NSW police drop claim that protest involving Deanna ‘Violet’ Coco blocked ambulance
Police have backtracked on their claim that a climate protest on the Sydney Harbour Bridge last year blocked an ambulance with its sirens running from responding to an emergency, an assertion repeatedly referred to in the jail sentence of demonstrator…
‘Everyone should be concerned’: Antarctic sea ice reaches lowest levels ever recorded
For 44 years, satellites have helped scientists track how much ice is floating on the ocean around Antarctica’s 18,000km coastline. The continent’s fringing waters witness a massive shift each year, with sea ice peaking at about 18m sq km each…
‘Like a Meccano set’: how architects are reimagining Brisbane’s homes to survive future flooding
Brisbane architect Paul Worroll has experienced the life cycle of building for floods first-hand. Worroll and his team at Reddog Architects designed NA house in inner city Brisbane 10 years ago after its owners made the decision to stay put…
Australia to make area the size of Germany a marine park in Southern Ocean
The Australian government plans to make an area about the size of Germany in the Southern Ocean a marine zone, strengthening protections around Macquarie Island for millions of penguins and seals. The environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, announced that the government…
Is the petrol in your car from Ampol really carbon neutral? ‘Carbon-Neutral’ Fossil Fuels & State-Sponsored Greenwashing
Polly Hemming from the Australia Institute outlines the problem with Ampol’s greenwashing, but also highlighting this is a problem in lack of regulation allowing the greenwashing for use of dodgy carbon credits to meet dodgy net zero targets. Both Ampol…
Australia’s Big Four Banks Are On An Anti-Coal Crusade
It’s a seriously damaging discriminatory attack by the big four banks (and insurance companies) on Australian-owned companies that are major suppliers of Australia’s second-biggest export earner – and a key element in sustaining regional Australia – coal. The consequences of…
The deadly devastation of global warming – The Age
Federal Labor encourages us to get electric vehicles instead of using polluting, dirty, fossil fuel ones (The Age, 31/3), while its Victorian colleagues will slap a 2.5 cent per kilometre tax on the non-polluting EVs from July.John Merory, Ivanhoe No,…
âA wake-up callâ: Why this student is suing the government over the financial risks of climate change
Katta O’Donnell argues Australia’s poor climate policies — ranked among the lowest in the industrialised world — put the economy at risk from climate change
Carbon Emitters Face Higher Legal Risks
Climate change risk for big companies − and their investors − is often seen in terms of physical risk: sea level rise, temperature increases, or extreme weather events. But a spate of court cases around the world has highlighted a…
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