How the prospect of Trump 2.0 is emboldening the Coalition on climate change
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How the prospect of Trump 2.0 is emboldening the Coalition on climate change

Donald Trump’s dislike of international climate agreements is well known. But climate scientists fear his return could deal a death blow to any hopes of keeping global warming to manageable levels.

  • byNick O'Malley

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Dutton’s nuclear gamble puts everything on the line – except the details

Dutton’s nuclear gamble puts everything on the line – except the details

Peter Dutton has bet the Coalition’s electoral future on nuclear power. Will it be a triumph or an electoral suicide note akin to John Hewson’s Fightback?

  • byNick O'Malley andJames Massola
Wollongong’s wind era powers up despite blowback from opponents

Wollongong’s wind era powers up despite blowback from opponents

Chris Bowen has finally given the go-ahead to the Illawarra offshore wind zone,but its detractors remain.

  • byNick O'Malley
Peter Dutton has revved up Australia’s climate war – and scientists and business are in despair

Peter Dutton has revved up Australia’s climate war – and scientists and business are in despair

The return of the climate war has entrenched old fault lines.

  • byNick O'Malley
Dutton won’t unveil 2030 climate target until after election

Dutton won’t unveil 2030 climate target until after election

Albanese slammed Dutton’s plan as an “extraordinary abandonment” of climate change action but would not be drawn on 2035 targets due by the end of this year.

  • byNick O'Malley
A not so mighty wind:NSW lags in renewable energy approvals
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A not so mighty wind:NSW lags in renewable energy approvals

Renewable energy proponents say it is taking too long for projects to be approved a week after the Minns government extended the lifeline of the Eraring coal power station.

  • byNick O'Malley
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This week in Australia energy and climate collided;it’s a global story
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This week in Australia energy and climate collided;it’s a global story

This week in Australia energy and climate collided;it’s a global story

  • byNick O'Malley
Solar households handed payment incentive to boost battery uptake

Solar households handed payment incentive to boost battery uptake

A day after extending the life of the country’s largest coal-fired power plant,the NSW government is offering cash incentives for solar storage.

  • byAlexandra Smith andNick O'Malley
‘Beyond comprehension’:Why Finland is planning 100,000 years into the future

‘Beyond comprehension’:Why Finland is planning 100,000 years into the future

It reads like a science fiction book:On a tiny island off Finland’s coast,robot tractors work deep underground to move the nation’s nuclear waste. But soon,in a world first,the gates of Onkalo will open.

  • byNick O'Malley
‘I found I was more comfortable in the forest’:The scientist who took on the logging industry

‘I found I was more comfortable in the forest’:The scientist who took on the logging industry

Professor David Lindenmeyer looked neater than you’d expect for a man who has spent years in Australia’s oldest forests,locked in political battles with the industries that depend on cutting them down.

  • byNick O'Malley
Rock snot to spiky crawling fish:Pests threatening to reshape Australia

Rock snot to spiky crawling fish:Pests threatening to reshape Australia

The wood-boring beetle wreaking havoc on Perth’s grand Moreton Bay figs is just one of many invasive species keeping experts up at night.

  • byNick O'Malley