Climate solutions
How forests the size of tennis courts transform Australian cities
You’ve heard of tiny homes, but what about tiny forests? It’s a growing movement in Australia, based on Japanese ideas.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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- Victoria residential property
‘We’ve been left out’: The home owners locked out of cheap energy
Some Victorians who are keen to electrify their homes are unable to do so as easily as their neighbours.
- Caroline Zielinski
‘Worst thing I’ve ever seen’: CSIRO slashes climate modelling jobs
Australia’s science agency is cutting more than 100 jobs in its Environment Research Unit, which critics say will crush our capacity to predict climate change.
- Bianca Hall
The controversial tax break driving down carbon emissions for the first time since COVID
The rising popularity of EVs has reversed a stubborn trend in the nation’s pollution.
- Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
Australians bearing the brunt of ‘second-best’ climate plans
One of the nation’s leading economists says Australians are paying the price for a political class that is “far from brave” when it comes to climate policy.
- Shane Wright
How to cool your home in summer, from cheap, small steps to a full reno
Many Australian homes are not built for hot days, but there are small choices that can make a big difference in the heat.
- Shona Hendley
Move over AI, seaweed is the new wonder product
One type of seaweed cuts methane emissions and fattens cattle and another has natural polymers that behave like plastic.
- Simon Johanson
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This tech could solve all of Australia’s energy woes. There’s just one teensy problem
A nuclear fusion company building a reactor in America is targeting Australia for international expansion and says it could have a plant up and running here by the middle of next decade.
- Liam Mannix
Trump wants to ‘drill, baby, drill’. This Australian giant is happy to help
Oil and gas giant Woodside is expanding in the US under its American chief executive. Over brunch in New York, Meg O’Neill explains why she thinks the climate conversation has fundamentally changed.
- Michael Koziol
How Zac Efron is transforming an Aussie bush block with an unlikely material
The Hollywood star’s brief for his “greenhouse” home was for a residence that will sit lightly on the earth.
- Alice Uribe