Nick O'Malley
The Sydney Morning Herald
Washington, DC, United States
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Trade winds: Shipping is turning back to sails after a century
The world is locked in debate over the cost of cutting maritime emissions. A few key players are quietly showing how an ancient technology can do it for free. → Read More
Looming fire ant invasion ‘worse than cane toads’
Facing a crisis demanding immediate action, critics say governments sat for two years on a crucial report on the fire ant crisis. → Read More
How the healthiest koala colony collapsed into extinction
Calamity has struck the koalas of Gunnedah, the NSW town that still calls itself the “koala capital of the world”. → Read More
Jacinda Ardern’s empathy won global respect, but not a third term
New Zealand’s prime minister was loved around the world, but eventually Jacinda Ardern’s celebrity started to grate on those at home. → Read More
Under the weather: the Bureau of Meteorology’s terrible, horrible, very bad, no good year
The bureau was pelted with record rainfall, hundreds of disasters, triple the average number of flood warnings, and then it dropped $220,000 on a name change. → Read More
The climate’s a ‘mess’. Poor countries want money for the damage done. But will the rich pay up?
The awkward issue of “loss and damage” is high on the agenda at climate talks in Africa. What do developing nations want? → Read More
The world is failing to meet its climate targets. Here is cause for hope
Leaders distracted by pandemic and war have failed to put us on track for 1.5 degrees, but with new climate talks about to start there are signs of real progress. → Read More
As big as two Harbour bridges: The giant wind farms you’ll see from the coast
The project would be part of a bold push to increase Australia’s use of renewable energy. → Read More
‘Trying to poke the beast’: What’s driving the climate activists causing traffic chaos in Sydney
Across the Western world, groups are adopting disruptive and potentially dangerous civil disobedience. → Read More
Supreme Court marches US back in time
It’s yet to be seen how long Americans will tolerate a Supreme Court bound by an ideology inspired by a 250-year-old document, out of step with the concerns of today’s world. → Read More
‘Biggest energy crisis in 50 years’: East coast cold snap ignites gas price fears
The Albanese government is under pressure to stop spiralling power bills amid the worst energy crisis in decades. → Read More
Labor fends off calls for greater ambition on climate
The party believes its election strategy put the climate wars to rest. It is reluctant to risk those gains by pursuing calls for even stronger action on emissions. → Read More
Our experts answer your burning election questions
Our inbox was flooded with questions. Here are some answers. → Read More
‘We’ve had a decade of no leadership’: Scientists back ALP on climate action plans
Climate Action Tracker says government policies were consistent with 3 degrees global warming, Labor’s with 2 degrees and the Greens and independents with 1.5 degrees. → Read More
This is what you want on climate action. What you get runs cold
After years of drought, fire, flood and expert reports revealing the catastrophic costs of inaction, Australia’s major political parties are falling short on climate policy. → Read More
The failures that left Australians facing floods alone began years ago
Sometime before dawn on Monday, February 27, Aiden Ricketts’ neighbours began to cry for help. → Read More
‘Let’s face it, it’s climate change’: Floods renew debate over where we should live
It was a week marked by tragic deaths, shocking stories and arresting images - but as the clean-up gets underway, the conversation will now turn to policy. → Read More
How coal ends: We already have the tools to make it clean
Recent announcements about coal plant closures might have shocked some, but they’ve been long predicted by experts, who’d still like to see a transition plan. → Read More
AGL bid shows markets are moving swiftly on decarbonisation
Tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes’ bid for AGL is a truly significant moment in Australia’s journey to cut emissions. → Read More
The coal man with the fate of the world in his hands
A single senator from the coal-rich, dirt poor American state of West Virginia is holding up Joe Biden’s climate agenda and potentially derailing global climate efforts. → Read More