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Colorless and odorless, methane is a potent greenhouse gas that traps 83 times more heat in the atmosphere over a 20-year period than an equivalent amount of carbon dioxide.

Two proposed wind farms off the Texas and Louisiana coasts would join offshore oil drilling rigs in the gulf as the Biden administration tries to boost the country’s clean energy supply.

A Morgan Stanley report updated Monday states that retail energy generation company Vistra could see huge windfalls from ERCOT's new 'reliability-based' business model.  

Researchers are increasingly linking oilfield activity and seismic activity, with a new report from the University of Texas at Austin connecting the two in the Delaware Basin.

The cost of electricity in Texas is tightly tied to the price of natural gas.

Lydia Larce has what she calls “storm PTSD.”

University of Birmingham takes steps in tackling major sustainability challenge by collecting disposable laboratory gloves for recycling.

New research from the University of Copenhagen suggests that previously overlooked property of ghost particles may be a key part of the explanation for why some stars explode, while others collapse into black holes.

Project will focus on English oaks and aims to help trees adapt to keep pace with threats.

 

Australia is lagging behind traditional allies and failing to take the climate threat seriously, according to a distinguished group of former senior security officials, in an open letter published in metropolitan newspapers today . Signatories to the letter include former Defence Force Chief, Adm. Chris Barrie, and Air Vice-Marshall John Blackburn, former Air Force Deputy Chief.

Australia faces a summer of deadly heat, with an unprecedented “super” El Niño underway forecast to bring record global temperatures over the next year. Climate disruption, extreme heatwaves and drought threaten Australians’ health and livelihoods, our energy and transport systems, water security, crops and livestock, and food prices.

The Australian Government has said little about these threats. A 2022 Office of National Intelligence report on climate and security risks remains hidden. There has been no systemic policy action.

• Open letter: https://www.aslcg.org/open-letter/
• Newspaper full-page statement: https://www.aslcg.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/ASLCG_OpenLetter_AClimateSecurityPlan.pdf
• Webinar: https://events.humanitix.com/climate-security-has-the-penny-finally-dropped

The letter published by the security leaders group says that: “One of Australia’s closest security partners, the United Kingdom, has moved decisively to put climate risk at the heart of its foreign and security policy, and has established a dedicated high-level climate security taskforce. Its planning includes food and water security, supply chains, economic disruption and regional instability. Australia should now urgently take comparable steps.”

The UK has established its first dedicated Climate Security Taskforce, bringing together security, military and academic expertise to identify gaps, assess risks and strengthen national preparedness. The UK Government explicitly linked overseas climate shocks to domestic food prices, supply chains and national security.

Specific actions the Government should take include:

• Tell Australians the risks — Release a public version of the 2022 climate-security assessment.
• Build climate-threat intelligence and early warning capacity — Create dedicated capability to detect emerging risks to food, water, energy, infrastructure and regional stability.
• Prepare for food and price shocks — Stress-test Australia’s food system and plan for shortages, supply disruption and rising prices.
• End the fossil-fuel contradiction — such as the Beetaloo Basin, and accelerate decarbonisation. Since 2022, 37 new, expanded or extended fossil-fuel projects have been approved by the Australian Government
• Establish a Climate Security Taskforce — Bring together defence, intelligence, climate, emergency, food and economic expertise.
• Put climate risk at the centre of national-security planning — Develop an overarching national-security strategy with climate disruption and human security at its core.

Next Wednesday 7 October webinar: Lessons from the UK: https://events.humanitix.com/climate-security-has-the-penny-finally-dropped

On the face of it, NSW wind development looks like an epic policy disaster. Hosts are ready for the party, the bar is open, the music is playing, but no-one has shown up.

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Union nurses with California Nurses Association celebrated a hard-fought victory today as Governor Gavin Newsom signed a CNA-sponsored bill, AB 1979 authored by Assemblymember Mia Bonta (AD-18), into law. The new law establishes landmark protections for patients and health care workers against the unsafe use of artificial intelligence (A.I.) in health care.

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In our latest, we talk with author and historian Aaron Leonard about the Federal Government’s long war against American communism. Listen in: Guest bio// Aaron J. Leonard is a writer…

The last of 83 turbines has been installed across a two-stage wind farm part owned by a developer that has had two other projects "called in" by the state LNP government.

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Survey finds that three quarters of landlords either support or do not oppose introducing new energy efficiency standards for renters.

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One of Australia's big four aluminium smelters has secured a government bailout alongside a five-year power deal at a "globally competitive and lowest-possible price."

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