CSIRO QUESTIONS WHETHER ALL AUSTRALIA'S EMISSIONS CUTS ARE REAL

THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

The concerns by the nation’s pre-eminent science agency suggest Australia could have overstated its contribution to the fight against global warming.

BRUTAL AUSTRALIAN SUMMER HEAT SPURS CLIMATE RESEARCH

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN

Scientists are hoping to get ahead of some of the worst impacts of warming

ZALI STEGGALL SAYS LABOR NEEDS TO COMMIT TO STOPPING ADANI COALMINE

THE GUARDIAN

Independent challenging Tony Abbott says Shorten’s climate change policy isn’t ‘ambitious enough’

GOVERNMENTS NOT KEEPING PACE WITH CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS: SCIENTIST

THE AGE

One of Australia's leading scientists has warned both the Queensland and federal governments that they are not keeping pace with the impacts of climate change.

ONE-THIRD OF HIMALAYAN GLACIERS SET TO MELT BY 2100

ABC NEWS

Current climate change projections show that one-third of Himalayan glaciers will melt, threatening water supplies for billions across Asia.

JAPANESE ENERGY COMPANIES SCRAP 2 GIGAWATT COAL PROJECT | CLEANTECHNICA

CLEANTECHNICA

Three Japanese energy companies announced last week that they have decided to scrap plans to build a 2 gigawatt (GW) coal-fired power station in the Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, saying that the project would not be economically feasible.

IF SAVING THE CLIMATE REQUIRES MAKING ENERGY SO EXPENSIVE, WHY IS FRENCH ELECTRICITY SO CHEAP?

FORBES

French electricity costs are just 59% of German electricity prices. As such, according to the prevailing economic wisdom, French electricity should be far more carbon intensive than German's. And yet the opposite is the case. France produces one-tenth the carbon pollution from electricity.

LITTLEPROUD WELCOMES APPOINTMENTS TO FISH DEATH PANEL

MIRAGE NEWS

Review chair Prof Rob Vertessy has chosen his team to review fish deaths in the Darling River Panel to consult broadly with scientists and Basin community members Interim report into fish deaths due by 20 February 2019 Federal Minister for Water Resources David Littleproud...

THE BASIN CRISIS: MP PUTS HIS RESCUE PACKAGE

SUNRAYSIA DAILY

ESTABLISHING a Federal Royal Commission into the Murray-Darling Basin, a buyback of class A irrigation licences in the Barwon-Darling system and introducing a no-meter-no-pump rule are among a 13-point plan NSW MP Jeremy Buckingham believes can help restore the ­ailing Darling River.

COTTON OUT, FEEDLOTTING IN AT TANDOU STATION

ABC NEWS

One of Australia's biggest agribusiness companies, Webster Limited, is bouncing back from the closure of its cotton venture.

QUEENSLAND FLOODS UNLIKELY TO AID MURRAY-DARLING BASIN WATERWAYS

ABC NEWS

Record rainfall in northern Queensland is unlikely to make its way into the Murray-Darling Basin to replenish thirsty waterways, according to officials.

SOLAR-POWERED MICROGRID: DEAKIN UNI BREAKS GROUND ON $30 MILLION PROJECT

ENERGY MATTERS

Deakin University has broken ground on a $30 million solar-powered microgrid at its Waurn Ponds Campus in Geelong, Victoria.

POWER OUTAGES IN VICTORIA DUE TO RENEWABLES SAYS COALITION MP CRAIG KELLY

ENERGY MATTERS

Pro-coal Coalition MP Craig Kelly has blasted renewables for Victorian power outages last month - despite the fact it was coal-fired plants which failed.

MORRISON REFUSES TO DISCUSS CLIMATE CHANGE AS TASMANIA BURNS, TOWNSVILLE FLOODS

RENEWECONOMY

After a particularly harsh summer of extremes, climate change is emerging as a key battleground in the upcoming election. But our PM doesn’t want to talk about it.

CLIMATE CHANGE SET TO DISRUPT AUSTRALIA'S SUMMER SPORTS CALENDAR

THE GUARDIAN

Heat, rainfall, droughts, cyclones and bushfires are all on the rise, Climate Council warns

CLIMATE RESEARCHER FEARS AUSTRALIA COULD BECOME TOO DISASTER-PRONE TO INSURE

ABC NEWS

Right now, Townsville is more or less underwater and large parts of Tasmania are on fire. But once the world looks away, there's the question of who will pay the bill.

CLIMATE CHANGE COULD LEAVE THOUSANDS OF LAKES ICE-FREE

NEW YORK TIMES

Lakes that used to freeze every winter now see some years without ice. Scientists say that extensive ice loss will happen within a generation if current warming trends continue.

SCIENTISTS IN RACE TO SAVE 'UNDERWATER FOREST' OFF TASMANIAN COAST

ABC NEWS

Tasmania has lost 95 per cent of its giant kelp in the past few decades, but researchers hope a new study could help restore it.