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Extreme weather
What does a longer La Nina mean for your spring and summer?
Another summer, and La Nina keeps holding on. What does that mean (and what’s an El Nino)?
- by Peter Hannam and Laura Chung
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Brumbies to be culled under draft plan for Kosciuszko National Park
Two-thirds of the Kosciuszko National Park will be kept free of the feral horses if a new management plan for controlling the animals’ numbers is implemented.
- by Peter Hannam
Glimpses of a low carbon future amid Port Kembla’s coal and steel
The Illawarra has the workforce, the industrial and academic know-how and the transport and energy links to be a major player in greener manufacturing.
- by Peter Hannam
Sydney’s new water strategy explores use of recycled sewage - again
Sydneysiders will be urged to consider using purified sewage for drinking water to help diversify supplies as the population grows and rainfall patterns shift under climate change.
- by Peter Hannam
Sun Cable scales up plans for world’s biggest solar farm with Indonesian help
The energy company says the Powell Creek Solar Precinct planned for the Northern Territory to supply Darwin and Singapore will be 40 per cent bigger than originally announced.
- by Peter Hannam
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Murray-Darling Basin
NSW sought to beat Basin Plan water limits
The NSW government has sought to increase the amount of water permitted to be extracted from the Murray-Darling Basin, emails reveal.
- by Peter Hannam
‘Quick fix’: Tassie devil among species no longer subject to recovery plans
Tasmanian devils are among almost 200 species and ecosystems that will no longer have recovery plans but merely conservation advice, according to proposed federal changes.
- by Peter Hannam
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Great Barrier Reef
Student claims HSBC’s Great Barrier Reef ad a ‘blatant greenwash’
The bank is being challenged by a 17-year-old for promoting products supporting the reef, while funding fossil fuel operations including the Adani mine.
- by Peter Hannam
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Renewables
‘Drawing a line’: Victoria to oppose special payments for coal plants
Victoria’s energy minister Lily D’Ambrosio says her state will reject electricity market changes that prop up fossil-fuel power stations, and any changes aimed at keeping the lights on must prioritise zero-emissions technologies.
- by Miki Perkins and Peter Hannam
SES braces for busy storm season complicated by COVID-19 restrictions
The State Emergency Service is preparing for a heightened risk of floods during the coming storm season with about a third of its metropolitan staff residents in COVID-19 hotspots.
- by Peter Hannam
‘Walk away’: Bylong coal mine appeal rejected
Proponents of a controversial coal mine planned for a rich farming area north-west of Sydney have had their appeal against an earlier rejection dismissed by the courts, raising the prospect the project will be scrapped.
- by Peter Hannam
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