Compost: a climate action solution
Composting’s role in the fight against climate change will be in focus during International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW), to be held from May 5-11 in Australia. […]
Environment
Top water experts urge renewed action to secure future of Murray-Darling Basin
The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) has today urged a suite of actions and investments to protect the future of the Murray-Darling […]
Reflections on the return of the Green Horned Devil
The green-horned devil, “Mother of Dragons”, or 12P/Pons-Brooks, a dirty big snowball, larger than Everest, hurtles into view from the edge of the solar system […]
Government heat map ‘wake up call’ to stop burning fossil fuels
Climate Media Centre Advocacy groups have welcomed the release of the Federal Government’s announcement of a heat mapping tool to assist affected communities deal with […]
Seizing a Future Made in Australia
Climate Council Media Release THE CLIMATE COUNCIL celebrates today’s announcement that the Future Made In Australia Act is soon to roll off the Federal Government’s […]
Imperial Fruit: Bananas, Costs and Climate Change
The curved course of the ubiquitous banana has often been the peel of empire, its sweetness masking a sharp, bitter legacy. Arab conquerors introduced it […]
Government approves Santos Barossa pipeline and sea dumping
The Australia Institute Media Release Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s Department has approved a major part of Santos’ controversial Barossa gas export project, the Darwin Pipeline […]
Plan to dump eight toxic oil platforms off Gippsland
Friends of the Earth Media Release Threat from mercury, lead & radioactive waste pollution A multinational fossil fuel company has applied to the federal government […]
What are the spiders trying to tell us?
Change can be gradual, or it can be sudden. Either way, we humans are usually prepared for it. We’ve seen it coming. We’ve been warned. […]
Over six million people face hunger, malnutrition and water scarcity in Zambia, Oxfam warns
Oxfam warns that over six million people from farming families in Zambia are facing acute food shortages and malnutrition until next growing season, which is […]
Climate pollution is “cooking” the Reef with law reform needed
Climate Council Media Release THE CLIMATE COUNCIL is sounding the alarm on a severe bleaching event unfolding across the Great Barrier Reef, with new vision […]
ASEAN-Australia Special Summit must address climate crisis in the region: Oxfam
Oxfam Australia Media Release As the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) -Australia Special Summit commences this week in Melbourne, Oxfam is calling for the […]
Capital cities to swelter through twice as many days above 35°C unless stronger climate action is taken
Climate Council Media Release AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL CITIES are set to swelter through twice as many days above 35°C by the end of the century, a […]
Revealed: Properties in nature’s firing line
With Australians enduring intense climate-related disasters during the past five years, analysts and lawyers are warning that prospective homeowners and investors could be buying into […]
CSIRO study shows marine heatwaves have significant impact on microorganisms
CSIRO News Release A new study led by Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, shows that marine heatwaves (MHWs) are altering the microorganism communities that form […]