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Climate change
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Carbon pricing
‘Perverse’: Woodside, Shell spend millions getting into offset game
Fossil fuel producers are buying large stakes in carbon companies and land to run their own carbon offset projects. Experts and insiders want that banned.
- by Charlotte Grieve and Simone Fox Koob
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Renewables
‘Rich families don’t need to save money’: Why wealthy suburbs are less likely to have rooftop solar
The higher the household income in a postcode area, the less likely the homes are to have solar panels installed.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Investigations
‘Extreme risk’: Carbon watchdog mismanaged conflicts, ‘intimidated’ scientists
Hundreds of pages of previously confidential material reveal the regulator responsible for managing billions of dollars in taxpayer funds, as well as millions of carbon offsets, has serious governance issues.
- by Charlotte Grieve and Simone Fox Koob
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Climate crisis
Internal documents show BoM escalated questions on climate and floods
Emails show that the Bureau of Meteorology directed staff to refer questions from journalists about floods, fires, climate change and the reef to senior management.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Nick O'Malley
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Renewables
Harnessed waste heat from cremations, sewage sludge could soon power our homes
Waste heat generated from piggeries, kilns and even crematoriums is being touted to power homes under a trial that has developed a commercially viable engine.
- by Bianca Hall
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Climate policy
As EV sales slump Elon Musk comes up Trumps
At the risk of turning off the fans who jumped first for EVs, Elon Musk has dug in with the world’s most prominent climate sceptic: Donald Trump.
- by Nick O'Malley
How climate change accelerated spring winds
Australia’s two jet streams – the subtropical jet and the polar jet – have combined over the south-east of the continent.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Weather
‘Astonishing intensity of heat’: Australia just recorded its hottest ever winter’s day
A freakishly hot end to winter has sent national climate records tumbling, sparked wildfires around NSW, and led to early closures and patchy snow at many ski resorts.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Bianca Hall
Winter blues: Melbourne endures its darkest season yet
Melbourne’s winter was a lesson in extremes: darker, warmer and wetter. What can it tell us about our changing climate, and what summer might bring?
- by Bianca Hall, Hannah Kennelly and Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Pacific in peril: UN urges Australia to block new coal and gas projects
The United Nations issued a global SOS on Tuesday, releasing new data showing global sea-level rises have doubled since the 1990s.
- by Bianca Hall
Why half a million Australian properties could be all-but uninsurable
If your plane had a one-in-four chance of falling from the sky, would you still get on the flight? That’s the question property owners are being asked.
- by Bianca Hall