Rupert Murdoch, Dick Cheney, former CIA director James Woolsey, former US Treasury head Larry Summers, former US Energy Secretary Bill Richardson, hedge fund boss Michael Steinhardt and Jacob Rothschild have something in common. They are all on the board of oil and gas explorer, Genie Energy. by Simone Marsh Psychological […]
Every time a weather extreme occurs, some people quickly jump in to say we’ve been through it all before: that worse events have happened in the past, or it’s just part of natural climate variability. By Joelle Gergis and Geoff Cary, Australian National University The recent bushfire crisis is a […]
A federal government plan to prepare for the dire effects of climate change-related natural disasters was left to gather dust in Peter Dutton’s Department of Home Affairs for 1½ years before catastrophic bushfires hit last month. By James Fernyhough The National Disaster Risk Reduction Framework warned the changing climate was […]
Shortsighted, illogical and dishonest arguments are holding Australia back – and condemning us to more brutal summers By Simon Holmes a’ Court Australia’s unforgiving, unrelenting and unprecedented fires have demonstrated so clearly that the climate doesn’t recognise tricky “Kyoto carryover” accounting and doesn’t care for juvenile finger pointing at other […]
The state’s water authorities will be asked to consider an urgent application by Coffs Harbour City Council to enable Woolgoolga Dam to be accessed for irrigation and agricultural use. At last night’s extraordinary meeting, Councillors voted 5-2 in support of a motion to change the dam’s water licence to allow […]
During the last 50 years I have been exposed to politicians who were naive, others who were stupid, more who were corrupt, and an unfortunately small number of honourable men and women. By Julian May During the last couple of weeks, I have been witness to political behaviours which are […]
Only about 1 per cent of the land burnt in NSW this bushfire season can be officially attributed to arson, and it is even less in Victoria, the ABC has revealed. By Kevin Nguyen, Tim Brunero, Sarah Thomas, Daniel Keane and Nicole Mills The world has been shocked by the […]
This photo of a recent one man protest, dressed up as Donald Trump has been ‘doing the rounds’ this week on social media.
By Nassim Khadem Twelve years ago, economist Ross Garnaut made a prophecy that has been devastatingly accurate. In the 2008 Garnaut Climate Change Review, which examined the scientific evidence around the impacts of climate change on Australia and its economy, he predicted that without adequate action, the nation would face […]
Lithium-ion batteries have changed the world. Without the ability to store meaningful amounts of energy in a rechargeable, portable format we would have no smartphones or other personal electronic devices. The pioneers of the technology were awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize for chemistry. By Mahdokht Shaibani But as society moves […]
