Archive - Tempests and Terawatts

Why Harris v Trump is the Everything-But-Climate Election

The 2024 US Presidential election could have dramatic consequences for global climate action, so why has championing the fossil fuel industry become…

Published on The Donkey Vote • 2 hrs ago

August 2024

The little known policy that could be a climate game-changer

Australian companies will soon be subject to a new mandatory climate reporting regime. It could help heap pressure on big emitters to implement credible…

Aug 25 •

Michael Mazengarb

July 2024

New donations data shows Labor fuelling NT election campaign with gas cash

Donations disclosures show NT Labor receiving a significant donation from a key gas industry player, coinciding with the company securing a major gas…

Jul 21 •

Michael Mazengarb

Australia exposed as one of the worst climate wreckers in key UN-backed report

Australia again ranks amongst the world's worst countries for climate action, in the latest Sustainable Development Report that exposes Australia's…

Jul 7 •

Michael Mazengarb

June 2024

The 11 ways going nuclear would be a disaster for Australia

Peter Dutton's plan for nuclear power in Australia will be too late, too expensive, too risky, and is just straight-up unnecessary. Here's 11 reasons…

Jun 26 •

Michael Mazengarb

Peter Dutton's scorched Earth gambit

I regret to inform you that the climate wars are still raging. They always have been.

Jun 12 •

Michael Mazengarb

February 2024

A 'duty of care' update: climate change is a war on kids

The ultimate goal of climate action is to leave future generations a safe planet to live in, and the government has perhaps lost sight of that.

Feb 24 •

Michael Mazengarb

Millions in fossil fuel money continues to rain on major parties

In the first full year of the Albanese government, fossil fuel companies gifted more than $860,000 to the Labor Party.

Feb 1 •

Michael Mazengarb

July 2023

Protect my child from climate change, you cretins

Maintaining a safe planet and halting global warming - a truly global intergenerational crisis - will require countries like Australia to properly…

Jul 7, 2023 •

Michael Mazengarb

February 2023

Almost 90 per cent of Australia's carbon neutral claims underpinned by 'junk' international offsets

Data shows the 'carbon neutral' claims of Australia's big businesses are overwhelmingly based on highly dubious international offsets.

Feb 21, 2023 •

Michael Mazengarb

Fossil fuels poured $1.3+ million into the major parties in 2022, but then the climate movement fought back

New data from the Electoral Commission shows how fossil fuel giants funded the election campaigns of the major parties in 2022. But, it also marked a…

Feb 1, 2023 •

Michael Mazengarb

January 2023

The Problematic Paradox of Carbon Offsets

The world is facing a combined climate and biodiversity crises. Carbon offsets are promoted as a solution to both - but there is mounting evidence that…

Jan 26, 2023 •

Michael Mazengarb

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