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A photograph of Paul Porter, a fifth-generation farmer, sitting under a dead grey box tree amid indigo bushes and lignum in part of the Mirrool Creek on his property in the Riverina.

20 Jun 2021

On a recent wintry morning, farmer Paul Porter surveyed a dying stand of grey box trees lining Mirrool Creek that meanders 15 kilometres through his “Mywurlie...

A photograph of a pole with 'H2' written on it, with a blue sky behind.

20 Jun 2021

Can hydrogen live up to its pollution-free promise? And where and when will it find its niche in the global energy mix?

A cartoon drawing of Australia with a face, driving a car and waving out of the window.

20 Jun 2021

Australia’s top economists overwhelmingly back government measures to speed the transition to electric cars in order to meet emission reduction targets.

A photograph of a possum, being carried in a blue blanket by a rescuer.

17 Jun 2021

When animals are hot, they eat less. This potentially fatal phenomenon has been largely overlooked in wild animals, explain researchers from The Australian...

A photograph of a tree going up in flames in a bushfire, with thick smoke billowing behind it.

17 Jun 2021

Governments must prepare public health systems to respond to the severe health effects of air pollution from bushfire smoke, according to a new report.

A photograph of a wind turbine in a field, with two other wind turbines in the background.

13 Jun 2021

The ACT should buy more renewable electricity than it needs, hold reverse auctions to upgrade household heating and offer substantial subsidies to accelerate...

A photograph of a coal-fired power station in the distance, with the sun shining from behind, and smoke billowing out of the chimneys.

11 Jun 2021

New analysis by the Australia Institute Climate & Energy Program shows that the use of carbon border adjustment mechanisms, to be under discussion at the...

An aerial photograph of trucks and diggers working in an open-cut mine.

11 Jun 2021

World leaders including Prime Minister Scott Morrison will gather in the UK this weekend for the G7 summit. In a speech on Wednesday ahead of the meeting,...

A photograph of a coal fired power station, with smoke billowing out of the chimneys.

11 Jun 2021

All G7 members have sharpened their climate and trade policies to consider the use of carbon border adjustments. Australia should lean in rather than push back...

A photograph of a snowman with sticks for arms, and tanbark for eyes and a mouth.

11 Jun 2021

Senator Matt Canavan sent many eyeballs rolling yesterday when he tweeted photos of snowy scenes in regional New South Wales with a sardonic two-word caption...

An artistic, colourful editing of a close-up photograph of a fancy car.

10 Jun 2021

In 2007 Malcolm Turnbull turned off an industry’s life support without blinking. The industry made light bulbs, of the traditional kind; so energy-inefficient...

An aerial photograph of cars parked next to a building with solar panels on its roof.

10 Jun 2021

Governments and car manufacturers are investing hundreds of billions of dollars on electric vehicles. But while the electric transport revolution is inevitable...

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