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The Greens have backed Labor’s 43% target – but don’t think Australia’s climate wars are over

Image: Shutterstock After a decade of climate policy failure, Wednesday brought good news and slightly less good news for Australian action on climate change. The good news: the nation will soon...

Labor has introduced its controversial climate bill to parliament. Here’s how to give it real teeth

Image: Lukas Coch/AAP Early Wednesday, the federal government introduced its hotly awaited climate change bill to parliament. Despite the attention...

Labor won’t overhaul environment laws until next year. Here are 5 easy wins it could aim for now

Image: Shutterstock Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek this week acknowledged the grave state of Australia’s environment and pledged new laws to go...

A penguin farm in the Australian desert: a thought experiment that reveals the flaws our in environment laws

Image: Shutterstock Imagine this fictitious scenario. The federal environment minister announces government approval for a large-scale penguin farm near...

Times have changed: why the environment minister is being forced to reconsider climate-related impacts of pending fossil fuel approvals

Image: Shutterstock A non-profit group is imploring the new federal environment minister Tanya Plibersek to consider the climate change...

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