Labor’s 2035 greenhouse gas emission reduction target is not only inadequate, Peter Boyle argues it forms part of the deception that Australia accepts that climate change is real.
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The Labor government’s 2035 greenhouse gas emission reduction target of 62-70% is not only inadequate, as environmental groups have pointed out, but a cynical exercise in greenwashing. Peter Boyle reports.
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Malaysia’s parliament fast-tracked and passed the Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) Bill, opening the door to the construction of CCUS facilities across Peninsular Malaysia, writes Suresh Kumar. But critics say the move is little more than greenwashing.
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The latest statistics show that almost all the gains made from reaching an average of 40% renewable energy in electricity generation have been cancelled out by rising greenhouse gas emissions, mainly from transport. Peter Boyle reports.
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New research suggests that with the present approach, global warming will exceed 1.5°C in the 2020s and 2°C before 2050. But it is never too late to fight, argues Alex Bainbridge.
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In Montana, in the United States, a court has found in favour of 16 young people, aged from 5 to 22, who argued that their constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment was violated by permitting fossil fuel projects, reports Binoy Kampmark.
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A new documentary, Tasmania’s Forest Carbon, presents a powerful argument to end native forest logging in Tasmania, reports Susan Price.
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Susan Price reports that Labor is weighing up 116 new coal, oil and gas projects — the equivalent of starting up 215 new coal-fired power stations.
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Just days after US President Joe Biden called global warming 'an existential threat to human existence', the US proceeded with the nation's largest-ever auction of oil and gas permits, reports Kenny Stancil.
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Susan Price interviews Canadian ecosocialist Marc Bonhomme about the 2022 United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15), which took place in Montreal from December 7‒19.
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Scientist Rebellion Australia launched a new campaign urging people to engage in non-violent civil disobedience to expose the severity of climate change. Kerry Smith reports.
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A new study reveals that scientists employed by fossil fuel giant ExxonMobil between 1977–2003 correctly predicted the rate of temperature rises as a result of carbon emissions, reports Binoy Kampmark.