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Aim high – new emissions data shows Australia can go big on 2035 targets

Jacquelene 25 August 2025

In response to new emissions data showing Australia’s emissions fell by 1.4% or 6.5 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in the year to March 2025, the Australian Conservation Foundation’s climate and energy program manager Gavan McFadzean said: “This is what happens when you set an economy-wide target to cut emissions. “It sends […]

Increased EV uptake needed to reach 2035 targets

Jacquelene 25 August 2025

Australia’s ambitious 2035 climate target, which polling indicates now enjoys renewed popular support, will be missed by a huge margin if the nation slows down on its EV uptake, the Electric Vehicle Council has warned. The latest Resolve Political Monitor shows 44 per cent of Australian voters now support reducing the […]

Teasing blue carbon out of wetland soils

Jacquelene 19 August 2025

Teasing apart the sources of organic carbon stored in coastal wetland soils around the world was the ‘grand challenge’ Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) scientists successfully tackled in a seminal blue carbon research paper recently published in Global Change Biology. Their work provides vital insights into how marine ecosystems can […]

Australians unite to call on Labor to STOP THE SHELF

Jacquelene 6 June 2025

Murray Watt, is set to approve an extension of the most polluting fossil fuel project in the Southern hemisphere – Woodside’s North West Shelf – to 2070.

A summer like no other – North Atlantic heatwave smashed records

Jacquelene 6 June 2025

…the coral reefs of the Caribbean were bleaching under severe heat stress. Hurricanes, which only occur during summer, fuelled by ocean heat, intensified into disasters

Concerned citizens respond to Dutton’s climate comments

Jacquelene 18 April 2025

As scientific authorities confirm the sixth coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef in less than a decade, concerned citizens are responding to Federal Coalition leader Peter Dutton’s comment at the ABC’s leaders debate earlier this week. The opposition leader said he didn’t know if increasing frequency and intensity of […]

Bushfire survivors want politicians to put people before profits

Jacquelene 24 February 2025

On Wednesday 26 February, five years since the devastating Black Summer bushfires, survivors will gather in Sydney to launch and sign onto a new Australian Bushfire Survivor Declaration, which calls on Australia’s governments to put human lives before the profits of the fossil fuel industry. To mark the sombre anniversary […]

Dutton appears to follow Trump on Paris Agreement

Jacquelene 24 February 2025

New analysis from the national Climate Change Authority shows the Liberal and National Parties’ nuclear scheme would breach Australia’s commitment to international climate pollution targets and break their promise to phase out climate pollution by 2050. “This independent analysis confirms earlier assessments that under opposition leader Peter Dutton’s nuclear scheme […]

Time to put households at centre of energy planning, says RACE

Jacquelene 5 February 2025

Australia’s energy future is being redefined with the launch of “Scenarios for Future Living”, an initiative from the RACE for 2030 Cooperative Research Centre (RACE for 2030 CRC). Building on Monash University’s successful Digital Energy Futures project, this three-year initiative provides a plausible, people-centred understanding of future Australian energy consumption. Combining […]

Farmers support low interest loans for green machines

Jacquelene 31 January 2025

Farmers for Climate Action (FCA) has warmly welcomed news that low-emissions heavy equipment, trucks and utes will be eligible for low-interest loans under a new scheme supported by the Federal Government. The Emissions Reduction Incentive Program for farmers will offer loans at 1.15% less than market rates through NAB’s arrangement […]

Doctors climate and health forum to coincide with emissions target debate

Parents for Climate go legal with minister

Three brothers complete record-breaking row for clean water

Aim high – new emissions data shows Australia can go big on 2035 targets

Reframing doom-laden news reporting could be key to tackling climate crisis

Increased EV uptake needed to reach 2035 targets

Teasing blue carbon out of wetland soils

Saving our wetlands – a recap

Join the 30-day Koala challenge this September

Documents reveal council heritage mismanagement

Australians unite to call on Labor to STOP THE SHELF

Imported flower a huge risk to the environment

Climate Change News

Aim high – new emissions data shows Australia can go big on 2035 targets

Increased EV uptake needed to reach 2035 targets

Teasing blue carbon out of wetland soils

Australians unite to call on Labor to STOP THE SHELF

A summer like no other – North Atlantic heatwave smashed records

Concerned citizens respond to Dutton’s climate comments

Bushfire survivors want politicians to put people before profits

Dutton appears to follow Trump on Paris Agreement

Farmers support low interest loans for green machines

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