The Conversation

The Australian government on Tuesday expressed shock at a draft decision to list the Great Barrier Reef as “in danger”. But the recommendation has been looming for some time.

The Sydney Morning Herald

A Senate move to veto changes to renewable energy investments has heightened an internal Labor row over climate policy, with outspoken backbencher Joel Fitzgibbon slamming the decision to side with the Greens.

ABC News

The Tasmanian Government is again under pressure over its management of the state's World Heritage Areas.

The Australian

Climate change will fundamentally reshape life on Earth in the coming decades, even if humans can tame planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, according to a landmark draft report from the UN's climate science advisors obtained by AFP.

Yahoo News

Gabon has become the first African country to receive payment for reducing carbon emissions by protecting its rainforest.

The Conversation

Resurrected Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce is back in the saddle, facing backwards. His determination to prevent the Morrison government from adopting a target of net-zero greenhouse emissions by 2050 will again delay the renovation of Australia’s climate policy.

ABC News

A clash over free speech and climate change will make it all the way to the High Court of Australia today in a face-off between controversial physicist Peter Ridd and Queensland's James Cook University.

Insurance Business

Insurance Australia Group (IAG) executive manager for natural perils Mark Leplastrier (pictured) described the destruction caused by the March storms and flooding in New South Wales and Queensland as “heartbreaking,” and here the atmospheric scientist shines a spotlight on the broader steps that are being, and still have to be, taken from a mitigation perspective, as disasters become even more frequent and severe.

Reneweconomy

In 2020, 62% of total renewable power generation added globally was cheaper than the cheapest fossil alternative, finds a new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).

Yahoo News

German luxury carmaker Audi said Tuesday it will stop manufacturing diesel and petrol cars by 2033 as part of an industry-wide pivot towards more environmentally friendly electric cars.

Domain

More than 120 people turned up for the auction of one of Sydney’s first net-zero-energy houses on a greenfield site, sending the price soaring over its reserve in a clear sign that Australians are finally ready to pay more for energy-efficient homes.

Yahoo News

Coastal cities should consider ‘managed retreat’ – even when it involves people abandoning their homes – in the face of rising seas, a new study has suggested.

ABC News

Elizabeth Ann is tiny and playful – and she may hold the key to the survival of her entire species.

ABC News

A scenic jet ski tour in the picturesque Whitsundays has turned into a mission to rescue a turtle in trouble.

ABC News

The forests of the NSW south coast are shooting green new leaves, but the future of many communities here is uncertain. Can the locals dig in?

Yahoo News

Plants in California’s deserts are dying off due to climate change, and the land is being left bare, a new study has shown.

Cosmos

Engineers at the University of Sydney are developing a robot that can sort soft plastics out of waste, simplifying recycling processes.

Ragtrader

Social enterprise and ethical fashion label The Social Outfit has launched its 2021 'Wear the Change' campaign.

The Conversation

The Senate on Tuesday night disallowed a government regulation that would have allowed the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to invest in technologies such as carbon capture and storage and blue hydrogen using fossil fuel.

The Guardian

How a series of mass coral bleaching events linked to rising sea temperatures prompted calls for action ahead of world heritage committee meeting

The Guardian

Queensland environment minister Meaghan Scanlon says ‘the world is watching’ and more needs to be done to protect the reef from climate change

News.com.au

Australia has lashed out at a push from a China-chaired UN committee to list the Great Barrier Reef as in danger, with the federal government claiming “politics” were behind the move.

7 News

Federal resources minister Keith Pitt has folded on a bill that would have locked in South Australia's Kimba community for a nuclear waste dump.

The New Daily

Hundreds of Australian farmers have called on Australia’s new Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce to make serious moves on climate change, saying the cost of doing nothing has already hit hard in their communities.

7 News

The Nationals are open to discussing the prime minister's preference for net zero carbon emissions by 2050, but they want to square the ledger for the regions.

Reneweconomy

The Morrison government is seeking input into a proposed national certification scheme for hydrogen production that would allow different sources of hydrogen, including those produced using fossil fuels or renewable energy, to be distinguished.

The West Australian

The Federal Government blindsided the McGowan Government with its decision to knock back the Asian Renewable Energy Hub, one of the world’s largest renewable hydrogen projects.

The Guardian

This year is the 40th anniversary of the Great Barrier Reef being on the world heritage list. It should be a time to celebrate. Yet Unesco has released a draft report recommending the reef be put on a list of world heritage sites that are “in danger”.

The Guardian

While the prime minister is holed up at the Lodge in quarantine, his Coalition partners have been infecting the body politic with a new Delta strain of climate denial by restoring Barnaby Joyce to the second-highest office in the land.

The Australian

It is one thing for politicians to promise on the international stage a net zero world in the distant future when none will be around to be accountable. It is quite another thing to be able to deliver on that promise.

The Fifth Estate

While corporations are lauded by environmental groups for committing to 100 per cent renewable energy, hidden supply chains contribute the majority of emissions and environmental impact while facing a fraction of the scrutiny

ABC News

Reef tourism operators say they are bewildered by a draft recommendation to list the Great Barrier Reef as "in danger", saying the world's largest living organism is "healthy" and "beautiful".

The Australian Financial Review

Paul Jeans will stay on as the chancellor of Newcastle University following the resignation of former deputy prime minister Mark Vaile following an extraordinary meeting of the university council on Tuesday.

B & T

An investigation by British broadcaster ITV has found that Amazon is destroying millions of items in unsold or returned stock.

Reneweconomy

The IKEA Foundation and The Rockefeller Foundation announced on Monday plans to create a $US1 billion initiative to designed to bring renewable energy to over three billion people without electricity or with unreliable electricity, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 1 billion tonnes.

Reneweconomy

An ambitious plan to build one of the world’s largest renewable hydrogen facilities in Tasmania is a step closer with Fortescue inking a deal for a location in Bell Bay in Northern Tasmania.

Reneweconomy

EnergyAustralia’s Yallourn coal-fired power station continues to operate at a quarter capacity, with no clear decision yet on how to fend off the threat of flooding at the neighbouring brown coal mine that feeds the plant.

The Fifth Estate

The University of Newcastle’s newly completed Q Building, has overcome the hurdles of the pandemic to open its doors right on schedule, despite the challenges of incorporating innovative and sustainable materials

Yahoo News

WARNING – DISTRESSING IMAGE: Rescuers were left frustrated after a koala found disorientated at a Gold Coast shopping centre car park was surrounded by shoppers wanting to take photos of him.

9 News

Normally considered gentle giants, elephants are increasingly coming into conflict with humans in India, where they kill around 500 people every year.

ABC News

For millennia, Maria Island off Tasmania's east coast was a predator-free haven for ground-nesting and flightless birds such as the Tasmanian native hen, shear waters, Cape Barren geese and the little penguin.

9 News

A new conservation project in Sydney Harbour is providing homes for the White's seahorse, an endangered species.

ABC Rural

Dozens of dead birds have been found on and around Nhill Lake for a second year running, with state bodies investigating potential reasons.

ABC News

Pressure is building along one of the most active fault lines in the world and New Zealand is in a race to be ready.

The Fifth Estate

Colin Vaughan recently consulted on the newly launched National Action Plan for Australia’s Most Imperilled Plants, which highlights the most at-risk plant species and the main threats they face in Australia. It provided a unique opportunity to inform the work of environmental scientists consulting on significant infrastructure projects in the engineering sector.

The Australian Financial Review

A looming ban on exports of Australia’s unwanted plastic waste could result in lower-value products being sent to landfill or added to stockpiles around the country, amid warnings of perverse environmental outcomes from a July 1 change.

News.com.au

Perth has shivered through its coldest morning in two years and the Bureau of Meteorology warns more cold weather is coming this week.

ABC News

A cold front and tropical moisture are teaming up to drag rain from coast to coast, across the desert, this week.