Environment
Climate change
The SA miracle: How one Australian state leads the world on renewables
Hard work and “really good wind” have helped South Australia become a world leader on renewables. But the state is determined to go further.
- by Nick O'Malley and Bianca Hall
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Opinion
Renewables
Why we can’t keep delaying the closure of ‘old jalopy’ power stations
Keeping Australia’s largest coal-fired power plant open for an extra two years is effectively an insurance policy against an energy catastrophe.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Opinion
Global warming
Global warning: Trump’s war on the planet heats up
The impacts of the US president’s attack on climate science are profound but as yet unquantifiable. But his language of denial has now bled into Australian politics.
- by Nick O'Malley
Analysis
Climate crisis
Climate whiplash: We can no longer pretend this isn’t a crisis
Australia has been riven by fires and floods this summer. What will it take to make policymakers treat this as the crisis it is?
- by Bianca Hall
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Climate crisis
On a hot day, astroturf can reach up to 75 degrees. That’s only the start of its problems
Rubber crumb and synthetic turf have proliferated on sporting fields and playgrounds in Australian cities, but are a growing problem for climate adaptation as well as PFAS and microplastic pollution.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
The past three years were the world’s hottest on record
The world is likely to miss the Paris Agreement goals to limit global heating to between 1.5 and 2 degrees above the pre-industrial average, making climate adaptation and “net negative” policies increasingly important.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Extreme weather
Fires, floods, swimsuits and jumpers in one day: ‘Climate whiplash’ is our new normal
Experts say our weather is “a different beastie”, no longer playing by the old rules. So how can we handle a “diabolical and escalating threat” that’s also unpredictable?
- by Samantha Selinger-Morris
Opinion
Global warming
The data doesn’t lie: it’s getting hotter and fossil fuels are fanning the flames
The big question for me is how do I keep my kids safe? The good news is that we are not powerless.
- by Amanda McKenzie
Australia’s summer bares its teeth as the heat is unfurled from the west
The worst heatwave since 2020 began in the far west and has yet to leave the east.
- by Aidan Elwig Pollock
‘Grumpy, exhausted and really unwell’: How to cope with heatwave nights
As the first heatwave of the summer kicks in, prepare for sweaty, sleepless nights. After sweltering days, both Melbourne and Sydney will still have 23 degrees at midnight.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Monster heatwave to bring scorching days, warm nights and fire risk
A wall of heat is moving from the north-west coast of Western Australia across the continent, bringing the first heatwave of the summer to Sydney and Melbourne.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons