‘We’ll be living with these’:The renewable-energy blitz dividing regional towns

‘We’ll be living with these’:The renewable-energy blitz dividing regional towns

Australia’s renewable energy rollout is facing headwinds in the very communities it needs on board. For the switch to succeed,they need a bigger stake in it.

  • byJames Button

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‘Reckless renewables’:The NSW community fighting a massive solar farm

‘Reckless renewables’:The NSW community fighting a massive solar farm

The residents of the tiny hamlet of Wallaroo in the Southern Tablelands say they support renewables,but the proposal for a giant solar farm on their doorstep is in the wrong location.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Should Australia house a giant vacuum cleaner to suck carbon from the sky?

Should Australia house a giant vacuum cleaner to suck carbon from the sky?

Removing carbon from the atmosphere to save us from climate change is a controversial notion,but faith is growing in some new technologies.

  • byNick O'Malley
Energy policy is becoming Australia’s own Brexit,and proving just as intractable
Opinion
Energy

Energy policy is becoming Australia’s own Brexit,and proving just as intractable

If the Coalition isn’t making up the policy as it’s going along,then it’s doing a Vegas-level impression of a political outfit that is.

  • byShaun Carney
Why adapting is the key to survival in the face of climate change

Why adapting is the key to survival in the face of climate change

Clive Hamilton and George Wilkenfeld have written a necessary book for a world subject to the ravages of climate change.

  • byKurt Johnson
If you care about your offspring,you should support ‘nature positive’

If you care about your offspring,you should support ‘nature positive’

So much has been lost,and with such serious consequences,a consensus has emerged that we must now commit to nature repair.

  • byRoss Gittins
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East coast gas crisis to hit sooner than expected:ACCC

East coast gas crisis to hit sooner than expected:ACCC

The competition watchdog says major new supplies needed by 2027 to stop homes and businesses running short.

  • byMike Foley andNick Toscano
Yes,we really are dumb enough to import our own gas. Here’s why
Analysis
Gas

Yes,we really are dumb enough to import our own gas. Here’s why

There’s plenty of blame to go around for the current mess we’re in.

  • byMike Foley
Lifeline for WA beaches under threat from rising sea levels

Lifeline for WA beaches under threat from rising sea levels

With 20,000km of coastline,Western Australia is facing a battle on all fronts against coastal erosion.

  • byClaire Ottaviano
Through the lens:The week in politics from Assange to Payman

Through the lens:The week in politics from Assange to Payman

Julian Assange’s plea deal and subsequent release dominated headlines this week,while Labor grappled with its first MP crossing the floor in 19 years. Alex Ellinghausen and James Brickwood captured it all.

  • byAlex Ellinghausen,James Brickwood andstaff reporters
Release of Assange calls for change of whistleblower laws

Release of Assange calls for change of whistleblower laws

My elation and relief at the release of Assange were quickly displaced by rage at the injustice heaped upon this man.