A tonne of fossil carbon isnât the same as a tonne of new trees: Why offsets canât save us
Avoiding the worst of climate change means stopping the extraction and burning of fossil fuels; offsets will not save us
Climate Change: Short On Proof, Drowning In Nonsense
The environmentalist creed in context Environmentalism, more particularly its prevalent global warming strain, dominates politics. It is the fourth such banner raised by the disgruntled that has conditioned politics since Medieval times. Earlier eras saw politics underpinned by a struggle…
Australia faces unprecedented grassfires next summer ‘supercharged’ by global heating
Australia should prepare for grassfires on a scale not experienced before, with new analysis warning spring and summer 2023-24 could see widespread fire risk “supercharged” by the climate crisis. The report, by the Climate Council and Emergency Leaders for Climate…
Will Steffen, ‘courageous’ climate scientist, dies in Canberra aged 75
Globally renowned Australian climate scientist Prof Will Steffen has died, aged 75, with former colleagues and family remembering him as an inspiring, courageous and gentle human. Steffen died in Canberra hospital on Sunday evening after almost a year of treatment…
Chubb Review into the integrity of Australian Carbon Offsets sends mixed messages
Chubb review into the integrity of carbon offsets ignores the elephant in the room argues the Climate Council: too many major emitters are buying ACCUs so that they can continue to pollute as usual. “The Chubb Review has provided some…
Color Us Connected: Encountering climate change at home and … – Seacoastonline.com
Guy Trammell Jr. and Amy Miller This column appears every other week in Foster’s Daily Democrat and the Tuskegee News. Given that this is mostly what the world is focused on right now, Guy Trammell, an African-American man from Tuskegee,…
Extreme weather is making parts of Australia uninhabitable – The Economist
From her balcony in Lismore, a town in northern New South Wales, Maralyn Schofield surveys the wreckage of her neighbourhood. Located at a confluence of the slow-moving Wilsons River, her house was erected on 13-metre stilts to preserve it from…
Study: Maine is a leader in New England when it comes to preparing for climate change – Energy News Network
Every morning, the Energy News Network compiles the top stories about the clean energy transition and delivers them to your inbox for free. Sign up today! Maine is making the fastest strides among New England states in preparing for climate…
Australian Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen delivers first annual climate statement in 2022
The Annual climate change statement to Federal Parliament was delivered on the 1st December by Chris Bowen, the Minister for Climate change and Energy. It is the first annual statement as mandated under the Climate Act (2022). The speech outlines…
Australian leadership will be crucial to future global climate action – Climate Council
AFTER YEARS OF blocking progress, Australia was back on the field at the UN Climate Change Conference in Egypt. Marathon negotiations at COP27 saw hard-won progress on addressing loss and damage but woefully inadequate shared outcomes around phasing out fossil…
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