Opinion
Australian economy
Nature positive? How about we stop being nature negative first
Commonwealth subsidies that harm biodiversity are estimated to be $26.3 billion a year. Removing or reducing these subsidies is an economic imperative – and required by international treaty.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Beach beckons for long weekend, but what’s the outlook for the next few months?
The long weekend will bring beach weather and the start of daylight saving, but the outlook for the rest of the year is wetter than usual.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
The remote Australian coast bearing the brunt of the plastic crisis
Halfway around the world, California is suing ExxonMobil, claiming the oil giant deliberately misled the public for decades about the limitations of plastic recycling.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Once healthy creeks in the Sydney catchment have become dead zones. Now scientists know why
New research provides scientific evidence that longwall mining is draining endangered upland swamps, eroding water quality and creating fire risk.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
The hole in the ozone layer was late this year. It’s not good news
Normally, the hole begins to form in mid to late August, and it closes towards the end of November, but this year it was delayed because of disturbances in the stratospheric polar vortex.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Uluru drenched by record September rain
A deluge in the desert has brought the rare sight of Uluru cascading with waterfalls, desert flowers in bloom and animals coming out to feed and drink.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Households surge ahead in rooftop solar as renewable projects break bottleneck
Consumers installed four times more electricity generation through rooftop solar in the first half of this year than all commercial projects combined.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Fire
Fire engulfs industrial complex in south-west Sydney
More than 25 firetrucks and 100 firefighters worked to control the blaze that badly damaged several businesses.
- by Riley Walter and Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Race on to stop feral animal encroaching on Australian cities, trashing bushland
Tina Venables was keeping an eye out for kangaroos as she drove home from work last week. What she came across instead at the top of a hill left her shocked and shaken.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Catherine Naylor
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Renewables
‘Rich families don’t need to save money’: Why wealthy suburbs are less likely to have rooftop solar
The higher the household income in a postcode area, the less likely the homes are to have solar panels installed.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Climate crisis
Internal documents show BoM escalated questions on climate and floods
Emails show that the Bureau of Meteorology directed staff to refer questions from journalists about floods, fires, climate change and the reef to senior management.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Nick O'Malley
Original URL: https://www.watoday.com.au/by/caitlin-fitzsimmons-j7gbf