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Canberra heatwave – Greens call for government climate action

With temperatures in Canberra reaching 42 degrees today, the Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe heatwave warning until Friday.

Water cycle instability drove global water-related disasters

Shifts in the global water cycle amplified floods, droughts and heat extremes in 2025, according to a new report led by the ANU.  

ACT Greens to join mass blockade of Newcastle coal port

ACT Greens MLAs will join a mass blockade in Newcastle, while federal parties reach a last-minute deal to pass environment law reforms.

ACT’s next Climate Change Strategy – Greens question pace

The ACT Government has begun work on its next Climate Change Strategy, but the ACT Greens say it falls short of expectations.

Australia’s rainforests first to switch from carbon sink to source 

The trunks and branches of trees in Australia's tropical rainforests have become a net source of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.

PM spruiks ‘sweet spot’ climate target, rejects critics

Australia has set fresh climate targets the federal government believes strikes the right balance between responsibility and ambition.

Dance party, DJ Albo rocks Civic

A crowd of protesters in Civic wearing DJ Albo masks hit with a dance re-mix of the PM’s 2005 parliamentary speech.

Knitting Nannas needle politicians on climate change

Knitting nannas – an elderly environmental protest group – meet with Federal Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen.

ACT hosts National Energy and Climate Change Ministerial Council

The gathering of national ministers was a key opportunity to address the nation’s biggest environmental challenge, Shane Rattenbury said

Public hearing on Senator Pocock’s climate change bill

The Australian government should have a duty of care to protect young people from climate change, Senator Pocock believes.

ANU Climate Update: World must act now for sustainable future

Professor Mark Howden, will deliver the State of the Climate address at the 2024 ANU Climate Update on Monday.

Will 2024 mark a turning point?

The ACT projects itself as a pioneer in the global movement towards “Net Zero” emissions of carbon dioxide and other “greenhouse gases”.

Shane Rattenbury: Could this be the end of the fossil fuel era?

ACT Greens leader Shane Rattenbury shares his thoughts on COP28, the 28th UN Climate Change conference, which finished in Dubai this week.

ACT energy policy denies consumers choice

On 8 December, the ACT became the first Australian jurisdiction to ban gas connections to new housing developments.

Australia won’t sign ‘death certificate’ climate deal

A draft deal from the world's biggest climate talks has been decried as a "death certificate" for island nations and Australia, the US and Japan won't sign it.

OPINION: The environmentalist cult demands human sacrifice

The modern environmentalist movement is often compared to a religion. Indeed, a great number of environmentalists are Gaia worshipers who perceive ‘Mother Earth’ as a living entity

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