Environment
Climate change
State’s climate future revealed: Success is hot and failure is hotter
NSW climate modelling used by government and councils includes a low-emissions scenario for the first time alongside the more pessimistic forecast. Â
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Heat records are toppling in the northern hemisphere. What does it mean for Australia’s summer?
Temperatures have topped 50 degrees in 10 countries around the world in the past year, but Australia could experience a cooler, wetter summer.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
More babies born underweight and pre-term after floods: study
Mothers who experienced a flood during the first trimester of their pregnancy were more likely to have a pre-term or still birth.
- by Mary Ward
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Climate policy
The extraordinary tale of how an oil state ended up hosting the world’s most important climate talks
This year, it is the tiny petrostate of Azerbaijan, next year giant Brazil, and if the Albanese government gets its way, Australia will be next in line to host the climate Olympics.
- by Nick O'Malley
Analysis
US Votes 2024
The Harris-Walz waltz prompts relief among climate activists
Facing the possibility of a hostile Trump administration, global scientists and analysts are breathing a sigh of relief at the reinvigorated Democratic campaign.
- by Nick O'Malley
Last summer was so hot on the Great Barrier Reef, even the scientist didn’t believe it
Lead author Ben Henley had to recheck his data when the latest temperature readings wouldn’t fit on his charts.
- by Mike Foley
The Great Barrier Reef keeps bleaching. Why are we told corals are thriving?
Australia’s unique marine wonder is under increasing pressure from rising temperatures, but the science is still being questioned.
- by Mike Foley
‘Nightmare scenario’: Ageing coal power is driving up electricity bills
Unplanned outages at three east coast coal power stations contributed to soaring wholesale electricity prices, one of the factors that drive up bills.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
‘Reckless renewables’: The NSW community fighting a massive solar farm
The residents of the tiny hamlet of Wallaroo in the Southern Tablelands say they support renewables, but the proposal for a giant solar farm on their doorstep is in the wrong location.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
‘A political mischief’: Forrest hits back at green hydrogen detractors
Mining executive Andrew Forrest has denied he is abandoning his ambitions for green hydrogen, saying the fuel is imperative for combating climate change.
- by Bianca Hall and Peter Milne
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Mining
Mining groups lobbied PM to weaken environment reforms, documents show
Mining giants including Hancock Prospecting and Rio Tinto lobbied the Albanese government to weaken national environmental reforms, new documents show.
- by Bianca Hall and Mike Foley