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‘We got there!’: Text messages reveal Woodside’s negotiating tactics
Private text messages between Woodside officials and senior Australian decision-makers lift the lid on how the industry engages with government to get results.
- by Bianca Hall
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Electric vehicles
A bush camping holiday with a runabout city EV? It can be done
Eight nights’ remote bush camping with two kids, towing a fully loaded trailer – in an EV. Yes, it can be done. But there are a few things to keep in mind.
- by Bianca Hall
How to get mass adoption of EVs in city areas? It’s not just about public chargers
As inner-city residents in Sydney and Melbourne turn to DIY options to charge electric vehicles on the street, more councils are offering formal trials to suspend cables in the air or lay them safely across the street.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
SA’s algal bloom spreading north towards one of the world’s marine wonders
The annual aggregation of giant cuttlefish in the Spencer Gulf attracts photographers, divers and researchers from across the globe. But a microscopic menace could endanger the phenomenon.
- by Bianca Hall
Released emails reveal heavy political lobbying as massive gas project extended
Woodside asked the government to ensure its media messaging “aligned” with the gas giant’s, as negotiations over its North West Shelf project continued.
- by Bianca Hall
‘Ball bearings in the snow’: The role of climate change in deadly avalanches
More than a dozen people have died in avalanches on two different continents this week alone. What causes the deadly snow slides, and is climate change making it worse?
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
‘The water was completely dead’: Inside the grim race with a microscopic enemy
‘Seen the worst I can see’: On this remote stretch of beach, a new ground zero has emerged.
- by Bianca Hall
Opinion
Global warming
Don’t be gaslit on climate. There’s no going back on this energy transition
The world has an enormous task to avoid the worst effects of climate change, and the risks remain serious. The energy transition is well under way, however, and politicians need to be honest about that.
- by Rod Sims and Rebecca Burdon
In the Trump era of America first, scientists fear for the future of Antarctica
There are growing concerns the treaty that has protected the last great wilderness for nearly 70 years may not hold as the old rules-based world order disintegrates along with the sea ice.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Murray-Darling Basin
‘Smells pretty bad’: 100,000 dead fish litter lakeshore near Menindee homes
Hundreds of thousands of native fish have died in Lake Menindee amid a heatwave and blue-green algae bloom.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
How the record-breaking ‘heat dome’ enveloped Australia
Described as a “heat dome” for its sheer persistence and super-heating qualities, the heatwave has had an effect akin to putting a lid on a boiling pot.
- by Bianca Hall