Peter Hannam
The Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Glimpses of a low carbon future amid Port Kembla’s coal and steel
The Illawarra has the workforce, the industrial and academic know-how and the transport and energy links to be a major player in greener manufacturing. → Read More
‘Really big win’: NSW environmental watchdog ordered to address climate change
In a landmark ruling, a NSW court has ordered the state’s Environment Protection Authority to take action to set policies on greenhouse gases. → Read More
Blowing smoke: Toyota’s emissions advantage splits sector
A stoush has developed among Australia’s car suppliers over the best way to track carbon dioxide emissions as competition between hybrids and EVs heats up. → Read More
‘Real sense of achievement’: The next step to preserve the Wollemi pine
The remarkable efforts to save the famous ‘dinosaur tree’ have now moved to replanting the conifer at two secret locations deep within the Wollemi wilderness. → Read More
Farmers finding novel ways to cope with devastating mouse plague
When the cats have given up and the dogs are at risk of dying from eating rodent poison, farmers across inland Australia have had no choice but to improvise. → Read More
‘All about evolution’: Here’s what to do with a dead power station
Wallerawang near Lithgow on the western edge of the Blue Mountains is home to a defunct power plant that may have lessons for the fleet of shutdowns yet to come. → Read More
Mission to save Sydney’s rarest eucalyptus species from extinction
When Steve Douglas drove by a neighbourhood street corner, he spotted a new and rare species of eucalyptus tree. After 25 years, more than a hundred of these trees are being planted in a secret location in a national park. → Read More
Call for pantomime of coal politics to end in Upper Hunter
There is much at stake at the Upper Hunter May 22 byelection with locals wanting “real talk” about what to do once coal is no longer king. → Read More
‘Insane’: Proposed gold mine to take coal wastewater, dam headwaters
The straw for a new project planned for NSW’s Central West would suck in coal wastewater 90 kilometres away. → Read More
US under Biden to test Morrison government's do-little climate stance
US President Joe Biden placed climate action among his top priorities on taking office. Most analysts expect Australia’s relative inaction to get more attention. → Read More
'Dinosaur trees' survived Black Summer, but they haven't recovered enough for the next bushfire
The first look at the damage to the famous "dinosaur tree" from last summer's fires raises concerns about their longer term prospects as the climate warms. → Read More
No let-up likely for Kean as environmental challenges keep mounting
His success at passing an ambitious energy and climate package at the end of 2020 has only lifted the expectations on the NSW Energy and Environment Minister. → Read More
'Significant record': Australia's fourth hottest year despite La Nina
Australia's 2020 marked a sharp shift from severe heat and drought at the start of the year to end with the coolest and wettest December since a big La Nina a decade ago. → Read More
Water released from Warragamba Dam as levels near full capacity
Authorities have started releasing water from Sydney's largest dam after steady recent rains pushed the levels to almost full capacity with more showery days to come. → Read More
Sydneysiders hit by severe thunderstorm moving across NSW
A large swath of eastern NSW including most of the Sydney region is in for a stormy Monday afternoon, as a large thunderstorm cell swept eastwards bringing the potential for flash floods. → Read More
The beasts to our east: What are El Ninos and La Ninas?
We hear the names but what do they mean for our weather? And what does the Pacific have to do with our climate? → Read More
2020 brought another year of extremes, as fires made way for La Nina
As eastern Australia heads towards a soggy, muggy and stormy end to the year, the climatic contrasts to the start of 2020 could hardly be starker. → Read More
Paris climate summit is delivering on its promise but in some unexpected ways
During an icy December five years ago, almost all the world's nations struck a climate agreement, but a side meeting had arguably more impact. → Read More
Glencore takes axe to coal targets but says Australia will be spared
One of the world's biggest coal miners, Glencore, has forecast its global output will fall by more than 25 per cent but its Australian mines will be among the last to close. → Read More
NSW's Kean says building new coal-fired plants is like going back to Blockbuster video
NSW Energy Minister Matt Kean says his government will not be taking calls by federal Coalition backbenchers for a new coal-fired power plant in the state seriously after they savaged his low-emissions plan on Tuesday. → Read More