National affairs
16 January 2011
Unprecedented weather events are now to be expected, but we still don’t expect them, writes our correspondent in Toowoomba
International
16 December 2010
Cancun will restore confidence among governments and business that action is going to occur, writes Michael Jacobs, and that makes progress more likely
Essays & reportage
20 November 2010
A return trip to East Germany’s Lusatia region, twenty years on, reveals an extraordinary transition away from coal mining and heavy industry, writes Glenn Nicholls
Books & arts
10 November 2010
John Fenton pioneered an innovative approach to ecological farming, writes Cameron Muir
International
9 November 2010
Almost a year later, it’s easier to judge what was and wasn’t achieved in the Danish capital, writes Michael Jacobs – and what it means for this…
National affairs
3 November 2010
Buybacks aren’t the only way to reduce the amount of water being taken out of the system, argues Brian Toohey
National affairs
26 October 2010
Climate change efforts are becoming more decentralised, writes Stephen Howes, so we’ll need to make the most of a bottom-up approach
Essays & reportage
20 October 2010
Indonesia is at the sharp end of the debate about how to bring forests into a carbon trading system, writes Stephen Minas
Books & arts
7 October 2010
Peter Spearritt looks at how traffic engineers and apartment developers are degrading Australian cities
International
6 October 2010
European governments are considering a plan to cut carbon emissions irrespective of what other countries decide, writes Michael Jacobs
National affairs
23 September 2010
Although a price on carbon will mean real changes to parts of the Australian economy, write John Daley and Tristan Edis, its impact on most industries will be small
International
2 September 2010
In every generation one issue comes to symbolise the wider battle to protect the natural world. This could be it, writes Michael Jacobs
International
29 July 2010
Not quite, writes Michael Jacobs. But the battle will be a tough one
International
17 December 2009
Ian Lowe catches some glimpses of the Copenhagen conference from outside in the queue
Essays & reportage
22 October 2009
If you want to find out what’s happening in Australia’s cities today, don’t go to the glossy planning documents, writes Peter Spearritt
National affairs
24 September 2009
A dusty day in Sydney wouldn’t have surprised Enrico Fermi, writes Brett Evans
National affairs
25 August 2009
Massive public assistance is being given to a dying technology, writes Rob Chalmers, just when electric cars are showing enormous promise
Essays & reportage
20 August 2009
Angela Pamela and her political prizewinners took the Alice Springs show by storm, reports Ellie Rennie
National affairs
18 August 2009
Good management can turn around fish stocks when fishers are treated as part of the solution, writes Quentin Grafton
Essays & reportage
24 June 2009
Melissa Sweet returns to a life in the Australian bush
Essays & reportage
25 May 2009
Queensland is in flood, but none of the water is likely to make the long journey down the Darling and the Murray to South Australia, reports Robert Milliken in Murray Bridge
Podcasts
13 March 2009
Understanding the inevitability of devastating fires is essential for local communities and policy makers, historian Tom Griffiths tells Peter Clarke
National affairs
4 March 2009
A diverse set of measures is needed if we are to minimise the risk of failing to deal effectively with climate change, write Iain MacGill and Regina Betz
National affairs
3 March 2009
We need early detection and rapid aggressive response to stop bushfires from raging out of control, argues Viv Waller
National affairs
25 February 2009
The federal government’s emissions trading scheme is in trouble. Richard Denniss looks at the alternative
Essays & reportage
16 February 2009
Testimony from the 1939 and 2009 fires reveals what we haven’t learnt from history
National affairs
2 February 2009
It seems paradoxical, but the Rudd government’s emissions trading scheme will stop individuals and governments from acting to reduce emissions, writes Richard Denniss
National affairs
11 December 2008
With Malcolm Turnbull caught between his own party’s climate change sceptics and a popular government, don’t be surprised if Australia goes to the polls next year,…
Essays & reportage
27 November 2008
All sides of politics agree that a German-style national feed-in tariff to encourage rooftop solar power makes sense. But Christine Milne’s bill to create the tariff is…
National affairs
12 November 2008
The World Economic Forum’s latest summit showed that Australia can both learn from and teach the rest of the world, writes Ian Lowe from Dubai