methane

New building standards must recognise that gas is high risk

Sydney Knitting Nannas and Friends wants the NSW government to change the status of gas from low to high-emissions energy. Kathy McKenzie reports.

We need system change not climate change

PM Scott Morrison said Australia would achieve net zero by 2050 β€˜the Australian way’. It isΒ pure spin, argues Petrina Harley.

COP26: Rich nations kick the can down the road

The climate science says we are running out of time to avoid climate catastropheΒ but, as Friends of the EarthΒ says, this COP26 did not deliver what was needed.

COP26: 26 reasons why Australia is world’s worst on climate policy

COP26 identified the worst polluter culprits,Β rankingΒ Australia worst in the world for climate policy.Β Gideon Polya looks at why.

Ruminants and methane: Not the fault of the animals

Cattle and sheep are blamed for contributing to greenhouse gases, belching out methane, and farmers in the future are likely to be taxed because of it. The recent ΒιΆΉΣ³»­ Weekly climate change liftout [issue #1078] calls for a drastic reduction in sheep and cattle numbers. There is a TV advertisement, urging people to β€œgo vego to save the planet”. This is a gross misunderstanding of the ruminant carbon cycle.