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03 06 2019 | 15:39

Australia's greenhouse gas emissions up for four years in a row.

Australia's greenhouse gas emissions in 2018 rose for a fourth year in a row, an increase at odds with the country's Paris climate pledge, according to a government submission to the United Nations.

21 05 2019 | 14:10

Indigenous Australians take government to UN over climate change.

Indigenous residents of low-lying islands off northern Australia will submit a landmark complaint with the United Nations on Monday accusing the government of violating their human rights by failing…

15 05 2019 | 08:49

Their Islands Are Being Eroded. So Are Their Human Rights, They Say.

Indigenous Australians from low-lying islands in the Torres Strait argue that the government, by failing to act on climate change, has violated their fundamental right to maintain their culture.…

06 04 2019 | 09:29

Huge Global Study Just Smashed One of The Last Major Arguments Against Renewables

We just got some massive news in the ongoing drive to switch to renewable energy: scientists have identified 530,000 sites worldwide suitable for pumped-hydro energy storage, capable of storing more…

05 04 2019 | 09:53

Deadly skin-eating fungal disease wipes out 90 amphibian species in 50 years.

Study reveals extent of chytrid fungus and how devastating it has been for frog, toad and salamander species worldwide A deadly disease that wiped out global populations of amphibians led to the…

23 03 2019 | 08:44

Australian energy innovations on the world stage.

Saving the world is a goal for most children. Some go on to invent the tools we need to do this. Planet Ark Power’s engineers are these inventors: they are revolutionalising our energy supply and…

14 03 2019 | 17:53

Coastal wetlands play vital role in mitigating the effects of climate change

A new study has found that coastal wetlands play an important role in reducing the effects of climate change. The study, a collaboration between global universities, including the University of…

21 02 2019 | 14:52

EDF launches blockchain-enabled renewables trading pilot

Energy customers in a south London housing estate will soon be trading solar power amongst themselves, thanks to a blockchain pilot project by Repowering London, and University College London.

06 02 2019 | 13:40

IEEFA update: Even as forecasts signal decline in global thermal coal markets, Australia courts new mines

Australia continues to blindly court local and multinational mining companies with one of the largest untapped thermal coal deposits in the world, despite the global pipeline of new coal-fired power…

04 02 2019 | 13:39

Extreme weather shatters records around the world

US cities as cold as the Arctic. An Australian inferno. The UK covered in snow. It's only one month into 2019 and meteorologists are already talking in superlatives as extreme weather patterns have…

04 02 2019 | 10:15

Townsville flooding: boats, helicopters and garbage trucks used in rescues – as it happened

Thousands of homes at risk as Townsville braces for ‘once-in-a-century’ flood. This blog is now closed

01 02 2019 | 10:00

January was Australia's hottest month since records began

January was Australia’s hottest month on record, with the country’s mean temperature exceeding 30C for the first time since records began in 1910. The Bureau of Meteorology released its climate…

15 01 2019 | 11:54

The end of coffee: could Australia save the world's beans?

Climate change may devastate the globe’s major coffee-growing regions through extreme weather events – but Australia could be the solution If a future of relentless fires, droughts, superstorms and…

15 01 2019 | 09:27

Australia extreme heatwave: 'code red' issued as Port Augusta hits 48.9C

Port Augusta in South Australia has reached 48.9C on Tuesday, as a heatwave sets in across much of Australia threatening more record hot days.

14 01 2019 | 10:00

Australia could hit 100% renewables sooner than most people think

There are still people talking up coal and talking down renewable energy but we have installed more solar panels and wind turbines than ever before. Not since the invention of the steam engine have…