Landscape with fallow deer
Petworth, West Sussex Dominant bucks had established rutting stands in close proximity to one another, each stationed beneath one of the park’s ancient trees As we strode across the Mansion Lawn towards the lake, bathed in the golden marmalade light of the setting sun, it felt as though we had stepped into Turner’s painting, Sunset, Fighting […]
Windfarm commissioner appointed with strong credentials in renewables
Clean energy industry hopeful Malcolm Turnbull’s appointee will ‘blow away some of the conspiracy theories’ and return debate to ‘sensible’ The Turnbull government has appointed an academic and company director with strong ties to climate and renewables research as its new “wind commissioner”, in a move the clean energy industry says should help return the […]
Carmichael mine rail link 'not a priority' for concessional loans, says minister
Under Abbott, Coalition considered offering Adani concessional financing for 388km line, but Josh Frydenberg says company must ‘stand on its own two feet’ The Turnbull government has said a 388km railway essential to the future of the controversial $16bn Carmichael coalmine in central Queensland is “not a priority project” for federal concessional loans from the […]
Time to examine the fossil fuel industry's relationship with Queensland's government
New report from The Australia Institute sheds light on the high level of access and lack of accountability afforded to the fossil fuel lobby in Queensland On 11 February 2013, David Edwards, then the most senior civil servant in Queensland’s Department of State Development, Infrastructure and Planning, used $500 of taxpayer money to buy a […]
BP oil spill in Great Australian Bight would be catastrophic, modelling shows
Wilderness Society report shows spill would likely affect fishing and tourism, and threaten whales, seabirds, sea lions and sea turtles, along the southern coast An oil spill from BP’s planned drilling in the Great Australian Bight could affect most of Australia’s southern coastline, shutting down fisheries and threatening wildlife including whales, seabirds and sea lions, […]
Michigan city to change water source after studies showed lead increase
State officials announced a plan after several local studies and months of complaints from residents after Flint stopped using the Detroit system After months of resisting complaints from residents in the city of Flint, Michigan, over the discolored and odorous water that was flowing into their homes, city and state officials announced a plan Thursday […]
It could be lights out for solar power under this government
Ten times as many of the jobs lost at Redcar are at risk under the government’s plans to cut solar power subsidies by 87% – and it may be schools that suffer most Ministers rightly wring their hands over the 2,200 jobs being lost at the 98-year-old Redcar steelworks hit by low-cost Chinese competition. But […]
VW scandal: two simple questions, two complex answers
The US Congress hearing into the emissions-rigging scandal mixed frustration with incredulity at answers from Volkswagen’s US CEO Michael Horn Despite Volkwagen’s congressional hearing lasting more than two hours and the carmaker’s US boss facing almost constant criticism, Congress was only fixated on a pair of questions – who is to blame for the diesel […]
Readers recommend: songs about scandal | Peter Kimpton
Sex, drugs, money, sport, politics or hypocrisy? Sift through your songs to craft a collection of controversy, exposing the wrongs that pretend to be rights It’s shocking! It’s upsetting, unacceptable, and immoral! Or is it? What makes a scandal scandalous? Scandal is always on the move. The more there is of it, the less there […]
Head of VW America says he feels personally deceived
Michael Horn, president and CEO of Volkswagen Group of America is appearing before the House energy and commerce committee to discuss the company’s emissions-rigging scandal 5.56pm BST We will be ending our live blog here. Here is a quick summary of today’s hearing: 5.34pm BST Here are Grundler’s prepared remarks. As we reported yesterday: The […]