Climate change fuelling energy insecurity for First Nations communities

A new study has found a link between extreme temperatures from climate change and the chances of a home having its power disconnected, as more than 90 per cent of households surveyed in remote Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory had their electricity shut off.

The NSW environmental regulator has granted the Vales Point coal-burning power station on the Central Coast another five-year exemption from air-quality regulations, which environment groups and local doctors say will continue to contribute to respiratory illnesses in children.

Wind and solar reign supreme as the cheapest sources of new electricity generation, with CSIRO’s latest assessment confirming that renewables continue to outcompete coal and gas.

Climate change, poor housing fuelling energy concerns for First Nations communities

More than 90 per cent of households surveyed in remote Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory had their electricity disconnected over a 12-month period, according to a new study investigating the link between the problem and extreme temperatures.

NSW grants Vales Point coal plant further five-year exemption from emissions limit

The NSW environmental regulator has granted the Vales Point power station on the Central Coast another five-year exemption from state air-quality regulations, which environment groups say will continue to contribute to respiratory illnesses in children.

CSIRO GenCost: Wind and solar still reign supreme as cheapest energy sources

The draft of CSIRO’s annual GenCost assessment confirms wind and solar as the cheapest sources of new electricity supply, even after the costs of storage and network investments are taken into account, and at very high levels of renewables.

Waterbirds in eastern Australia declining despite breeding boost from wet years, survey finds

The latest edition of one of the world’s largest and longest nature surveys counts only 95,306 birds — the third lowest tally in almost four decades of tracking. 

Extreme heatwave conditions in the north-west, hot in the south-east as the storms start up again

It is the first big wave of summer heat for the south-east but those in the north and west have already been baking under summer weather for weeks.