Cooling centres in the US and Europe usually have bathrooms, chairs, beds, charging devices, food, and entertainment like books and TV. They can also have kennels and pet food.
Caitlyn Rintoul
The Prime Minister has been accused of politicising the California wildfires by using them to attack the Coalition’s nuclear energy plan as Los Angeles continues to burn.
Jake Dietsch
‘It’s too hot to do anything’ are the words I’ve heard rumbling through Perth while we all have scattered to do our shopping in the final few hours of trading hours before Christmas.
Emma Garlett
Labor and the Greens are edging toward a shock deal to create a new Environment Protection Agency as they look to pass the bill in Federal Parliament’s frantic final sitting week of the year.
Dan Jervis-Bardy
The Greens will no longer insist on a climate trigger under a new offer designed to tempt the Federal Government into a deal to pass its Nature Positive laws in the final parliamentary sittings of the year.
For the second year in a row, Earth will almost certainly be the hottest it’s ever been. For the first time, the globe this year reached more than 1.5 degrees of warming compared to the pre-industrial average.
Melina Walling
Emissions from private jets have increased by almost 50 per cent in just five years, according to the latest research.
Extreme heatwaves cause more deaths in Australia than any other natural hazard.
Neil Sims and Pep Canadell
South West NRM have worked closely with the community to plan ahead of drought seasons — with a mission for drought “preparedness”.
Anjelica Smilovitis
Santos says public statements it could reach net-zero emissions by 2040 were not misleading because its roadmap contained targets and not promises.
Miklos Bolza
As the weather warms up, it’s sobering to recall that WA’s last summer was the hottest on record, and we endured our driest six months ever between October 2023 and the end of March this year.
Suzanne Dodds
The Liberal leader has been met by a small band of protesters as he visited Collie for a meeting to brief the local shire about his nuclear plans for the South West town.
Oliver Lane, Katina Curtis and Jessica Page
The duplication of regulation imposed by State and Federal governments is a significant factor behind the record level of red tape currently imposed on businesses across the nation.
Saxon Davidson
Tanya Plibersek will use this week’s global green summit to tout the Government’s ‘really good progress’ in turning Australia nature positive — despite Labor’s environmental agenda teetering on the brink.
Ellen Ransley and Dan Jervis-Bardy
A major campaign opposing WA’s largest oil and gas drilling proposal was launched in Fremantle this month, with hundreds of environmentalists rallying against fracking in the Kimberley
Katya Minns
Climate Minister Chris Bowen has rubbished proposals from the Greens to more than double the level of emissions cuts in five years, saying whatever is set must be both ambitious and achievable.
Katina Curtis
The Greens and independents are offering an alternative path for Labor to pass laws to create its Environmental Protection Agency.
Concerns have been raised by leading environmental groups over reforms to Government legislation intended to fast-track the approval processes for major resource projects.
The unforgiving Pilbara region’s searing heat has claimed lives and derailed trains crucial to carrying a commodity worth $138b a year to our economy. And it’s getting hotter. Can our iron ore majors survive?
Paul-Alain Hunt
I can’t think of a good reason for the Federal Government not to bring forward its proposed production tax credits for critical minerals processing. Not only would it be good policy, it’s also good politics.
Daniel Smith
A range of grants are available to support community-driven projects and solutions which focus on reducing emissions and transitioning to renewable energy.
Air New Zealand has scrapped its 2030 climate target as the sector grapples with a lack of cleaner fuels and more efficient aircraft, a rare admission of the challenges the industry faces to decarbonise.
David Stringer
Australia’s plans to introduce stringent rules on climate disclosures are driving up concerns among businesses about compliance in one of the world’s biggest per-capita emitters.
Ishika Mookerjee
Australia’s businesses are increasingly united against Federal Labor’s radical environmental law reforms, with one lobby group boss stating job opportunities will be whittled down to taxis and cafes.
Adrian Rauso
