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ACT Government calls for fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty

The ACT Government has endorsed a treaty calling on Australia to leave fossil fuel in the ground and to stop subsidising the industry.

Canberra students Strike 4 Climate action

Thousands of Canberra school students gathered around Glebe Park from 12pm – 2pm to join in the nationwide mass school strike for climate action.

ANU commits to negative carbon emissions by 2030

In an Australian first, the Australian National University has committed to achieving ‘below zero’ carbon emissions by the year 2030.

Tesla’s Bitcoin about-face is a warning for cryptocurrencies that ignore climate change

Tesla chief executive Elon Musk recently suggested his company could sell off its Bitcoin holdings, sending the cryptocurrency plummeting.

New seed bank to quadruple storage capacity

Designs for a $7.2 million state-of-the-art National Seed Bank at the Australian National Botanic Gardens in Canberra were unveiled this morning, that will almost quadruple the existing bank’s capacity to store the seeds of rare and threatened species.

$100 million government funding to improve health of Australian oceans

The Federal Government has announced funding of $100 million to improve the health and protection of Australian oceans.

Scientists look to climate change ‘hot spot’ for longest weather record

Scientists from ANU are looking for volunteers to help create Australia’s longest daily weather record from a climate change “hot spot”.

Bungendore charity wins national climate change award

A Bungendore environmental charity, The Mulloon Institute, has won the Response to Climate Change award at the 2020 Australian Sustainable Communities Awards.

ACT a ‘nation-leader’ in renewable energy

The ACT has achieved 100% renewable energy and exceeded its greenhouse gas emissions reduction target for the year, the government announced.

Zali Steggall’s bill targets net zero emissions by 2050

Australia’s commitment to climate action was on full display this morning, as advocates lined the streets to Parliament House in Canberra in support of Federal Independent MP Zali Steggall’s private member’s bill,...

Dr Steph McLennan: My favourite things

Dr Steph McLennan is an Antarctic geoscientist at Geoscience Australia. Her research focuses on the impacts of people on fragile ice-free landscapes in Antarctica.

Young climate activist leading the way

Dhani Gilbert could be described as a lot of things, but the first that comes to mind is passionate.

Humans were adapting to sea-level change 40,000 years ago: study

Early people were rapidly adapting to climate change as they made their way towards Australia tens of thousands of years ago, new research shows.

Major parties split on new housing gas connections

Candidates from the three major parties and one minor party put their gas policies on the record last night in the Conservation Council ACT Region’s online ACT election candidate forum on climate...

Youth to stage more climate change protests in Canberra

Extinction Rebellion ACT will target Canberra’s peak hour traffic bringing the “Discobedience Dance Squad” to the Northbourne Avenue and Alinga Street intersection from 4pm to 5.30pm for a dance show and a chat with any interested parties.

Greens promise all-electric town centre for Molonglo

The ACT Greens would push to make a new Molonglo Town Centre all-electric, if elected, in a bid to move the ACT away from gas and towards lower emissions. The Greens want the...

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