Environment and Climate Change
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Sydney’s ‘ring of fire’: Terrifying map shows suburbs most likely to be ravaged by bushfires tomorrow and why embers could fall on the Opera House
The fires will get worse on Tuesday as the Rural Fire Service warns of a catastrophic danger to Sydney By…
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Bushfire conditions ‘catastrophic’ for Greater Sydney, Greater Hunter, Illawarra and Shoalhaven
Catastrophic fire danger warnings are in place across Greater Sydney, Greater Hunter, and the Illawarra and Shoalhaven region and around…
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This is not normal: what’s different about the NSW mega fires
My heart goes out to them. Greg Mullins The Sydney Morning Herald I don’t want to detract in any way…
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For farmers climate change is the headline to our lives, but McCormack’s Nationals avert their gaze
There might be a place where “raving inner city lunatics” are the only people who are concerned about climate change…
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NSW fires destroy more than 100 homes, two people found dead
Two fires are still burning at emergency warning level in NSW — at the height of the chaos yesterday, 17…
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‘Pulling the country backward’: WA government fails to imagine a future state
The state’s solar potential is mind-blowing. World-class by any measure. As the world seeks to lower its emissions, the economic…
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Where the farm rain gauge gives a red dirt reading
It’s an absurd routine. She knows there’s no water in it. But it’s interesting sometimes to see how much red…
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Public advocacy should not be a crime
Mr Morrison announced last week in Queensland that he planned to crack down on what he described as a new…
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Ardern says New Zealand on ‘right side of history’ as MPs pass zero-carbon bill
Jacinda Ardern’s landmark climate legislation has passed in New Zealand parliament, with historic cross-party support, committing the nation to reduce…
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Climate change: ‘Clear and unequivocal’ emergency, say scientists
The study, based on 40 years of data on a range of measures, says governments are failing to address the…
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Nobel winners: The only adult in the room was a child
That’s certainly how it felt this fall as heads of state, captains of industry and other world leaders convened for…
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How bad is this drought and is it caused by climate change?
Australia may well be a land of drought and flooding rain but so far this century it has been on…
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Drought-ravaged NSW farmers take to social media to celebrate rainfall
Farmers and residents in western New South Wales have rejoiced after much-needed rain offered a temporary reprieve to crippling drought…
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Flights Diverted, Schools Closed In India Air Emergency
Authorities in the world’s most polluted capital city have already declared a public health emergency and ordered the closure of…
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Brazilian ‘forest guardian’ killed by illegal loggers in ambush
A Brazilian indigenous land defender has been killed in an ambush by illegal loggers in an Amazon frontier region. Sam…
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Morrison’s boycott plan sparks free-speech furore
Civil liberties groups warned of the “wanton infringement” of individual rights under the plan to stop environmental groups targeting companies…
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