The Courier Mail

QUEENSLANDERS overwhelming want the State Government to invest in renewable energy sources, rather than coal-fired power, to meet their electricity needs.

The Sydney Morning Herald

Berlin: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has challenged leaders to use the coronavirus pandemic to "rebuild our world for the better" by also working together to tackle other global threats such as climate change.

The Canberra Times

At a time when we are consumed by the threats to our health and the nation's economy from an unpredictable pandemic, a national committee has been considering the likely devastation from another existential global catastrophe - environmental collapse - which will not be controlled by a vaccine or drug.

ABC News

As Australia was swept by panic buying and medical shortages this year, the scenes were eerily familiar for one of the country's most senior military planners.

Australian Geographic

How well do you actually know the area you live in: the birds, trees and insects that inhabit it? Lauren Smith explores Olds Park at Penshurst.

Insurance News

It's Adam Bandt's turn to ask questions - and he's asking about climate change. Specifically, has climate change led to increased numbers of claims.

Reneweconomy

For the better part of the past decade, the federal Coalition’s key weapon in its inexplicable ideological war against renewable energy (and climate action) has been the threat of runaway electricity prices.

Yahoo News

Britain has broken the record for the longest run without using coal to generate electricity, driven in part by lockdown measures.

The Conversation

Debate about how Australia will emerge from the coronavirus pandemic is heating up. As part of the economic recovery, business groups have renewed calls to cut “green tape” – environmental regulation that new projects, such as new mines, must follow.

9 News

Turtles may suffer for up to three weeks with plastic inside their system after mistaking the potentially lethal product for an easy meal, a study has found.

The Weekly Times

Victoria’s embattled timber industry is angered by the ongoing presence of protesters illegally searching for possums and camping out near logging coupes in breach of coronavirus restrictions

Yahoo News

WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: Coming across kangaroos which had been shot to death was bad enough but it was what a Queensland woman saw next that left her “horrified”.

Cosmos

Lizard groups that frequently experience hurricanes evolve larger toepads than those that don’t, according to a new study.

Cosmos

The rise and rise of the lionfish (Pterois miles) is a timely reminder that threats to the world’s marine environments aren’t all directly linked to humans.

ABC Rural

Funding is about to run out for one of the most popular and most important websites for cattle producers, rangers and carbon farmers in northern Australia.

7 News

An ozone hole that formed over the Arctic this northern spring - and eventually grew into the largest ever recorded there - has closed.

7 News

Up to a third of a recently discovered copse of rare macadamia forest has been destroyed by the recent Queensland bushfires.

Cosmos

By unlocking the secrets of tree rings, scientists have created a global database of trees’ water-use efficiency, which they hope will help improve rainfall predictions and management of the world’s water resources.

ABC News

"I'm just wondering whether I'm going to be able to keep going. If I don't figure out something soon ... I can't see myself being able to do it for the next 25 days."

The Conversation

Compared to pre-industrial levels, the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO₂) in the atmosphere will have doubled in about 20 to 30 years, depending on how much CO₂ we emit over the coming years. More CO₂ generally leads to higher rates of photosynthesis and less water consumption in plants.

Vogue Australia

Yes, Allbirds, the Kiwi sustainable footwear brand created by co-founders Tim Brown and Joey Zwillinger, is officially launching its first ever running shoe and it’s quite a big deal. Titled The Dasher, the running shoe offers athletic performance with the same dedication to sustainability that the brand has gone global for, allowing it to set up a permanent headquarters in San Francisco and start dabbling in brick-and-mortar stores.

ABC News

Rain, storms, snow, floods, dust and frost — get ready for an early taste of winter this week as a cold blast blows across the south and all the way up to Queensland.

The Conversation

Independent MP and barrister Zali Steggall recently drew public attention to a federal government program that supports gas, hydro and coal power projects through underwriting.

Architecture and Design

The decision by the WA Government to significantly delay implementation of the latest updates to the National Construction Code (NCC) is ‘deeply concerning at a time when energy efficiency is critical for supporting economic stimulus’, says the Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council (ASBEC).

Insurance News

Adam Bandt says "I want to ask some questions about climate change". He asks Mr Feledy whether he agrees with the science that suggests Australia is heading for a 4 degree rise, and what that means for the exposure of Allianz's portfolio.

Insurance News

Now it's the turn of Craig Kelly. He's questioning ICA claims that this is our worst disaster season on record with $4.6 billion of losses.

News.com.au

Australians have lodged more than $4 billion in insurance claims because of natural disasters since September, with about half of those because of bushfires.

Financial Standard

Economic turmoil and the collapse of oil prices have pushed responsible investing to the fore, according to global independent financial advisory deVere.

Reneweconomy

Further cost reductions in both large scale solar PV and onshore wind projects mean that these two technologies are now the cheapest form of new build energy generation in areas that count for two thirds of the world’s population, and 85 per cent of the globe’s electricity generation.

The Sydney Morning Herald

Australia's greenhouse gas emissions sank in 2019, the first annual retreat in four years, as renewables cut further into coal's dominance in the power sector.

Reneweconomy

The Australian Energy Market Operator is expected to make significant revisions to its 20-year blueprint for the national grid after conceding that the capital of costs new transmission links, pumped hydro facilities and gas-fired generators are significantly higher than it assumed in its draft 2020 Integrated System Plan.

Sky News Australia

Michael Moore's new film 'The Planet of the Humans' marks the beginning of a "grand awakening" to the impacts of renewables on the natural environment says Environmental Progress founder Michael Shellenberger.

Reneweconomy

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency has started work on the development of a new bioenergy roadmap, which it hopes will underpin the next stage of expansion of the sector in Australia.

Ten Daily

Zoos and aquariums across Australia have been forced to close due to the coronavirus crisis, but the animals inside still need to be fed and cared for, and that's no cheap feat.

ABC News

Wildlife photographer Mark Jackman drove at less than 5km/h for days, just to get a few seconds' footage of a yawning numbat — and it was all worth it.

News.com.au

A ban on genetically modified crops on the South Australian mainland is set to be scrapped with the Liberal government and the Labor opposition reaching a deal on proposed new laws.

The Conversation

In eight years, US environmentalist and social media star Lauren Singer had never sent an item of rubbish to landfill. But last month, in an impassioned post to her 383,000 Instagram followers, she admitted the reality of COVID-19 has changed that.

The Age

Australian households have thrown out more than 10 per cent more rubbish and recyclables via kerbside bins during the COVID-19 lockdown, amid a spike in supermarket shopping and home deliveries.

The Newcastle Herald

City of Newcastle has awarded a $24 million contract for an advanced organics recycling facility as part of a 25-year commitment to revolutionise food and garden waste treatment.

The Brisbane Times

Just as cooped-up Queenslanders are ready to emerge from weeks of social distancing, temperatures are expected to plummet below zero in parts of the state.