Arctic sea ice 'melting at a record rate'

Ben Cubby Measurements show sea ice area about 31,000 square kilometres lower than previous record.

Greenhouse gas emissions still on the rise, data shows

Ben Cubby AUSTRALIA'S greenhouse gas emissions continued to rise last year, driven by an increase in vehicle use and gases leaking from coalmines, federal government data show.

Reductions in greenhouse gas will be locked in until 2020

Lenore Taylor The new carbon tax law will ''lock in'' big annual reductions in greenhouse emissions from industry until 2020 unless a future Coalition government can get explicit Senate approval for changes.

Chinese firms blamed in huge greenhouse gas scam

Damian Carrington BRUSSELS: The European Commission is planning to clamp down on a €2 billion ($2.8 billion) carbon trading scam involving the deliberate production of greenhouse gases which the fraudulent...

Farmer ploughs ahead in greenhouse gas war

CARMEL EGAN A BATTLE is raging beneath the bobbing heads of Ian Linklater's wheat crop in the red loamy soils of Gol Gol.

High-power panel to put emissions on target

David Wroe 'Reserve Bank for climate change' to help set Australia's greenhouse gas and renewable energy targets.

Carbon pricing spurs business on

Adam Morton Businesses directly affected take steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to a survey of senior executives.

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Almighty stench brews as super garbage tip approved

Nicole Hasham SUBURBS across Sydney have been shortlisted to house rubbish transfer depots handling thousands of tonnes of garbage a year after a super-tip in the state's south won approval to triple the volume of...

Recyclers seek reward for clean tactics

Nicole Hasham RUBBISH will pour into bursting landfills, the recycling industry will stall and greenhouse gas emissions will rise in a perverse side-effect of the federal government's carbon tax, critics have...

Global environment outlook grim, UN says

The earth's environmental systems "are being pushed towards their biophysical limits," the United Nations Environment Program says.

Australia not alone on carbon pricing: Combet

Adam Morton Climate Change Minister will today counter claims that Australia is acting alone on carbon pricing with an analysis that finds more than 50 jurisdictions will have emissions trading schemes in 2013.

Credits lost in tangle of Aceh's forest

In 2007, young Australian entrepreneur Dorjee Sun began a mission to save the world.

Geo-engineering 'a risk' in climate change battle

Ben Cubby ATTEMPTS to slow down climate change by large-scale geo-engineering present ''serious risks'' and are unlikely to replace the need to cut greenhouse gas emissions, Australia's chief scientist has...

The good oil on food miles: it's a bit of a myth

Natalie Craig Two brands of olive oil, one from Australia, the other shipped 16,000 kilometres from Italy, sit on a supermarket shelf.

HRL freezes Latrobe Valley power station plans after legal ruling

Adam Morton Plans for a new coal and gas-fired power station in the Latrobe Valley are put on ice after a legal ruling that it cannot be built until a deal is struck to shut an existing coal plant.

Climate sceptic ad backfires

Adam Morton It is either a brilliantly antagonistic marketing ploy or, more likely, a remarkable misjudgment.

Inherit the wind: dinosaurs blamed for changing climate

John Von Radowitz LONDON: Huge plant-eating dinosaurs may have produced enough greenhouse gas by breaking wind to alter the Earth's climate, new research suggests.

Mega-cities pose climate test as consumption grows

Michael Bachelard The mega-cities of Asia will be the toughest test for climate-change policy as a rising middle class begins to consume goods at rates only previously seen in the west.

The price is right?

Adam Morton Is Australia's carbon price too high compared with other major countries, or will it be all right in the end?

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