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Leave the gas on: Company offers cash to plug electric exodus
A bid to have customers dump electric appliances for new gas ones is like propping up the tobacco industry by handing out free cigarettes, says one critic.
- by Nick O'Malley
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Can snow resorts survive climate change? It depends how much money you have
Rising electricity costs could have a severe impact on ski centres, which rely on man-made snow to keep their cover deep and even.
- by Laura Chung
Black Summer bushfire smoke likely triggered record flooding
Smoke from the Black Summer bushfires increased cloud cover over the Pacific, cooled sea surface temperatures and likely influenced the formation of the rare triple La Nina weather pattern.
- by Miki Perkins
In autumn, sea temperatures fall. Not this year
As the southern autumn began, average global sea surface temperatures were the highest ever recorded, prompting scientists to fear La Nina has hidden a hot secret.
- by Nick O'Malley
NT approves Beetaloo gas fracking despite climate fears
Onshore fracking has been given the green light in the Northern Territory’s Beetaloo Basin despite claims from traditional owners and environmental groups that key safeguards are not in place.
- by Miki Perkins
Seabed drilling kick-starts Australia’s offshore wind race
A specialist drill vessel will spend the next five weeks at in the Bass Strait collecting soil and rock samples from up to 70 metres below the sea floor to survey the feasibility of offshore wind.
- by Miki Perkins
Hybrid to hell: How Toyota went from green darling to activist target
Once the world leader in clean driving technology, Toyota has slipped behind competitors and now stands accused of seeking to slow the industry’s transition.
- by Nick O'Malley
Lashed by solar flares and rising CFCs, the ozone layer isn’t safe yet
Five ozone-depleting CFCs, banned under the Montreal Protocol, are rising in concentration as the sun approaches an 11-year peak of activity.
- by Angus Dalton