2025 • Aug 01
Joyce and Canavan call for new coal plants to replace renewable energy projects
Coalition opponents of net zero spruik coal, nuclear and gas as emissions policy divides oppositionGet our breaki...
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2025 • Aug 01
Weather tracker: deadly floods devastate northern China
Torrential rain batters Beijing and surrounding areas, while intense heat lingers in parts of ScandinaviaAt least 70 people have died in northern China after another bout of torrential rain ...
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2025 • Aug 01
Heathrow submits ‘shovel-ready’ plans for third runway
Government says expanding Europe’s largest airport could create 100,000 jobs and drive growth
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2025 • Aug 01
Are Labour’s plans to offset Heathrow expansion emissions all pie in the sky?
Government is counting on tech to provide a panacea, but there may be simpler ways to keep climate goals on track
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2025 • Aug 01
Wet and wintry weekend in store for NSW with warnings of heavy rainfall and damaging winds
Weather bureau says bulk of the rain forecast to hit on weekend as a low-pressure system deepens off the coast
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2025 • Jul 31
Top Texas emergency official says he was sick and asleep as deadly floods hit
William Thomas of Kerr county tells hearing illness meant he did not take part in emergency planning meetingsA key emergency official was sick and asleep for most of the day before devastati...
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2025 • Jul 31
Coalition is wedging itself on climate crisis with net zero debate, warns Liberal MP in Scott Morrison’s former seat
Exclusive: Simon Kennedy warns closed-door party meeting against backsliding on efforts to cut carbon emissionsGet our
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2025 • Jul 31
After nearly 100 years, adult winter-run Chinook salmon seen in California river
State’s fish and wildlife department posted a video showing an adult female guarding a nest of eggsAdult winter-run Chinook salmon have been spotted in northern California’s McCloud River fo...
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2025 • Jul 31
Supersized stick insect discovered in high-altitude trees in Australia
The 40cm-long insect, named Acrophylla alta, weighs slightly less than a golf ball and may be the heaviest insect in Australia
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2025 • Jul 31
Fears for South Australia’s annual cuttlefish gathering amid deadly algal bloom
Breeding event known as Cuttlefest takes place in waters off Point Lowly but this year scientists warn the effect of toxic algae could be ‘catastrophic’
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2025 • Jul 30
Adani claims its export program helps contribute to sustainable energy – but experts say that’s ‘wilful disinformation’
Indian conglomerate’s claim about exporting coal and its role for developing nations is ‘meaningless sustainability waffle’ and amounts to greenwashing, one says
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2025 • Jul 30
Hundreds evacuated after series of rockfalls in Italy’s Brenta Dolomites
Experts say thawing of permafrost due to climate breakdown is causing increase in rock collapses across AlpsHundreds of hikers and tourists were evacuated and dozens of trails closed after a...
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