At launch sites, rockets are leaving a trail of damage to wildlife, vegetation, and water
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The warming has led to an increase in the frequency of extreme heat events [in southern Australia] … In contrast, northern Australia has been wetter than average over the last 30 years.
Choosing a nuclear power future over renewables will blow up Australia’s carbon emissions budget and create a carbon time bomb of up to two billion tonnes in extra greenhouse gases by 2050, a new analysis from the federal government’s Climate Change Authority says. The analysis, released on Monday, poses a grim picture of what the Continue reading »
Peanut Butter is a staple diet for many of us living busy lives and seeking tasty nutrition in a jar. And for those like me who love Bega’s brand of (Smooth) PB (see how it naturally aligns with ‘Personal Best’?), we can be doubly proud that the Australian-owned company behind this brand is part of Continue reading »
New Zealand’s leading newspaper, the New Zealand Herald, screamed out this headline on 10 February: “Should New Zealand invade the Cook Islands?” The government and the mainstream media have gone ballistic (thankfully not literally just yet) over the move by the small Pacific nation to sign a strategic partnership with China in Beijing. It is Continue reading »
If national governments across the globe are prepared to put minimising the climate threat ahead of protecting the fossil fuel industry, they will have to make major changes to how the net zero concept is being applied. This will require carbon offsetting to be brought in line with its intended application, and a consequential major Continue reading »
In a tweet announcing his attack on the Climate Justice Alliance, EPA head Lee Zeldin linked it to the group’s protected speech about Palestine.
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Rachel Reeves is looking in the 'wrong direction' for stimulating growth in the UK, argues Labour Councillor Salman Shaheen
Journalist Carl Zimmer tells the story of the science of aerobiology
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This year, more than 400 million people are in search of new homes, of food, water and family security. The first ripples of the human tsunami to come are lapping at the world’s shores, with a population larger than Europe’s or North America’s already on the road. The greatest population displacement in world history is Continue reading »