Tag: Carbon emissions
Labor has introduced its controversial climate bill to parliament. Here’s how to give it real teeth
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Early Wednesday, the federal government introduced its hotly awaited climate change bill to parliament. Despite the attention and controversy it’s attracted, the proposed...
New International Energy Agency report reprimands any new fossil fuel development. Guess what Australia did next?
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Even if every country meets its current climate targets, Earth’s temperature will still rise by a dangerous 2.1℃ this century, according to...
NFTs explained: what they are, why rock stars are using them, and why they’re selling for millions of dollars
Still from ‘Mars’ by Grimes x Mac. Grimes x Mac
A couple of days ago, the musician Grimes sold some animations she made with her brother Mac...
Nationals’ push to carve farming from a net-zero target is misguided and dangerous
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison might be warming to the goal of net-zero emissions by 2050, but federal Nationals leader Michael McCormack has thrown a spanner...
Carbon emissions are chilling the atmosphere 90km above Antarctica, at the edge of space
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While greenhouse gases are warming Earth’s surface, they’re also causing rapid cooling far above us, at the edge of space. In...
How an Aussie invention could soon cut 5% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions
Australian-designed technology will soon be responsible for
50% of all solar energy produced globally.
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In the 1980s, a global race was underway:...