Environment
Climate change
Mega, giga, terafire: New language to capture monster blazes
The term ‘megafire’ has been around since 2005. Now, an Australian team has defined it, while coining new terms for the more extreme blazes of our changing climate.
- by Peter de Kruijff
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Banker busted for ‘saying the quiet bit out loud’ on climate change
“Who cares if Miami is six metres underwater in 100 years?” said Stuart Kirk in a speech at a Moral Money conference that raised eyebrows around the world.
- by Nick O'Malley
Opinion
Australia votes
On back of urgency on climate, Australia is tipping centre-left
Climate was a decisive issue in Saturday’s election - and not only in the teal seats.
- by Bob Carr
Exclusive
Environmental activism
How to foil climate change: Hairdressers tackling curly topic with clients
Paddington stylist Paloma Rose Garcia organised training for hairdressers in talking about climate change with clients during their time in the chair.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Australian doctors echo UN boss’s call for an urgent end to coal power
Global and domestic calls to end coal use is mounting along with the health and environmental costs of burning fossil fuels.
- by Nick O'Malley
Editorial
Climate policy
Major parties must do better on protecting climate
Australians have the chance to cast a vote that will have enormous consequences for this urgent issue.
- The Herald's View
Opinion
Australia votes
Floods, fires, coral bleaching: Politicians leading the country to climate catastrophe
Foresight and prevention is more effective and cheaper than disaster recovery and cure. We still have time, but precious little of it.
- by Christiana Figueres
Minister backs Western Port woodland clearance to expand sand mine
The Andrews government has given the green light to clearing native bushland to make way for the controversial extension of a sand mine near Western Port.
- by Miki Perkins
Renewable energy uptake surges globally despite war, COVID pandemic
Global renewable power is set for another year of record growth in 2022, adding 320 gigawatts of new capacity as a result of governments cutting red tape and funding growth.
- by Nick O'Malley and Laura Chung
Say goodbye to chardonnay: Global warming changing the wines Australia can make
A decade from now, the selection of wines on the shelves of your local bottle shop will look a little different.
- by Laura Chung and Jessica Yun
‘Older people destroying our future’: Geelong gas terminal plan sparks strong opposition
A proposal to build a floating gas-import facility in Corio Bay is meeting resistance from residents and students, including young activists from Geelong Grammar.
- by Miki Perkins