Graham Readfearn Environment

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Graham Readfearn Environment |Graham Readfearn

Support for Australia’s ongoing ban on nuclear energy has risen sharply since Peter Dutton made the issue a central plank of Coalition energy policy, according to the country’s largest independent survey on climate change and energy. The survey also found fewer people thought any benefits of nuclear power outweighed the risks compared with the previous year.

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Graham Readfearn Environment |Graham Readfearn

The Coalition has vowed to fast-track approvals for gas projects if elected, claiming it would help ease worries about supplies on the east coast and help bring down energy prices. Frontbencher Senator Jane Hume said on Tuesday a future Coalition government would “make sure approvals are met within 30 days of coming to government”. Echoing a claim from Nationals leader David Littleproud on Monday, Hume said “it’s all about demand and supply”.

2 months ago | theguardian.com | Graham Readfearn Environment |Graham Readfearn

As residents in south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales wait for Tropical Cyclone Alfred’s next move, the Bureau of Meteorology’s regular “track map” will be a source of information for many. But behind the snaking track lines and coloured blobs on the map are more than a hundred scenarios from different computer models that are trying to work out how the system will react to what’s happening in the atmosphere and ocean.

2 months ago | theguardian.com | Graham Readfearn Environment |Graham Readfearn

As residents in south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales wait for Tropical Cyclone Alfred’s next move, the Bureau of Meteorology’s regular “track map” will be a source of information for many. But behind the snaking track lines and coloured blobs on the map are more than a hundred scenarios from different computer models that are trying to work out how the system will react to what’s happening in the atmosphere and ocean.