Environment
Climate change
Opinion
Renewables
Renewables v nuclear: the facts point to one clear winner
Australia’s huge natural advantage of best-in-world solar and wind make renewables the clearly superior option. So why the debate?
- by Rod Sims
Latest
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.
- by Nick O'Malley
Opinion
Climate crisis
In 2022, I left court in tears. Standing in parliament felt like deja vu
Protecting current and future young Australians from the impacts of climate change is all we ask from our politicians. But still, they refuse to safeguard us.
- by Anjali Sharma
Exclusive
Electric vehicles
The one thing that made Eddy hold off on buying an electric vehicle
Eddy Blaxell and his partner wanted to buy an EV two years ago. The problem was that they lived in the inner city with no off-street parking and had nowhere to charge it.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Dutton’s plan to build nuclear plants on former coal sites not as easy as it seems
Experts have called into question Peter Dutton’s insistence that existing coal power plant sites and transmission lines could be used for nuclear power.
- by Bianca Hall
‘Why can’t they put them off Sydney Heads?’ Inside a community divided on its future
Wollongong locals are wary about plans to build a wind farm off their beaches, but open to persuasion.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Analysis
Climate policy
The accounting trick at the heart of the world’s climate goals
On paper we can offset our way to net zero. In the real world, we cannot.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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.
- by Nick O'Malley
Massive offshore wind zone for Illawarra coast gets green light
Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen will announce the creation of the zone on Saturday, but has pushed it further off shore and reduced the size in response to a polarised community consultation.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Sun-powered savings: smart investment in solar energy
Solahart’s solar water heating systems are at the forefront of helping homeowners tackle two significant challenges: high energy costs and environmental degradation.
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Veolia
Energy-from-waste plans lead urgent push to beat bulging landfill
In the age of the circular economy waste is becoming a source of valued recoverable material such as metals, biogases and nutrient-rich by-products suited for fertiliser.