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The lessons we need to learn to deal with the ‘creeping disaster’ of drought

Anthony Kiem and colleagues write in The Conversation (9.11.16) about how droughts are much bigger and slower than other natural disasters that hit Australia, meaning that

2015’s record-breaking temperatures will be normal by 2030 – it’s time to adapt

Sophie Lewis writes in The Conversation (7.11.16) about how record global temperatures like those witnessed in 2015 will by normal by 2030, and how Australia’s record-breaking

The Paris climate deal has come into force – what next for Australia?

Peter Christoff writes in The Conversation (4.11.16) about how the rapid ratification of the Paris climate agreement looks set to heap even more pressure on Australia to

Four environmental reasons why fast-tracking the Carmichael coal mine is a bad idea

April Reside and colleagues write in The Conversation (2.11.16) about increasing environmental concerns over the proposed Adani Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin, in the

IRENA: Renewable energy in cities

Policy Online carries a link (16.10.16) to an International Renewable Energy Agency report which charts pathways to greater deployment of renewables in cities. Built on data from 3649

Turnbull wants to change Australia’s environment act – here’s what we stand to lose

Samantha Hepburn writes in The Conversation (31.10.16) about how Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s proposed changes to Australia’s national environment act will significantly reduce judicial oversight on

Will the Great Barrier Reef recover from its worst-ever bleaching?

Tracy Ainsworth and colleagues write in The Conversation (27.10.16) about the likelihood that the Great Barrier Reef can recover from the recent series of coral bleaching

Another prime minister – another endorsement for coal

Another prime minister, another endorsement for coal – but why? Marc Hudson writes in The Conversation (26.10.16) that: The gap between what the scientists tell us we need

Australia’s coal politics are undermining democratic and Indigenous rights

Kristen Lyons writes in The Conversation (26.10.16) about the ‘undermining’ effect that the coal mining industry, and its often close links to state and federal governments,

Rehabilitating abandoned mines could create thousands of ‘badly needed’ jobs, report says

The ABC’s Mark Willacy reports (23.10.16) on research by the Lock the Gate Alliance which indicates that many thousands of abandoned mine sites across the nation,

Great Barrier Reef scores D for health for fifth year in a row

Michael Slezak reports in The Guardian (20.10.16) on the release of the annual Great Barrier Reef Report Card, which again lists the overall health of the

Death on the Great Barrier Reef: how dead coral went from economic resource to conservation symbol

Rohan James Lloyd writes in The Conversation (19.10.16) about the recent incidence of bleached and perishing coral on the Great Barrier Reef, and how dead coral

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