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‘The world must rise to the challenge of rising temperatures’

‘The world must rise to the challenge of rising temperatures’

Climate change is affecting every corner of the world - experts say greenhouse gas emissions need to urgently be reduced.

  • by Melinda Ham

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Longer trips and less crowding: tips for the eco-conscious traveller

Longer trips and less crowding: tips for the eco-conscious traveller

Tourists are still confused about how to be greener travellers - here’s how to raise your game.

  • by Peter Lenaghan and Anders Furze
The house design inspired by Australia’s bushfires

The house design inspired by Australia’s bushfires

Finding ‘solar north’ for your new home is a good place to start when building for climate resilience.

  • by Anders Furze
Faced with an inferno, Gabrielle had to make a heartbreaking choice

Faced with an inferno, Gabrielle had to make a heartbreaking choice

At 4am on New Year’s Eve 2019 Daniel Lafferty and Gabrielle Powell were 45 minutes away from a wrenching decision.

  • by Melinda Ham
As EV sales slump Elon Musk comes up Trumps

As EV sales slump Elon Musk comes up Trumps

At the risk of turning off the fans who jumped first for EVs, Elon Musk has dug in with the world’s most prominent climate sceptic: Donald Trump.

  • by Nick O'Malley
The ‘time capsule’ being built in the middle of suburban Sydney

The ‘time capsule’ being built in the middle of suburban Sydney

At a new national park nestled amid housing development in suburban Sydney, locally extinct animals are coming back one species at a time.

  • by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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New species declared endangered on doorstep of Woodside mega-project

New species declared endangered on doorstep of Woodside mega-project

Another species being declared endangered on the doorstep of Woodside’s $30 billion Browse gas field has delivered a fresh blow amid approvals processes.

  • by Emma Young
BoM loses illegal sacking case as staff condemn ‘toxic’ and ‘chaotic’ culture

BoM loses illegal sacking case as staff condemn ‘toxic’ and ‘chaotic’ culture

A judge has criticised chief executive Andrew Johnson’s management style, while current and former staff claim they were gagged over climate change.

  • by Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Nick O'Malley
How climate change accelerated spring winds

How climate change accelerated spring winds

Australia’s two jet streams – the subtropical jet and the polar jet – have combined over the south-east of the continent.

  • by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
National weather forecast for Sunday September 1
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National weather forecast for Sunday September 1

National weather forecast for Sunday September 1.

Lies, damned lies and gold mines: What you need to know about the Blayney bunfight
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Lies, damned lies and gold mines: What you need to know about the Blayney bunfight

The McPhillamys mine proposed by Regis Resources has become a political football since Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek decided to block a key part of the project on Indigenous heritage grounds.

  • by Caitlin Fitzsimmons