NOAA says the month of May was the second hottest for the globe in 132 years. Australia one of the few areas to be cooler.
Climate
Do carbon labels change consumer behaviour?
A recent study has found that shoppers would switch to eco-friendly, lower-carbon emissions groceries, but they’d probably need to be cheaper, too.
Five things we learned this week…
It’s time to think of new energy business models; parity arrives at the socket, and in Spain’s wholesale market; Rio and the placebo effect; and the Greens’ pitch to business.
Why preserving biodiversity is really, really important
A new study explains how biodiversity loss could irreversibly damage the ecosystem’s ability to do some very useful things – like supply fresh water.
Earth approaching environmental tipping point, reports say
Two separate scientific reports, including UNEP’s GEO-5, warn of the growing threat of population growth, urbanisation and consumption – not to mention climate change.
Great Barrier Reef face off: coal vs conservation
The Commonwealth must tread extremely carefully with coastal infrastructure development. The Queensland government, meanwhile, can afford to be gung ho.
Premier Newman can do climate denial
As well as being ‘in the coal business,’ the Queensland Premier and environment minister look to be stepping into the business of climate science denial.
WA’s catastrophic forest collapse
The recent climate-related deaths of tracts of Western Australian forest go beyond a green issue.
CSP: It needs a new way of thinking about energy
Solar thermal technologies (CSP) hold the potential to provide up to half of Australia’s electricity needs, give it a significant place in the global supply chain and even become an exporter of renewable energy. But it may require a new way of thinking about energy grids – out with baseload, and in with dispatchable energy.
400ppm: A milestone that means everything and nothing
For the first time on record, CO2 concentration has nipped above 400ppm in at least one part of the world. So why is this important?










