Graham Readfearn
The Guardian
Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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Sky News Australia’s Outsiders breached industry code for accuracy on climate science, media watchdog finds
Acma investigation highlights four segments on Sky News Australia that tried to play down the threat to Great Barrier Reef → Read More
Farewell Tucker Carlson, climate change denier whose claims never stacked up
The former Fox News host liked to dredge up a laundry list of alleged errors by scientists in an effort to erode public trust → Read More
Labor promises to ‘grab this opportunity’ to become renewable energy superpower
‘To see this at the heart of government planning is an overwhelming relief,’ Energy Council says, while investors warn of impact from US energy package → Read More
Australia recycles just 18% of plastic packaging and will not reach 2025 target, review finds
Environmental campaigners say industry-led approach is failing and stronger laws are needed → Read More
World’s at-risk kelp forests provide billions of dollars in benefits, study shows
Report highlights environmental and economic impacts of algae threatened by climate crisis, overfishing and pollution → Read More
Australia’s resources minister heaps warm praise on gas as industry PR spree masks doubts about future
Madeleine King says gas can help decarbonise the economy but not even big users of the fossil fuel are convinced → Read More
More stockpiles of soft plastics from failed REDcycle recycling scheme uncovered
Dozens of storage sites found across Australia but estimated amount of plastic reportedly falls from 12,350 tonnes to 11,000 → Read More
Apple pulls out of Andrew Forrest-backed windfarm at centre of threatened species controversy
Upper Burdekin project would have significant impacts on four species, including koalas and greater gliders, developer says in public report → Read More
A climate policy that actually cuts emissions? It’s the reality that fossil fuel bosses and News Corp commentators can’t see
Changes to the safeguard mechanism take us a step closer to net zero by 2050 – the goal consecutive governments have signed up to → Read More
Melting Antarctic ice predicted to cause rapid slowdown of deep ocean current by 2050
New research by Australian scientists suggests 40% slowdown in just three decades could alter world’s climate for centuries → Read More
More than half NSW forests lost since 1750 and logging ‘locking in’ species extinction, study finds
Exclusive: Report says 435,000 hectares have been degraded through logging since 2000, affecting 244 threatened species → Read More
Russell Brand is the latest to platform climate conservative Bjørn Lomborg’s ‘reckless’ net-zero cost claims
The Danish commentator has been accused of continuing to misrepresent findings about the costs of cutting emissions, despite pleas from scientists → Read More
Queensland windfarm backed by Apple and Andrew Forrest sparks warning over impact on threatened species
Windlab wants to put 80 turbines and 150km of tracks on site inland from Ingham to build the Upper Burdekin windfarm → Read More
Clive Palmer-owned company withdraws appeal against ruling that coalmine would worsen climate crisis
Landmark decision from Queensland land court declared emissions from Waratah Coal project would limit the rights of future generations → Read More
Former Australian PM Tony Abbott joins board of UK climate sceptic thinktank
Abbott says ‘we need more genuine science and less groupthink’ in announcing position at Global Warming Policy Foundation → Read More
Australian startup Recharge wins bid for collapsed UK battery company Britishvolt
Recharge, which is also planning a factory in Victoria, revives goal to build £3.8bn ‘gigafactory’ in north England → Read More
Clue to rising sea levels lies in DNA of 4m-year-old octopus, scientists say
Genes of Turquet’s octopus hold memories of melting of previous Antarctic ice sheet, raising fears of what another thawing could bring → Read More
Food, feed and fuel: global seaweed industry could reduce land needed for farming by 110m hectares, study finds
Scientists identify parts of ocean suitable for seaweed cultivation and suggest it could constitute 10% of human diet to reduce impact of agriculture → Read More
Endangered shark sold as flake in South Australia fish and chip shops, study finds
Calls for better food labelling as investigation claims that only around one-third of fish is flake, with served species including rare narrownose smooth-hound → Read More
Qantas, Origin and other Australian companies urged to check effectiveness of overseas rainforest carbon credits
Calls for businesses to do own due diligence after Guardian revealed more than 90% of rainforest credits from a leading offsets provider were likely worthless → Read More