While the world watches the out of control wildfires in the Northern Hemisphere in horror, closer to home gusts of hot air are set to hit Canberra today as Parliament resumes. Key issues to watch include proposed changes to ARENA regulations to allow in investment in dirty fossil fuel tech, and the push to use public funds to frack the Beetaloo Basin.
As our politicians battle it out and our Federal Government pushes to give the fossil fuel industry even more funding, here’s a sobering thought: last Wednesday the Greenland ice sheet lost enough ice in a single day to cover the entire state of Florida.
Four key environmental battlegrounds on the agenda as Australia’s parliament resumes
Several heavily contested climate and environment policies remain unresolved as federal parliament returns on Tuesday, and may again be the focus of debate over the next month.
‘We need more urgency’: Top renewable group warns against paying to keep coal alive
The head of the nation’s top renewable energy group has urged legislators to reject a proposal to pay coal and gas-fired power stations to keep operating in order to avoid the shock of sudden closures.
Reducing greenhouse emissions will take a group effort - including from Australia
If Australia is concerned that the rest of the world should take action on climate change, the most effective way to ensure that happens is ourselves to take action, writes former Finance Department deputy secretary Stephen Bartos.
Greenland Lost Enough Ice in a Single Day to Cover Florida
The single-day damage happened last Wednesday, according to data from the Danish government-funded Polar Portal.
East Gippsland allocated just $4.5m in bushfire recovery program
More than half of East Gippsland was ravaged in Black Summer — yet the region is only set to receive $4.5m in a recovery program.