City declares diesel, petrol cars banned
A major European city will soon ban petrol and diesel cars from its streets, with a much more significant expansion highly likely.
Environment
17,000 strikes: Australia’s worst fire risk revealed
Dry lightning is a wild weather phenomenon that has firefighters on edge after a huge electrical storm tore through southern Australia. See where lightning is striking much more than twice.
‘Loud rumble’: Earthquake rattles Victoria
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake has struck in Victoria’s east, with one resident being woken up by a “loud rumble” in the early hours of the morning.
’F***ing innocent’: Twist in shock tree felling
A lumberjack accused of felling one of Britain’s most iconic trees says he’s “f**king innocent” and claimed there is a key to solving the case.
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First new Darwin mine in a decade a game-changer
The NT’s first lithium mine is seen as a positive step forward with the promise of more jobs, profits and a cleaner future.
How Toowoomba is going even more green
Ruby Cook and Allysia Krause are playing their part to reduce their carbon footprint by planting trees. But bigger developments are afoot.
How Victorian sparky became a solar panel whiz
Victorian Jack Smyth started out an electrician, but ever since he’s been in the renewable space he has never looked back.
‘Best way to go’: Mackay tradie sells solar power to mines
Mackay tradie Jack Briscoe now works for a company focused on renewable energy, including selling solar products to the mines.
‘Make a lot of money’: Uralla sparky switches to solar
In the heart of Barnaby Joyce’s New England electorate, Neal Howard said there were “huge opportunities” for locals who wanted to upskill into solar.
News Corp’s plan to reach net zero by 2050
News Corp Australia is following its global company’s target to reach net zero emissions by 2050. This is how we plan to achieve it.
Keeping the lights on: Fixing Australia’s power crisis
Australia has many power options between coal, gas, solar, wind, hydro, hydrogen and even nuclear. But this is why it’s not easy to make the switch.
‘Sick of being used’: Coal miner fury amid move to net zero
Mining giants are moving towards net zero solutions as workers want change, and are “sick of being used as political footballs”.
‘People dying’: Why China is in the hot seat
China gets smashed by even more extreme climate events than Australia — and this is why it knows it must act to save lives.
Full list: How the world is racing to save the planet
The race is on to limit global warming to 2 degrees. Here’s what the rest of the world is doing – including China – and how Australia compares.
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