’s largest intact temperate rainforest, in Alaska, faces a wholly different threat: corporate exploitation.
Doctors declare climate health emergency
4 Sep 2019
The Australian Medical Association has formally declared climate change a health emergency, pointing to “clear scientific evidence indicating severe impacts for patients and communities now and into the future”.
HELLISH LAS VEGAS: 'A place where we never go outside'
4 Sep 2019
In Las Vegas, a laissez-faire attitude toward growth has allowed high temperatures to become more deadly and the scorching heat now threatens the city’s basic functionality.
What does '12 years left to act' really mean?
3 Sep 2019
Where does the idea of the planet having 11 or 12 years left to act on climate change come from, and what does it actually mean?
Where are the architects who will put the environment first?
3 Sep 2019
Should we stop building airports? Return to mud and thatch? The climate crisis is an opportunity for creative thinking, but the values of architecture need a radical overhaul.
Europe confounds warming predictions
3 Sep 2019
Climate change is raising temperatures in Europe even faster than climate models projected.
Russia likely to ratify Paris Agreement
3 Sep 2019
Officials in Moscow say the Russian government plans, after several years’ hesitation, to ratify the global agreement, the Paris climate accord, within the next few months.
Trump tries again to roll back methane rules
2 Sep 2019
The Trump administration has proposed eliminating US federal requirements that oil and gas companies control leaks of methane from new wells, storage facilities and pipelines.
Australia hits seven-year high on emissions
2 Sep 2019
Australia’s greenhouse gas status has worsened again, showing a 0.6 per cent rise in the March quarter to a seven year high of 538.9 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent.
Frankfurt steels itself for car show anger
30 Aug 2019
The Frankfurt car show is stepping up security checks to prepare for potential disruption by climate activists who are calling for people to join anti-car protests.
ELECTROCULTURE: How China is trying to spark up crop yields
30 Aug 2019
Across China, scientists are exposing lettuces and cucumbers to powerful electric fields in an attempt to make them grow faster.
Pilgrims to Mecca risk being killed by heat
30 Aug 2019
Many of the nearly two million Muslim pilgrims who journey to Saudi Arabia annually will soon be in severe danger of death from the extreme heat.
Carbon criticism nonsense, says e-car council
29 Aug 2019
Australia’s Electric Vehicle Council is dismissing as nonsense claims that EVs emit more carbon dioxide than do fossil-fuel cars.
CNN to run seven-hour climate crisis debate
29 Aug 2019
CNN will host a live seven-hour "climate crisis town hall meeting" next week with 10 Democratic primary candidates.
BOLIVIA BURNING: It’s not just Brazil's forests that are ablaze
29 Aug 2019
While the world watches the Brazilian Amazon burn, across the border in Bolivia it’s also ablaze.
US Navy scuttles Obama climate task force
28 Aug 2019
The US Navy has quietly shuttered a task force created under former President Barack Obama to prepare the military branch for the impact of global warming.
How is China faring at sustainability reporting?
28 Aug 2019
More of China’s vast corporations are opening up about their impact on the environment. But how real are their claims?
Scottish group calls for ban on fossil-fueled cars
28 Aug 2019
A coalition of climate campaigners and business groups have called for a ban on all petrol and diesel vehicles in Scottish cities as part of a multibillion-pound strategy to cut carbon emissions.
There's only one way nuclear war could be a cool idea
28 Aug 2019
Smoke from Canadian forest fires was so vast it bore comparison with a nuclear bomb’s mushroom cloud – and the global cooling that might unleash.
E-cigarettes could create recycling disaster
28 Aug 2019
Vaping has been declared a serious health epidemic, but it could also create a massive recycling disaster, according to researchers.
Trump skips G7 talks on climate crisis
27 Aug 2019
Donald Trump did not attend yesterday's crucial discussion on climate and biodiversity at the G7 meeting in Biarritz, missing talks on how to deal with the Amazon rainforest fires as well as new ways to cut carbon emissions.
Big Fashion signs sustainability pact
27 Aug 2019
Companies such as Adidas, Burberry, Kering, Hermes, Nike, Prada and Puma, have come together at the G7 summit to improve sustainability in the fashion industry.
Most Southeast Asia banks ignore climate crisis
27 Aug 2019
Most Southeast Asian banks are indifferent to climate change in their lending operations, a new report has found.
Amazonians knew tricks of saving forests
27 Aug 2019
The Amazon’s trees, soils and mysterious earthworks tell the story of the millions who lived there before European arrival and suggest a way of life that can sustain large populations while still conserving biodiversity.
IKEA IDEA: Inspired firm aims to electrify a million boats
27 Aug 2019
A Singapore startup on a mission to replace a million polluting diesel-powered boats in Southeast Asia has been inspired by Ikea.
Changes turning Arctic into economic hotspot
26 Aug 2019
As melting ice opens Arctic shipping lanes and reveals incredible riches, the region is seen as a new geopolitical and economic asset, with the US, Russia, China and others wanting in.
Without our help, the world's forests would not be burning
26 Aug 2019
Fuel is everywhere in rainforests, but it seems unimaginable that such humid ecosystems could ever catch fire. And without human intervention, they don’t.
Are doctors ready to respond as planet warms?
26 Aug 2019
As climate change brings dangerous heat waves, too little is being done to better warn patients or physicians of the growing risk, medical experts say.
No pot of gold for locals as China mines Sierra Leone
26 Aug 2019
Like many African countries, Sierra Leone has courted foreign companies which pay governments big fees for mining rights, while locals often feel they have no say nor benefit.
Cities scrambling to protect people from heat
26 Aug 2019
With cities facing both rapid growth and radical, permanent climate change, urban authorities are faced with an increasingly vulnerable population.
Outcry goes global as Amazon forests burn
23 Aug 2019
The environment minister of Brazil, where wildfires have been sweeping the Amazon rainforest, was booed at a climate event yesterday as celebrities including Leonardo DiCaprio and Ariana Grande joined an international chorus of criticism.
Sanders unveils $16 trillion Green New Deal
23 Aug 2019
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has unveiled a $16.3 trillion plan for a Green New Deal, giving shape to a massive programme to overhaul the nation's economy and eliminate fossil fuel use by mid-century.
Will environmental populism save the planet?
23 Aug 2019
It's a telling indictment of the quality and imagination of international leaders that schoolchildren are taking the lead on an issue that will, for better or worse, define their future.
Wooden skyscrapers sprout as world goes cool on concrete
23 Aug 2019
With concrete a major source of climate-changing emissions, cities around the world are looking at high-rise wooden buildings instead.
Global engineer cuts ties with Adani
22 Aug 2019
The global engineering and consultancy firm Aurecon has severed a longstanding business relationship with the Adani Group, amid ongoing efforts by anti-coal activists to target firms working for the Indian conglomerate’s Australian mining arm.
Clean-energy jobs lead the way in California
22 Aug 2019
Clean energy jobs in California now outnumber jobs in the fossil fuel industry five to one, a new study has found.
Scientists get a rough ride in Trump's America
22 Aug 2019
When the news is bad, punish the messenger, as in today’s United States it’s increasingly the case that politics tops science.
How can we do something useful with ocean plastic?
22 Aug 2019
Growing awareness of ocean plastic has prompted local efforts to keep beaches clean. But the amount of discards collected poses the question of what to do with it.
World leaders, high fashion stitch together a climate deal
22 Aug 2019
G7 leaders this weekend will join fashion retailers and brands to sigfn a global pact to fight the climate crisis and protect biodiversity and the oceans.
Don't blame nature for this warming world
21 Aug 2019
The only period in which the world’s climate has changed everywhere and at the same time is right now.
Singapore expects to pay $72b for climate peace of mind
21 Aug 2019
low-lying Singapore could spend $US72 billion or more over the next 50 to 100 years to adapt to climate change and rising sea levels, according to its prime minister.
Australian power stations among most toxic
21 Aug 2019
Power stations in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley and New South Wales’s Lake Macquarie region have been named on a list of the world’s biggest hotspots for toxic air pollution.
Saying climate change is real could bring trouble
21 Aug 2019
Canadian environment charities have been warned that discussing the dangers of climate change during the upcoming federal campaign could get them into trouble.
Battery subsidy scheme set for 'urgent' overhaul as costs run out of control
16 Dec 2025
Australian Energy Minister Chris Bowen has announced big changes to the government's battery subsidy scheme amid claims most of its $2.3 billion budget has been spent in just six months.
EPA erases references to human-caused climate change from websites
19 Dec 2025
EPA has scrubbed references to people’s contribution to rising temperatures from some of its climate change webpages.
Verra cancels four tree planting projects in China. And starts reviews of 45 more projects
16 Dec 2025
“Multiple carbon projects in China are facing serious allegations regarding the authenticity of government approval documents."
France updates its 2050 carbon neutrality roadmap
17 Dec 2025
To mark the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement, France released a revamped climate plan promising to phase out oil and gas and sharply increase electricity use.
Net-zero scenario is ‘cheapest option’ for UK, says energy system operator
15 Dec 2025
A scenario that meets the “net-zero by 2050” goal would be the “cheapest” option for the UK, according to modelling by the National Energy System Operator (NESO).
The ecological havens flourishing beneath power lines
19 Dec 2025
Initiatives to foster native wildflowers, grasses and shrubs are turning utility corridors into wildlife corridors.
‘Not normal’: Climate crisis supercharged deadly monsoon floods in Asia
12 Dec 2025
Cyclones like those in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Malaysia that killed 1,750 are ‘alarming new reality’.
Pacific fisheries summit gives a boost to albacore and seabirds
19 Dec 2025
Much of the world’s albacore tuna catch, which usually ends up in a can, comes from the southwestern Pacific Ocean, where fishery managers just passed a new set of conservation rules.
Arctic endured year of record heat as climate scientists warn of ‘winter being redefined’
18 Dec 2025
Region known as ‘world’s refrigerator’ is heating up as much as four times as quickly as global average, Noaa experts say.
Are rainforests now a cause of, rather than the answer to, climate change?
15 Dec 2025
A new study finds that Africa’s forests, responsible for one-fifth of global carbon removal, are beginning to generate carbon as the result of human activity.
Thousands of climate disasters are not included in official reports from Amazonian countries
12 Dec 2025
More than 12,500 extreme weather events impacted the Amazon and its population in 10 years, but countries have not generated enough information about it, according to a new scientific study.
UN environment report 'hijacked' by US and others over fossil fuels, top scientist says
11 Dec 2025
A key UN report on the state of the global environment has been "hijacked" by the United States and other countries who were unwilling to go along with the scientific findings, the co-chair has told the BBC.
