Australia’s energy transition pathways are piecemeal and incoherent and inconsistent with achieving the 1.5oC goal. Eliminating fluorocarbons helps the climate and the ozone layer. No future for CCS in the steel industry. Australia’s shambolic national energy pathways Australia’s current climate change commitments, targets and policies include: A commitment to limit global warming to 1.5oC Net Continue reading »
environment
by Greg Mikkelson
Something new and troubling is happening as economies grow across much of the globe. In contrast to prior decades, when human health improved as global GDP swelled, the link to health progress has been broken. No longer is economic growth delivering a health dividend, it seems.
Meanwhile, another metric, the health of the environment, has continued to deteriorate with economic growth. We now face a “ghastly” global environmental crisis,
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Tree Hugging has a long venerated past of protest and environmental protection. Is the Labour Leader completely ignorant of it?
Often seen as marvels of the human ascendancy, the world’s great cities are in mortal danger as the resources that keep them alive stagger, dwindle and give out. Today the world has 45 megacities – conurbations holding more than ten million citizens apiece – and some 500 smaller cities each of a million or more Continue reading »
Caterpillars are a remarkable bellwether of environmental changes.
The post The Very Hungry Caterpillar and the Ecosystem appeared first on Nautilus.
Polluting privatised water companies have been hollowed out by dividend stripping and reckless borrowing. But there is a way out
Deep-sea mining will mean vast destruction we can’t predict – to produce minerals we don’t need, according to the CEO of the Environmental Justice Foundation
With Europe facing a summer of heatwaves, sceptics and deniers are ramping up their dangerous disinformation
Pro-business politicians embraced the idea of so-called green investing — until the SEC suggested companies should report their full emissions.
The post The Right’s Desperate Push to Tank ESG and Avoid Disclosing Climate Risks appeared first on The Intercept.