In the face of sustained government stupidity, many feel powerless. Voters in Wentworth can lead the way. By Richard Flanigan and Geoff Cousins If a bricklayer builds a wall that falls over 12 years later, killing someone, the bricklayer can be sued and even jailed. If a doctor finds some […]
‘Documents acquired by National Parks Association under freedom of information, shows the Government’s own experts have confirmed that the Great Koala National Park is the most important public land in NSW for koalas. “The documents confirm koala reserve proposals are right on the money, and confirms that the government’s reserves […]
If we want to avoid mass extinctions and preserve the ecosystems all plants and animals depend on, governments should protect a third of the oceans and land by 2030 and half by 2050, with a focus on areas of high biodiversity. So say leading biologists in an editorial in the […]
Big problems call for equally big solutions. That maxim will be put into practice this weekend when a multimillion dollar project called The Ocean Cleanup launches a giant floating vessel aimed at removing the largest accumulation of plastic in the world from a stretch of ocean referred to as the Great […]
Number of Australians concerned about impact of climate change and wanting coal phased out rises By Katharine Murphy More than half of a survey of 1,756 voters believes Scott Morrison’s government needs to stay in the Paris agreement. Photograph: Dave Hunt/AAP A growing number of Australians are concerned about the […]
Covering the entire Sahara desert in solar panels and wind farms would not only help power the world, it would also improve the local climate. Rainfall would more than double and there would also be a modest increase in vegetation cover. Rain on the way? Image by FADEL SENNA/Getty By […]
Fiona Simson says people have been tiptoeing around the subject for too long and it is time for a national strategy By Gabrielle Chan National Farmers Federation president Fiona Simson has acknowledged Indigenous Australians as Australia’s ‘first farmers’ and called for a national strategy on drought. Photograph: Alex Ellinghausen/AAP The […]
Breathing this smog every day can fog up your mind WU HONG/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock By Yvaine Ye Breathing dirty air harms more than your lungs. It may also lead to cognitive decline, making you worse at maths and damaging your language skills. Xiaobo Zhang at Peking University in Beijing and his colleagues […]
Robyn Beck//AFP/Getty Images EUROPE swelters. Greece, California and even the Arctic burns. Eastern Australia is gripped in a severe drought. Following record-breaking flooding, Japan is now being hit by a record-breaking heatwave. No one can say we weren’t warned. The reality of human-made climate change has been apparent for decades […]
The nation appears headed for an election over emissions reductions and power prices after a majority of Coalition MPs endorsed the National Energy Guarantee and set the scene for a showdown with Labor. By Phil Coorey Despite a rearguard effort led by Tony Abbott to kill the NEG stone dead, […]