Environment
Saharan dust arrives in the US
Saharan dust from Africa is blanketing southeast US today and is expected to hang around through the weekend.
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Weather
National Forecast for Saturday June 27, 2020
Saturday June 27: Canberra hit with frost as most of the country's eastern states experience mild winter weather and some light showers.
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Biodiversity
NSW lands biggest conservation purchase in state's history
The government will create a conservation area in far north-west NSW 10 times the size of the Royal National Park, in the largest purchase of private land for environmental protection in the state's history.
- by Peter Hannam
Biodiversity
Bipartisan support helps give 'battleship peninsula' protection
Visits to a popular Blue Mountains ''battleship peninsula' are expected to rise as much as 10 fold after the Berejiklian government formalised protection for the Radiata Plateau.
- by Peter Hannam
Weather
National Forecast for Friday June 26, 2020
Friday June 26: Many parts of Australia wake to sub-zero temperatures.
Biodiversity
'Great result': Old-growth forests get reprieve from forestry
The Berejiklian government has suspended plans to remap old-growth coastal state forests after last summer's bushfires burnt large swathes of woodlands.
- by Peter Hannam
Opinion
Energy
NSW's bullish coal export plan defies the global market realities
The world is turning off coal-fired power, so the NSW government's optimism that thermal coal has a bright future is baffling.
- by Simon Nicholas
Weather
Queensland’s south-east hit with frosty temperatures
Brisbane is shivering through a cold morning as temperatures drop in Queensland’s south-east.
Renewables
The surprising way renewables can help farmers cope
It turns out that even the grass is greener during a drought with solar panels, or so one farmer near Dubbo found.
- by Peter Hannam
Weather
Queensland shivers through cold snap
The sunshine state is expected to shiver through its coldest day of the year as temperatures in Brisbane drop below 10 degrees.
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Paris Agreement
State government banking on coal exports as world chases Paris targets
The state government is banking on global coal demand defying the Paris climate goals, predicting only a marginal cut in consumption by mid-century.
- by Nick O'Malley and Peter Hannam