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The Canopy is a weekday morning email newsletter provided by the team at Greenpeace Australia Pacific.
## [Chief scientist backs CSIRO case against 'expensive' nuclear power](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/chief-scientist-backs-csiro-case-against-expensive-nuclear-power)
Wednesday, 20 March 2024
Australia's chief scientist Cathy Foley has backed a renewables-led path to net zero emissions over the "expensive technology" of nuclear energy.
## [Climate-fuelled heatwaves across Australia to cost billions](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/climate-fuelled-heatwaves-across-australia-to-cost-billions)
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
[**Heatwaves across Australia to cost billions**](https://7news.com.au/news/420-a-year-how-climate-change-could-cost-some-sydneysiders-c-13985806)Heatwaves are costing $1.6 billion annually in health, energy and productivity losses in Western Sydney — and it will only get worse. That’s the verdict of a new report on the region which will be home to 3.2 million people by 2036.
## [AUSSIE SUBURBS OVERTAKE INNER-CITY ON EV UPTAKE ACCORDING TO NEW DATA](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/aussie-suburbs-overtake-inner-city-on-ev-uptake-according-to-new-data)
Wednesday, 13 March 2024
Aussie suburbs overtake inner-city on EV uptake according to new data. Outer suburban drivers are zooming past inner city-dwellers on electric vehicle uptake, according to new analysis by the Electric Vehicle Council.
## [Lord Howe island faces major coral bleaching as ocean temperatures soar](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/lord-howe-island-faces-major-coral-bleaching-as-ocean-temperatures-soar)
Wednesday, 6 March 2024
Scientists fear excessive ocean heat – which is bleaching corals in parts of the Great Barrier Reef – is now hitting the world’s most southern coral reef at the World Heritage-listed Lord Howe island. There are also concerns ocean temperatures are reaching dangerous levels for corals at Australia’s...
## [Fury after Exxon chief says public to blame for climate failures](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/fury-after-exxon-chief-says-public-to-blame-for-climate-failures)
Tuesday, 5 March 2024
[**Fury after Exxon chief says public to blame for climate failures**](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/04/exxon-chief-public-climate-failures)The world is off track to meet its climate goals and the public is to blame, Darren Woods, chief executive of oil giant ExxonMobil, has claimed – prompting a backlash from climate experts. As the world’s largest investor-owned oil...
## [Climate change ice bumps reveal history of Antarctic melting](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/climate-change-ice-bumps-reveal-history-of-antarctic-melting)
Wednesday, 28 February 2024
Scientists say they now have a better idea of exactly where and when the margin of Antarctica started melting. They've traced the changing shapes of bumps on the ice surface that mark locations where glaciers are anchored in place.
## [Record temperatures cause new Great Barrier Reef bleaching](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/record-temperatures-cause-new-great-barrier-reef-bleaching)
Tuesday, 27 February 2024
[Record temperatures cause new Great Barrier Reef bleaching](https://amp.theage.com.au/environment/weather/the-great-barrier-reef-is-bleaching-and-there-s-no-end-in-sight-20240226-p5f7ud.html)Large parts of the Great Barrier Reef have been bleached as ocean temperatures soar above average as scientists fear conditions will worsen in coming weeks.
## [Australia’s top companies lack clear plans to stop using fossil fuels](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/australias-top-companies-lack-clear-plans-to-stop-using-fossil-fuels)
Wednesday, 21 February 2024
Ten of Australia’s best-known corporations – including Coles, Telstra, Woolworths and Qantas – have no clear plans to stop using or supporting fossil fuels despite having targets to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions, according to a UTS report.
## [Greenhouse gas reduction figures based on unreliable land-clearing data](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/greenhouse-gas-reduction-figures-based-on-unreliable-land-clearing-data)
Wednesday, 14 February 2024
Meat and Livestock Australia says it has reduced emissions by 65% on 2005 levels but data analysis suggests figures underpinning claim are ‘erroneous’.
## [World is already 1.7C warmer according to Puerto Rican sponge record](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/world-already-1.7c-warmer-according-to-puerto-rican-sponge-record)
Wednesday, 7 February 2024
Sea sponge records going back around 300 years suggest that the Earth is already 1.7 degrees Celsius warmer than the pre-industrial era. The new research predicts that global average surface temperatures could be 2C warmer by 2030,much sooner than previously thought, but not all climate scientists...
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