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27 06 2024 | 11:00

‘Most of it was dead’: scientists discover one of Great Barrier Reef’s worst coral bleaching events

At least 97% of corals on a reef in the Great Barrier Reef’s north died during one of the worst coral bleaching events the world’s biggest reef system has ever seen, according to new analysis.…

27 06 2024 | 10:58

‘Reform or go out of business,’ carbon offsetting industry told

The carbon-credit market must reform or “go out of business”, leading scientists have concluded in an international review of the offsetting industry. The market for carbon offsets shrank…

27 06 2024 | 10:52

Lawyers could charge big oil with homicide after 2023 Arizona heatwave

Prosecutors in Arizona could reasonably press homicide charges against big oil for deaths caused by a July 2023 heatwave, lawyers wrote in a new prosecution memorandum.

27 06 2024 | 10:52

Belching livestock to incur green levy in Denmark from 2030

Farmers in Denmark will have to pay for planet-heating pollutants that their cattle expel as gas, after the government agreed to set the world’s first emissions tax on agriculture.

27 06 2024 | 10:45

Millions of mosquitoes released in Hawaii to save rare birds from extinction

Millions of mosquitoes are being released from helicopters in Hawaii in a last-ditch attempt to save rare birds slipping into extinction. The archipelago’s endemic, brightly coloured honeycreeper…

27 06 2024 | 10:42

Protecting just 1.2% of Earth’s land could save most-threatened species, says study

Protecting just 1.2% of the Earth’s surface for nature would be enough to prevent the extinction of the world’s most threatened species, according to a new study. Analysis published in the journal…

27 06 2024 | 10:27

The Coalition says the rest of the G20 is powering ahead with nuclear – it’s just not true

So much has been said by the Coalition about what nuclear energy could do for Australia, with so little evidence to back it up, that it can be hard to keep up with the claims.

27 06 2024 | 10:24

The nature march had a huge turnout – so why didn’t it make bigger news?

When Just Stop Oil covered Stonehenge with orange cornflour last week, Keir Starmer was called upon to decry the act, which he dutifully did, even though anyone with even a very slight knowledge of…

27 06 2024 | 10:20

It doesn’t make sense: why US tariffs on Chinese cleantech risk the green transition

With historic heatwaves sweeping across the US and other parts of the northern hemisphere, June is expected to be the 13th consecutive month of record-breaking global temperatures. The primary cause…

27 06 2024 | 09:51

As the Coalition goes nuclear, Labor is free to ensure fossil fuels are burned with abandon and little scrutiny

The sham of Australia’s climate change policy has been made clear in the past two weeks. No, not nuclear power. Last Friday, while everyone was racing down nuclear-powered rabbit holes, the…

27 06 2024 | 09:46

Sarah Finch: climate activism ‘early adopter’ behind supreme court win

Sarah Finch considers herself an early adopter of environmentalism, even if she is not quite sure what the initial spark was. “I was only ever interested in the environment,” she says. “That’s all I…

27 06 2024 | 09:43

Air freight greenhouse gas emissions up 25% since 2019, analysis finds

Air freight operators have increased their greenhouse gas emissions by 25% compared with 2019, analysis has found. In 2023, air freight operators ran about 300,000 more flights than in 2019, an…

27 06 2024 | 09:40

German activists take government to court over climate policy

German climate activists are taking the government to court for “unconstitutional” climate policy, seeking to build on a landmark victory three years ago that they had hoped would force Europe’s…

27 06 2024 | 09:38

Deaths mount as Pakistan swelters in heatwave

As the temperatures rose in southern Pakistan, so did the body count. The Edhi ambulance service says it usually takes around 30 to 40 people to the Karachi city morgue daily. But over the last…

27 06 2024 | 09:31

Big Solar Outshines Big Oil as Emerging Giants Top ‘Powerhouses of Petroleum’

The world’s biggest solar manufacturers, all of them based in China, are delivering more usable energy each year than the top seven oil and gas companies, concludes a blockbuster analysis released…

27 06 2024 | 08:51

Kids Are Particularly Vulnerable to Extreme Weather. What Are We Doing About It?

It’s not unusual for pediatricians to prescribe a healthy dose of sunshine and outdoor time to their growing patients. A wide body of research extolls the benefits of getting outside for kids—from…

27 06 2024 | 08:42

Extreme heat kills more than 1,300 during Hajj pilgrimage

Extreme heat led to the deaths of more than 1,300 people during this year's Hajj pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia announced Sunday. Air Date: Jun 23, 2024

27 06 2024 | 08:39

New faces of protest - Kenya's Gen Z anti-tax revolutionaries

A bold and new generation of young Kenyan protesters has emerged on the streets forcing the government to back down on some of a slew of unpopular tax proposals. What started as anger on TikTok…