Europe's low carbon price hit Australia's budget last week in a big way. Erwin Jackson from the Climate Institute explains why, and looks at what might happen next.
The PR war over wind turbines on King Island is heating up as professional operatives jump on board. Ben Haslem and John Wells are backing the No TasWind Farm Group to run the project off the island.
A change to the way Australia’s emissions are accounted for could make it a lot easier for us to meet our 2020 emissions reduction target. It may prove to be a big gift to the Coalition.
The budget has axed $2.4 billion from climate programs as the government compensates for a likely big drop in revenue from the carbon price from 2015. And there might be much bigger cuts to come next year.
UNESCO has held off putting the Great Barrier Reef on its endangered list -- for now. Crikey intern Sasha Petrova finds out why the reef's in trouble and what the next steps are.
Driving around the bottom end of south-eastern California, Bob Gosford spent a day observing Burrowing Owls, which feature significantly in North American culture and religion.
Fossil fuel fans say we can't afford to switch over to renewables. But maybe we can't afford not to. Laura Eadie, research director for the Centre for Policy Development's Sustainable Economy Program, reports.
Crikey's PromiseWatch project shifts its gaze to climate change.
European bees are disappearing, and the buzz from politicians is out of line. The politics of ecological protection are fascinating, writes Crikey's man in London.
Curbing population growth will reduce Australia's greenhouse emissions but at a profound economic cost -- and it won't decarbonise our emissions-intensive economy. There's a more viable solution.
