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A resource for journalists, politicians, policy makers, activists and citizens interested in climate change and the environmental emergency
The ElephantA resource for journalists, politicians, policy makers, activists and citizens interested in climate change and the environmental emergency
Dutton’s blast of radioactive rhetoric on nuclear power leaves facts in the dust | Temperature Check
2024-03-13 in The GuardianCoalition’s claim of cheap power and quickly built reactors is at odds with real world experience of other countries
Tagged under: Nuclear Power | Australia
Australia’s biggest smelter to launch massive wind and solar tender, says nuclear too costly
2024-03-13 in Renew Economy | News and analysis for the clean energy economyThe biggest single energy consumer in Australia, the Tomago smelter, is about to launch a massive tender for wind and solar. It says nuclear is too expensive.
Tagged under: Solar Energy | Wind Power | Nuclear Power | Renewable Energy | Australia
Bushfires burning in Victoria's west turn sky glowing red
2024-03-10 (or before) in 9News - Latest news and headlines from Australia and the worldTagged under: Australia | Bushfires
Extreme heatwave to continue in Victoria and South Australia for days yet
2024-03-09 in 9News - Latest news and headlines from Australia and the world<p>Overnight temperatures in both Melbourne and Adelaide barely dropped below 30 degrees before 4am.</p>
Tagged under: Heatwaves | Australia
Festivals and events cancelled as autumn heatwave hits four states
2024-03-09 (or before) in SBS | TV, Radio, On Demand, News, Sport, Food, MoviesTagged under: Extreme Heat | Australia | Climate Change Impacts
The Coalition wants nuclear power. Could it work – or would it be an economic and logistical disaster?
2024-03-07 in The GuardianThe prospect of Australia trying to build nuclear reactors at soon-to-be-closed coal plants raises many questions. Here’s what we know
Tagged under: Nuclear Power | Australia
How can nuclear fit into a renewable grid where base load can’t compete?
2024-03-05 in Renew Economy | News and analysis for the clean energy economyCoalition’s push for nuclear is fundamentally flawed, not just for nuclear, but for any high capital cost base load generator.
Tagged under: Electricity Grid | Australia | Nuclear Power
Aust farmers are preparing for extremes of climate change
2024-03-03 in Cosmos Ð Science News, Features, Podcasts, Video and Print MagazineAustralia’s farmers are rising to the climate challenge by adopting a deep level of strategic thinking says a new survey on resilience in agriculture.
Tagged under: Australia
Wind and solar projects gathering pace, despite Coalition campaign
2024-03-03 in Renew Economy | News and analysis for the clean energy economyDespite all the doom and gloom, the wind and solar currently under construction makes it certain we will be over 50% renewable by mid 2026 at the latest and probably by late 2025.
Tagged under: Wind Power | Solar Energy | Renewable Energy | Australia
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef suffers ‘extensive’ coral bleaching, as scientists fear seventh mass bleaching event | CNN
2024-02-29 by in CNNThe southern Great Barrier Reef is suffering from extensive coral bleaching due to heat stress, the reef’s managers said Wednesday, raising fears that a seventh mass bleaching event could be unfolding across the vast, ecologically important site.
Tagged under: Climate Change Impacts | Extreme Heat | Coral Reefs | Great Barrier Reef | Australia
New ecosystems, unprecedented climates: more Australian species than ever are struggling to survive
2024-02-19 by in The ConversationWe’ve brought some species back from the brink – but more and more are being threatened. Here’s why
Tagged under: Wildlife | Climate Change Impacts | Australia
A sinkhole, toxic gas and the $2 billion mistake behind Snowy 2.0's blowout - ABC News
2023-10-22 in ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)Snowy Hydro's tunnelling machine caused a sinkhole and spent months barely moving, then the troubled project's tunnel began filling with gas.
Tagged under: Australia
The summer ahead
2023-09-01 in The Monthly - AustraliaThe climate disasters unfolding in the northern hemisphere are a sign of what’s in store here, as governments fail to act on the unfolding emergency
Tagged under: Extreme Heat | Climate Change | Australia
From laggards to leaders: An assessment of Australian banks’ climate commitments
2023-08-15 (or before) in assets.nationbuilder.comTagged under: Australia | Finance | Net Zero
Sea Surface Temperatures - Pacific and Indian Oceans
2023-06-20 (or before) in Bureau of Meteorology, AustraliaAustralian climate is influenced by sea surface temperature patterns in the Pacific and Indian oceans. This page provides information on Pacific and Indian ocean outlooks for the coming six months based on a survey of international climate models.
Tagged under: Pacific Ocean | Climate Data | Oceans | Australia
404 mm breaks July rainfall record in Sydney
2022-08-01 (or before) in Weather Zone AustraliaSydney has just broken a monthly rainfall record for the second time this year, continuing the city’s prolific run of wet weather in 2022. Sydney’s main rain gauge at Observatory Hill, located next to the Harbour Bridge, collected a whopping 404.0 mm of rain during July. This is more than four times its long-term monthly average and the highest July total in records dating back to 1858, beating 336.1 mm from 1950. Sydney has now registered two record wet months in 2022, with July’s 404.0 mm and March’s 554.0 mm both unrivalled in more than 160 years of observations at the site. The city&rsquo...
Tagged under: Extreme Rainfall | Australia | Predictions
The dead sea: Tasmania's underwater forests disappearing in our lifetime
2020-02-24 (or before) in The GuardianThe sea along the Tasmanian east coast is a global heating hotspot. One man has watched entire sea forests disappear in his lifetime
Tagged under: Australia | Trees
Australia Will Lose to Climate Change
2020-01-06 (or before) in The AtlanticEven as the country fights bushfires, it can’t stop dumping planet-warming pollution into the atmosphere.
Tagged under: Oceans | Global Warming | Climate Change | Australia | Bushfires | Wildfires | Economic Growth | Great Barrier Reef | Coral Reefs
Australian scientists may have discovered a solution to our plastic problem
2019-11-19 in ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)Local scientists develop a system they say can turn all plastic back into oil, but the first commercial recycling plant using the technology will not be built in Australia.
Tagged under: Australia | Plastic
Testing begins for first offshore wind farm in Australia
2019-11-11 (or before) by in The Age MelbourneTagged under: Farming | Wind Power | Australia
Australia bushfires: Three dead and thousands forced from homes - BBC News
2019-11-09 (or before) in The BBCMore than 100 blazes burn across New South Wales and Queensland, amid warnings of more to come.
Tagged under: Wildfires | Australia | Bushfires
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