Labor’ Future Made in Australia policy has a strong emphasis on renewable energy and will lead us in the direction we need to go. So what do we make of their Future Gas Strategy, with its support for new gas fields? We cannot have both, no matter what Albo and Madeleine King say. As we approach the next election and a second term policy offering, either gas goes or the Teals and Greens win.
Post of the Day
Kristine Crous et al
As humanity continues to burn fossil fuels, the delicate balance of life on Earth is changing. That’s true of trees, many of which are growing faster as a result of increased carbon dioxide (CO₂) concentrations in our atmosphere.
On This Day
Ecological Observance
Climate Change
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, reelected for a third term, must address major climate-related challenges exacerbating the country’s political and economic issues
Derrick Z. Jackson
We are currently in a tug-of-war between progress and the pugnacity of the fossil fuel industry.
National
The National Native Title Council wants Labor to provide base-level funding to native title groups and change the laws to stop NGO activists.
‘The industry is rapidly strangling our planet,’ says Andrew Wilkie, who joins Allegra Spender, Sophie Scamps, Zali Steggall and Monique Ryan in call for ban
Exclusive: ALP president and former treasurer tells environment group he shared their disappointment over the contentious pre-budget announcement
Anthony Albanese will warn Australia ‘cannot afford to waste 15 years down a rabbit hole about nuclear reactors’ and must embrace clean energy to drive the net zero by 2050 transition.
Ted O’Brien
Chris Bowen is arguing the world doesn’t want zero-emissions nuclear energy – but then why is there so much being commissioned?
Alex Bainton and Zoe Hilton
The fact is that nuclear plants last 60 to 100 years, a much longer time frame than the CSIRO’s assumption of just 30 years.
Hugh Possingham et al
Last week, the Albanese government introduced legislation to create a new statutory body called Environment Information Australia. The bill is due for debate in parliament today. The government clearly expects the bill will pass, because the new body has already been allocated A$54 million over four years in the May budget.
Victoria
After Energy Minister Lily D’Ambrosio approved the state’s first new gas project in a decade, business was appreciative but underwhelmed.
Trivess Moore et al
Following the lead of countries like New Zealand and the United Kingdom, Australian states and territories are moving slowly towards improving the basic quality and performance of rental housing.
New South Wales
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek is being accused of ignoring the voice of northwestern NSW Indigenous people over a proposed dam upgrade in the Murray-Darling Basin.
ACT
Devin Bowles, Craig Wallace
The purpose of Canberra’s transport network is to enable all Canberrans to arrive where they need to be, when they need to be there
Queensland
The success of conserving and breeding one of the world’s most endangered animals, the northern hairy-nosed wombat, has seen the species move to a third location for the first time in decades.
One of the state’s top electricity bosses has warned of major hurdles on Queensland’s path to renewable energy.
Premier Steven Miles and his Energy Minister Mick de Brenni have skirted questions about whether an extra $7bn for Queensland’s energy and jobs plan will cover cost blowouts.
Courier Mail editorial
The government insists it’s got a plan to turn Queensland into a renewable energy powerhouse, but can it deliver, asks the editor.
Tasmania
A key piece of new transport infrastructure funded under the Hobart City Deal is sitting unused months after construction finished because of design bungle.
Animal collisions have jumped up 22-per-cent year-on-year, according to new claims data from national insurer AAMI.
Dean Winter MP, Labor Leader
The Labor party stands for safe, secure and well-paying jobs – and the next era of energy development and the industries it will support presents a golden opportunity to create them by the thousands
Media release – Bob Brown Foundation
Today, Bob Brown Foundation launched a new website, SalmonTasmania.com to expose the nasty reality of Tasmanian salmon.
Northern Territory
An Indigenous-owned solar farm, the first to be connected to a power grid, has been opened in the Northern Territory remote community of Marlinja.
Tamboran Resources has passed the final green tape needed to frack the Beetaloo Sub-basin, after winning environmental approvals to begin drilling.
Western Australia
Up to 90% ‘lost in the blink of an eye’, say scientists studying Cyclone Ilsa’s effect on birds on Western Australian island
Traditional Owner ranger programs in Karijini and Millstream Chichester National Parks have been bolstered by an $8 million investment.
Sustainability
We speak to science communicator Lish Fejer, one half of FixIt Chicks, for her top tips and “unconventional ways” of drying laundry this winter — without the cost of a dryer.
As the European elections approach, Green parties may lose up to a third of their seats due to shifting voter priorities toward issues like inflation and the Ukraine war.
Nature Conservation
Forests across Europe, the US and Canada have been hard hit by drought, fires and bark beetles. Now scientists fear the northern hemisphere’s greatest carbon sink is nearing a tipping point
Addiction, anxiety and sex reversal have been reported in species by researchers as a range of substances contaminates ecosystems
The world’s oceans are experiencing unprecedented stress from extreme heat, oxygen loss, and acidification due to human activities like burning fossil fuels and deforestation.
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