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Their journeys to activism have been very different, but they have faced similar challenges as young women of colour fighting for climate justice.
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Climate Change
G7 nations vow to quit coal – but they won’t put a date on it
Ministers from the world’s richest democracies have agreed to work to phase out coal-power, although they failed to set a date for doing so.
‘Think resilience’ to protect against climate and other catastrophes
More countries must “think resilience”, and urgently adopt and improve early warning systems to reduce risks from an increasing number of disasters across the world, a UN disaster forum concluded on Friday.
China’s coal mining boosts methane levels, also dangerous for climate change
Amid fears of an energy crunch, China is mining more coal than ever and releasing more methane, a greenhouse gas more dangerous than carbon dioxide, into the atmosphere.
These data nerds think they’ve found the climate silver bullet: nonvoting environmentalists
The Environmental Voter Project wants to turn infrequent voters who care about the environment into a force that can swing elections.
National
‘Resistance‘: Sky News envisions climate revolt in election reaction
A week after Australia unceremoniously tossed the Coalition onto the opposition benches, an alternative vision for the party has emerged on the Liberal-National TV channel of choice, Sky News.
Their journeys to activism have been very different, but they have faced similar challenges as young women of colour fighting for climate justice.
CEFC marks first investment in recycling solutions for mounting e-waste problem
The CEFC is strengthening the recycling capabilities of one of the fastest growing waste streams in Australia – electronic or e-waste, covering the disposal of end-of-life electrical and electronic equipment.
Billionaire Cannon-Brookes wants AGL board seats if coal split fails
Australian tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes has declared he will seek two seats on AGL’s board if the energy giant’s proposed demerger collapses.
Greens have mandate to stop new oil and gas projects: Bandt tells Labor
A significant number of voters backed the Greens or independents who called for stronger action on climate change – and Adam Bandt says Labor needs to recognise it.
Labor in power: Big business braces for the Albanese era
Corporate heavyweights say addressing skills shortages and climate change policy should be critical priorities for the Albanese government.
South32 urges Greens to spare coking coal from mine expansion ban [$]
The Greens have vowed to prevent expansion of existing coal mines but South32 boss Graham Kerr said mines supplying coking coal for steelmaking should be exempt
Laura Tingle
As the new government this week set about establishing a fresh tone for Australia, the old one seemed to continue on with its day-to-day politics as if nothing notable had happened last Saturday
How Australia’s electoral system allowed voters to finally impose a ceasefire in the climate wars
Michael Mann and Malcolm Turnbull
Preferential voting opened a pathway for independents to bypass the right’s hyperpartisan approach to climate policy
The Guardian view on Australia’s election: Labor needs to go bigger on climate
Guardian editorial
Labor won by offering modest environmental policies. It will have to go further in office to deal with the climate emergency
Madeline Taylor
Australians will bear yet another blow to our cost of living in July when electricity prices will surge up to 18.3%, which amounts to over A$250 per year in some cases.
Address the mess Albo – fossil super profits and soaring energy bills – now may be your only time
Michael West
The new Labor government of Anthony Albanese has a unique political opportunity, perhaps a one-off, to reform. The Tory government has slapped a super profits tax on multinational gas giants. Can Labor rep for the people of Australia over its fossil fuel donors?
Adam Bandt on how the Greens triumphed [$]
Mike Seccombe
Following unprecedented success in the house and the senate, Adam Bandt explains how the Greens orchestrated their strongest result with a campaign that stretched from doorknocking and community gardens to Grindr and ‘the chaos of the internet’.
Victoria
This Victorian town has planted 100,000 trees in six years — and achieved a global first
Gardening Australia guru Costa helps Shepparton celebrate planting its 100,000th tree for the One Tree Per Child initiative.
New South Wales
Barnaby Joyce’s dam water set to cost 100 times more than market rates
Project backed by the National party is expected to top $162,000 per megalitre if cost recovery is pursued
Queensland
Queensland Labor turning green at the prospect of losing city stronghold
Implications of Greens wins could be decades-long – for both Labor and the LNP
The WA government wants to reverse a decline in native vegetation, but stakeholders are unsure how the state will get there despite a new policy promising a net gain.
Reconciliation Action Plan: An honour, responsibility, an opportunity
Great Barrier Reef Foundation
The release of the Great Barrier Reef Foundation’s first Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) is a proud moment in our organisation’s 20-year history.
Climate policy shift gives hope to bleached and battered Reef
Nicholas Bugeja
As the new Parliament promises greater climate action, another mass bleaching event has impacted the Great Barrier Reef, raising urgent questions about its survival over the long term.
Western Australia
Australian study finds microplastics in world’s most remote oceans
Curtin University researchers have used samples collected by lone sailor Jon Sanders to measure the presence of microplastics in far-flung ocean environments.
A clear plan? Reversing decline in WA’s native vegetation easier said than done
The WA government wants to reverse a decline in native vegetation, but stakeholders are unsure how the state will get there despite a new policy promising a net gain.
Sustainability
Stop delivering agrochemicals with microplastics, group says
Controlled-release fertilizers and pesticides contribute to plastic pollution.
Gregor Semieniuk and Philip Holden
When an oil company invests in an expensive new drilling project today, it’s taking a gamble. Even if the new well is a success, future government policies designed to slow climate change could make the project unprofitable or force it to shut down years earlier than planned.
Environment: Steel and cement emissions. Effects of climate change on mammals.
Peter Sainsbury
Ways to reduce steel and cement emissions now. Climate change predicted to increase the spread of viruses from other mammals to humans and affect the ability of marine mammals to communicate.
Nature Conservation
One of UK’s rarest corals set to expand its range as climate change warms seas
Pink sea fan, at risk from bottom-trawling, predicted to spread northwards around coast up to Scotland as sea temperatures rise
Activists fear a new threat to biodiversity—renewable energy
To fight climate change, cleaner energy sources are desperately needed, but some experts say more should be done to keep untouched desert ecosystems intact.
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