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Electric car discount delivers as fuel prices bite

Jacquelene 7 April 2026

Australia has seen more electric vehicles sold in a single month than ever before, as rising fuel costs and the Electric Car Discount converge to drive Australians toward cleaner transport, the nation’s peak body for novated leasing said. From the National Automotive Leasing and Salary Packaging Association (NALSPA) Figures from […]

Government approves 1695 new gas wells

Jacquelene 23 March 2026

Greenpeace Australia Pacific has accused the Albanese Labor Government of “bleeding our country dry and burning it at the same time” by giving the green light to 1,695 new Queensland coal seam gas wells until 2081. Greenpeace Australia Pacific media release Greenpeace Australia Pacific has slammed the Federal Government’s decision […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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.

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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

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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 […]

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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 […]

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COP29 climate finance goal ‘smoke and mirrors’

Jacquelene 25 November 2024

Oxfam Australia has called the new global climate finance goal smoke and mirrors, responding to the COP29 climate finance agreement. At COP29 wealthy countries agreed to mobilise USD$300 billion per year by 2035 to support low-income countries cope with climate change impacts and switch to renewable energy. But Oxfam Australia […]

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Government approves 1695 new gas wells

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Electric car discount delivers as fuel prices bite

Government approves 1695 new gas wells

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

COP29 climate finance goal ‘smoke and mirrors’

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