This includes articles about coal mining and CSG, mining the Galilee Basin, dredging, and Abbot Point. It also contains articles on sandmining on Stradbroke Island. Other, related articles, can be found under 'Environment: Great Barrier Reef'.
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Between the lines, Morrison's plan has coal on the way out, with the future bright TJ Ryan Foundation Research Associate, John Quiggin, writes in The Conversation (26.10.21) about the federal Coalition government's net-ze... More » |
Bill Hare writes in The Conversation (16.10.21) about the federal government's shortcomings in reaching Australia's emissions targets, arg... More » |
Yes, it is entirely possible for Australia to phase out thermal coal within a decade TJ Ryan Foundation Research Associate, John Quiggin, writes in The Conversation (9.9.21) explaining how Australia is capable of phasing ou... More » |
Michael Grose and CSIRO colleagues write in The Conversation (9.8.21) about the release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's... More » |
The Great Barrier Reef is a victim of climate change – but it could be part of the solution TJ Ryan Foundation Research Associate, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, and Peter Thomson comment in The Guardian (26.7.21) on the impacts of... More » |
TJ Ryan Foundation Research Associate, John Quiggin, writes in The Conversation (13.5.21) about the Coalition government's failure to offe... More » |
TJ Ryan Foundation Research Associate, John Quiggin, writes in Inside Story (6.4.21) about former chief scientist Alan Fink... More » |
Chris Biggs writes in The Conversation (12.3.21) about the coming closure of Victoria’s Yallourn coal-fired power station, crit... More » |
A major report excoriated Australia’s environment laws. Sussan Ley’s response is confused and risky Peter Burnett writes in The Conversation (29.1.21) about the release of a damning report into Australia's management of its natural enviro... More » |
Punching above our weight looks like getting us knocked out TJ Ryan Foundation Research Associate, John Quiggin, writes in Inside Story (14.12.20) about the Australian government being snubbed by in... More » |
Angus Taylor's gas plan is an astoundingly bad idea, on so many levels Simon Holmes à Court comments in The Guardian (17.9.20) on the federal government's 'gas-fired recovery' plan to underpin the econo... More » |
Peter Burnett writes in The Conversation (20.7.20) about the Coalition's worrying push to change Australia's environmental law framework.<... More » |
We just spent two weeks surveying the Great Barrier Reef. What we saw was an utter tragedy Terry Hughes and Morgan Pratchett write in The Conversation (7.4.20) about their latest research on the health of the Great Barrier Reef, ... More » |
Labor’s climate policy is too little, too late. We must run faster to win the race Will Steffen writes in The Conversation (24.2.20) that 'simple maths' reveals Labor's newly announced policy on emissions reduction, if re... More » |
Event: Disaster Management - Resilience and Recovery *PLEASE NOTE - THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE* On a date to be announced soon, the TJ Ryan Foundation will host a free ... More » |
Australia is 'ground zero' in climate crisis and must show leadership, top researchers say Lisa Cox reports in The Guardian (29.1.20) on an open letter signed by 80 of Australia's leading researchers - including TJ Ryan Foundatio... More » |
Inaugural John Sinclair Memorial Lecture Dr John Sinclair AO, founder of the Fraser Island Defenders Organisation (FIDO), died on 3rd February 2019. FIDO is honouring the outstanding contr... More » |
Take care when examining the economic impact of fires. GDP doesn’t tell the full story Janine Dixon writes in The Conversation (17.1.20) about attempts to quantify the costs of this summer's destructive bushfires, reminding t... More » |
BlackRock is the canary in the coalmine. Its decision to dump coal signals what’s next TJ Ryan Foundation Research Associate, John Quiggin, writes in The Conversation (16.1.20) about the implications of the world's large... More » |
Slow burn - Australia's summer of bushfire crisis TJ Ryan Foundation Research Associate, John Quiggin, writes in Inside Story (1.1.20) about the bushfire crisis threatening communities acr... More » |
Dominic Cansdale reports for the ABC (8.12.19) on the state government's release of a draft South East Queensland Koala Conservation Strategy,... More » |
Australia's science academy attacks 'cherry-picking' of Great Barrier Reef research Graham Readfearn reports in The Guardian (26.11.19) that a Senate inquiry into farming practices' impacts upon the Great Barrier Reef has ... More » |
Australia could fall apart under climate change. But there’s a way to avoid it Ross Garnaut writes in The Conversation (6.11.19) that, if climate action fails, the consequences 'would be beyond contemporary Austr... More » |
Australia's tortured energy debate: what is the state of play? Katharine Murphy comments in The Guardian (13.10.19) on the current state of energy policy debate in Australia, looking at how we got from... More » |
Coal miners and urban greenies have one thing in common, and Labor must use it Fabio Mattioli and Kari Dahlgren write in The Conversation (11.10.19) that the Labor Party will not win an election by cozying up to the c... More » |