Global warming
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- Climate policy
This could be the year voters get their priorities wrong
A protest vote on the cost of living will achieve little. The best election outcome would be a minority government dependent on the support of those who get the urgency of climate action.
- Ross Gittins
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- Opinion
- Opinion
Fossil fuels are back with a vengeance! And the world is cooking
The fossil fuel industry is fighting back harder than ever against those who would seek to curtail it to protect the climate. Profits are up, political pressure for change is down. Meanwhile, the planet just gets hotter.
- Nick O'Malley
- Opinion
- Letters
LA fires take us all into a critical tipping zone
Readers consider how the winter Los Angeles fires will affect Australia’s responses to a year round fire season.
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- California bushfires
Australia leases US firebombing aircraft in the northern winter. So what happens when LA burns in January?
Experts say Australia risks being isolated from international firefighters and water-bombing aircraft in its next bushfire season.
- Mike Foley
Australia just had its second-hottest year on record – and temperatures will rise again
Global temperatures continued to rise in 2024 as the UN chief warned of a “climate breakdown”.
- Nick O'Malley
- Exclusive
- Energy
Victoria eyes new bans on appliances to get homes off gas
Victorians would be forced to replace broken gas heaters and hot-water units with electric versions from as early as 2026 under the state government’s favoured plan.
- Nick Toscano, Kieran Rooney and Mike Foley
As the world wobbles on climate, Australia doubles down
Rattled by Donald Trump’s victory and pushback against earlier commitments, the world’s climate diplomats have struggled to find common ground during COP29 talks.
- Nick O'Malley
- Opinion
- Climate policy
How climate-denier Trump may leave China to save the planet
Xi Jinping will take great delight in showing the world how decadent the US becomes under Donald Trump when it comes to global warming. The planet may be the winner.
- Ross Gittins
- Opinion
- Climate crisis
The climate killer we ignore: Women are losing babies. I call it ‘maternalcide’
Soaring heat and compounding natural disasters are triggering fatal heart-related illnesses, mosquito-borne viruses and other fetal abnormalities.
- Nathalie Beasnael
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- Renewables
State government plans to slash big renewables planning process
Despite its lofty net zero goals, the NSW planning process has been a slow-moving morgue for big projects but that might now change.
- Nick O'Malley
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