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4 Apr 2019
Environmental news is rarely good. But even by those low standards, 2018 was especially bad.
1 Apr 2019
The struggle to reduce Australia's greenhouse gas emissions. Climate change policy has been one of the most divisive issues in modern Australian political...
1 Apr 2019
The Australian National University has completed a global audit of 530,000 potential sites for pumped-hydro energy storage that can be used to support low-cost...
31 Mar 2019
Australia needs a debate on the economics of climate policy where policies are subject to a wide range of economic modelling and the assumptions and...
29 Mar 2019
Australia’s electricity sector has begun to transition away from coal, with coal’s contribution to our electricity mix falling from around four-fifths 13 years...
29 Mar 2019
Evidence that climate change is posing a greater risk to broader economy is putting company directors at greater risk of being taken to court, according to...
26 Mar 2019
The Brookings Institution recently published a report that I co-authored on the impact of the Paris Climate Agreement on the global economy with a particular...
25 Mar 2019
A series of Pumped Storage Hydropower (PSH) projects planned across 5 states could triple Australia's electricity storage capacity, according to a new...
24 Mar 2019
Climate change and hotter than average summers could severely impact on Canberra's spectacular autumn leaf displays, according to a tree expert. Australian...
21 Mar 2019
Congratulations to Prof Xuemei Bai, of the Fenner School of Environment & Society, who has been named one of the world's 100 most influential people in...
19 Mar 2019
A record-breaking summer heatwave, urban densification along the Northbourne corridor, concerns over rising energy prices and housing equity, and a vision for...
14 Mar 2019
With time running out for us to make deep reductions in greenhouse emissions, you may well be wondering what you personally can do to minimise your own...