Climate Change

Almost three years after Anthony Albanese promised to build a new hydrogen-powered generator in Kurri Kurri in NSW using public funds, the plant is now likely to run entirely on diesel fuel for its first year.

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The Government is accused of failing to rule out new fossil fuel projects, and in some cases potentially cheering them on, in updated national plan

This week, the Australian government (Labor) did the unthinkable. It approved three thermal coal mine expansions in NSW – the Environment Minister approved the expansion of the Whitehaven Coal mine until 2044, the Mount Pleasant mine until 2048 and the Ravensworth mine until 2032. For a government that claims to hold superior ‘green’ credentials to…

Every few years the UN publishes one of these big papers on “world population prospects”, which are… exactly what they sound like: a best guess at what’s going to happen with the world’s population over the next few decades. Nut graph after the jump: So the UN’s current best guess is that world population will […]

Like David Lammy, the military recognises the threat of climate breakdown. But that hasn’t stopped the sector's vast emissions

The Director of the Climate Media Coalition explained the role of media moguls in demanding a crack down on climate protestors

Australian Opposition leader, Donald Dutton, has demanded that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese immediately get his Government to conduct an audit of the Nation’s cats and dogs to be sure that none are being eaten by immigrants. ”If it’s happening in... Read More ›

Protesters from a number of different groups gathered outside 55 Tufton Street and the Policy Exchange on Wednesday

One of the issues that some on the Left raise when the topic ‘degrowth’ enters the conversation relates to the sense of elitism from the wealthy nations, which can now indulge in a bit of non-material aspiration amidst the large houses, two-or-three car garages, speed boats, lycra-clad journeys to coffee shops on $10,000 bicycles designed…

Nobel laureates join chorus of 1,000+ scientists urging Parliament to prioritise far-reaching Climate and Nature Bill as environmental tipping points loom