Australians afraid of having to relocate due to climate change, new survey shows

A new survey by the Climate Council has found Australians are increasingly concerned extreme weather events will force them to relocate away from their homes, with many already having to move temporarily or permanently.

To the United States and fossil fuel companies could be tried for homicide over climate related deaths, according to experts. The proposal, which will soon be published in the Harvard Law Review, stems in part from the growing body of evidence that the fossil fuel industry hid information about the dangers of fossil fuel use from the public.

And in some news you probably didn’t know you needed, sperm whales off Western Australia's southern coast have been documented using a rare defence mechanism, successfully defending themselves from an attack by a pod of orca by defecating at will, creating a "cloud of diarrhoea".

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Australians fear climate disasters will force them away from place they live, new survey finds
The majority of Australians have lived through a climate disaster and they are increasingly afraid of having to move away from the place they live due to extreme weather events, a new survey by the Climate Council shows.

Fossil fuel firms could be tried in US for homicide over climate-related deaths, experts say
Each year, extreme temperatures take 5 million lives, while 400,000 people die from climate-related hunger and disease and scores perish in floods and wildfires. Now, researchers are promoting a new legal theory that says fossil fuel companies – which, data show, are the leading contributors to planet-heating pollution – could be tried for homicide for climate-related deaths.

Sperm whales drop 'bubble of poo' off WA to prevent orca attack in rarely recorded encounter
Sperm whales off Western Australia's southern coast have successfully defended themselves from an attack by a pod of orca by defecating at will, creating a "cloud of diarrhoea".

Cray industry fears seismic blasting could hit Australia's Western Rock Lobster fishery
Pilot Energy is proposing to conduct seismic testing in a 946 square kilometre section of coast south of Dongara, searching for potential oil and gas reserves and carbon sequestration locations. 

More than 100 NT residents evacuated as Cyclone Megan triggers flooding
Residents in the remote Northern Territory town of Borroloola have been evacuated after ex-Tropical Cyclone Megan swept through the community, leaving homes inundated.

Almost a third of Australia’s plant species may have to migrate south if we hit 3 degrees of warming
New research has used the current range of Australian plants and calculated each species’ minimum and maximum temperature preferences. The data revealed how many and what percentage of species are lost or gained when transitioning from a 15°C to a 16°C average annual temperature.

Conservationists to clash with government at koala summit
Friday’s koala summit is set for a showdown between conservationists and the government over delays in creating the Great Koala National Park and the intensification of logging within the proposed boundaries.

Biden administration issues new rules seeking to cut vehicle carbon emissions, boost EV sales
US President Joe Biden's administration has announced new US vehicle emissions standards that officials called the most ambitious plan ever to cut planet-warming emissions from passenger vehicles.

Clermont locals pushed for this Queensland mine. Now Adani is fighting for the right not to employ them
The state rescinded its decision over Carmichael mine fly-in, fly-out jobs but it’s unlikely to be the end of the dispute.