The sheer scale of emissions from the expansion, and projects linked, to it will make achieving 2030 emission targets much harder for Western Australia and by extension, Australia and the world.
Open access to COVID-19 research accelerated the development of solutions. The urgency of climate change demands the same approach, but more than half of Australian research is still behind paywalls.
Anthony Albanese in Nimbin, NSW, on November 12 2019 amid a season of a catastrophic bushfires.
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The US has required motor fuels to contain 10% biofuels since 2005. As this program nears a key milestone in 2022, farm advocates want to expand it while critics want to pare it back or repeal it.
Changing environmental conditions can put stress on coupled-up animals.
Natasha Gillies
New climate simulations show that there will be more rain and less snow falling in the Arctic by the end of the century, particularly in the fall and winter.
Without changes, many birds will continue to decline or be lost altogether. But when conservation action is well resourced and implemented, we can turn the trend around.
Members of the RCMP return from a boat patrol of a flooded neighbourhood in High River, Alta., on July 4, 2013.
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COP26 saw progress and announcements, but the commitments made by states — in addition to having to pass the test of implementation —fall far short of what the science requires.
The women’s suffrage movement was one of the most successful political movements in history.
Picryl
The most vulnerable communities are being pushed deeper into poverty with each climate-related disaster. Part of the problem is that government aid helps the wealthiest people most.
As bird populations decline globally, the soundscapes of our natural world become less diverse.
Simonas Minkevicius
Research from across Europe and the US shows that as biodiversity declines, the natural world falls more silent.
Birds fly over a man taking photos of the exposed riverbed of the Old Parana River, a tributary of the Parana River during a drought in Rosario, Argentina, in July 2021. The Global South is being hit hard by climate change, but could business help turn the tide?
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The goal of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero, or GFANZ, is to bring together the financial sector to accelerate the transition to a net-zero economy. Here’s why it might actually work.
Black Friday traditionally marks the beginning of the Christmas retail season.
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Preparing young people for their future requires teachers to be climate change educators, but the federal government has resisted its inclusion in the curriculum. It’s up to states to take the lead.
Zareth Long undertaking controlled burn in Birriliburu Indigenous Protected Area, WA.
Annette Ruzicka, Bush Heritage Australia
The southern parts of Australia are expected to become increasingly dry due to climate change. Yet, we now find ourselves subject to another La Niña event. What’s going on?
A portion of the Coquihalla Highway near Hope, B.C., is destroyed following heavy rains and mudslides in B.C.
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Food supply chains had already taken a serious hit by panic-purchasing during the COVID-19 pandemic. The B.C. floods remind us how effective supply chain management planning can help avert crises.