December 2023
‘Blackout’ Bowen: the man conservatives love to hate
The energy minister has been a top performer for Labor, winning blockbuster carbon and energy battles against all odds. But he has plenty of fights ahead.
July 2020
Asset managers join forces with eco-warriors
The pandemic, far from distracting investors, has persuaded them of the potential financial damage from global warming.
December 2019
20,000 protest over Sydney's smoke
It was estimated that tens of thousands of protesters marched from Town Hall to Hyde Park, taking over George Street to demand stronger climate action.
Greta Thunberg is Time's Person of the Year
"She became the biggest voice on the biggest issue facing the planet this year," Time Editor in Chief Edward Felsenthal said.
November 2019
Oxford Dictionaries' word of the year revealed
The unusual decision to focus on climate-related terms reflected a "demonstrable escalation" in the language around climate.
October 2019
Protests mar mining talkfest where rival tribes aren't listening
London-based Julian Treger tried to tell protesters in Melbourne why his latest copper investment was good for the environment. The conversation didn't go well.
Why Greta Thunberg going radical won't help the planet
The Swedish teen's climate message could end up as incoherent as the anti-globalist movement. That will not be good good for the environment.
The Woke won't like the Stone Age
No protest movement has ever featured so many double-barrelled names or Instagram skiing trips, while demonising air travel for the masses, writes Julie Burchill.
September 2019
Watering Australia's intellectual deserts
Our universities have given up on diversity of thought. No eco-system does well when that happens.
We have to do our bit or we're cooked: Cannon-Brookes
With the Australian government missing in action on climate change policy, business is stepping up.