Climate change
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Shorten fails to specify cost of Labor's renewables policy when asked four timesLabor’s goal is to have 50% of electricity from renewables by 2030, but asked about the cost, he replies ‘there is a cost in not acting’
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Antarctic sea ice shrinks to smallest ever extentData contradicts climate change sceptics, who have pointed to earlier increases in areas of sea ice to support their views
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Act now before entire species are lost to global warming, say scientistsClimate change is threatening about 700 endangered species and policymakers must act urgently to lessen impact
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This is why conservative media outlets like the Daily Mail are 'unreliable'Dana Nuccitelli: Journalists try to get facts right. Tabloid propagandists try to advance an agenda
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Scott Morrison and Ray Hadley laugh about coal prop: 'Great stunt'Radio host tells treasurer he is a fan of stunts as Morrison explains he was trying to make a point about energy policy by holding up a lump of coal
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Humans causing climate to change 170 times faster than natural forcesResearchers behind ‘Anthropocene equation’ say impact of people’s intense activity on Earth far exceeds that of natural events spread across millennia
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Could a £400bn plan to refreeze the Arctic before the ice melts really work?Temperatures are now so high at the north pole that scientists are contemplating radical schemes to avoid catastrophe
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From wanting to raise the Newstart eligibility age from 22 to 25, to inaction on climate change, the government gambles that young people can’t hurt itGovernment shows contempt for millennials, no wonder they're not optimistic
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There’s a long list of blame and shame for Australia’s threadbare climate and energy policy, but Turnbull’s party takes the cakeHard facts unmask the fiction behind Coalition's 'coal comeback'
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How Xi Jinping's global ambitions could thrive as Trump turns inwardAs Donald Trump steers the US towards isolationism and protectionism, China’s leader is casting himself as a champion of internationalism and free trade. But are Xi’s values really compatible with those of the rest of the world?
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Health fund HCF divests from fossil fuels, saying industry harms membersIn Australia-first move, private fund to pull $20m out of fossil fuel companies in acknowledgement climate change harms health
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EU must shut all coal plants by 2030 to meet Paris climate pledges, study saysEurope will vastly overshoot its carbon emissions target for coal unless it closes all 300 power stations, says thinktank Climate Analytics
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Whistleblower: ‘I knew people would misuse this.’ They did - to attack climate scienceDana Nuccitelli: Fake news propagates through the conservative media to the halls of Congress where science is under attack
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What a bunch of clowns, hamming it up – while out in the real world an ominous and oppressive heat just won’t let upScott Morrison brings coal to question time: what fresh idiocy is this?
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Republican elders call for new national carbon tax to replace federal regulationsGOP elder statesmen urge Donald Trump’s administration to impose a ‘free market, limited government’ response to rising global temperatures
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Power to the EV: Norway spearheads Europe's electric vehicle surgeWith ambitious emissions-reduction targets, and support from government and the auto industry, electric vehicles are on the verge of a major expansion in Europe, reports Paul Hockenos
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Could restoring ancient water tanks help build peace in Sri Lanka?After decades of violence, a programme to bolster water security weaves climate resilience into Sri Lanka’s postwar recovery
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Floods and erosion are ruining Britain’s most significant sitesFrom Wordsworth’s gardens to the south’s white cliffs and salmon rivers in Wales, climate change is wrecking historic sites, finds study
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How Cory Bernardi was inspired to push climate denial from US conservative groupsClimate science denial group the Heartland Institute helped inspire Cory Bernardi and Malcolm Roberts to push back against policies to cut emissions
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Why coal-fired power handouts would be an attack on climate and common senseThe evidence suggests the push for government help is an attempt to squeeze money out of unwise investments made at the end of the mining boom
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In Australia and the US, sound climate policy is being held hostage by vested interestsWe must shift away from a culture of politically motivated climate change denialism to an acceptance of the truly existential threat now facing humanity
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Why climate change is good news for waspsWeatherwatch Their numbers vary enormously from year to year, but warmer weather will provide wasps with more favourable conditions
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Q&A: refugees put a human face on debate over Trump's travel banReturn of ABC’s panel show is dominated by discussion of Australia’s resettlement deal with the US and Trump administration’s climate change policy
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Mail on Sunday launches the first salvo in the latest war against climate scientistsJohn Abraham: David Rose penned an attack described by expert as “so wrong it’s hard to know where to start”
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After the Women's March: six mass US demonstrations to join this springOrganizers across the US are riding the momentum of the post-inauguration march to mobilize in solidarity with scientists, immigrants, LGBT people and more
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