Environment
Climate change
Opinion
Climate policy
Why Barnaby’s war on net zero’s already sunk
Barnaby Joyce gave three reasons for dumping net zero climate change targets. They’re all wrong.
- by Nick O'Malley
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Court overturns massive coal mine approval on climate grounds
The NSW Court of Appeal found the planning authority must consider climate change impacts even if the coal is being exported to burn overseas.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Nick O'Malley
First, she quit sugar. Now, she’s ditched ‘hopium’: Sarah Wilson’s urgent new mission
The self-described renegade’s career has taken her from teen model to magazine editor to bestselling author. Her new focus: civilisational collapse.
- by Gay Alcorn
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Climate crisis
Australia faces ‘inescapable’ legal risk after historic climate ruling
The International Court of Justice’s historic advisory ruling could have far-reaching implications for fossil fuel-exporting nations such as Australia.
- by Angus Thompson and Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Climate crisis
‘A dead shark, dead rays, dead fish, dead cuttlefish’: The toxic algal bloom is spreading
The federal government has announced a $14 million funding package for South Australia but resisted calls to declare the algal bloom a natural disaster.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Four in five Tuvaluans apply to move to Australia. Frayzel is among them
More than 8000 Tuvaluans have applied for 280 permanent residency visas for Australia, while last year 56,000 people from other Pacific countries applied for 3000 places.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Nick O'Malley
Commonwealth not liable for ravages of climate change in Torres Strait
A Federal Court judge has found that science was ignored and the threat of climate change is real, but that the Commonwealth is not legally responsible for the plight of islanders facing an existential threat.
- by Nick O'Malley
The PM talked up green steel. But is it even a thing?
Green steel could boost Australia’s export earnings, reduce emissions and hedge against declining coal exports in a cleaner world economy. If a lot of things go right.
- by Nick O'Malley
Opinion
Climate crisis
Trump’s big toxic bill will cost America – and the world
The US president’s “Big Beautiful Bill” won’t just undo many positive developments for the environment – the economic fallout will be significant too.
- by Nick O'Malley
Albanese government faces backlash for failing to lock in climate talks
Despite years of effort and the support of its UN peers, Australia has been unable to convince Turkey to pull out of the race to host global climate talks.
- by Nick O'Malley
Trump cuts satellite data on Antarctic sea ice just as it’s needed most
Scientists at the Australian Antarctic Partnership Program are just beginning to understand the dire effects of extremely low sea ice in the Antarctic summer, but they will lose access to their main data set at the end of this month.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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