Plans to offer “climate refugees” from the island nation of Tuvalu a path to residency in Australia have faced pushback amid disputed claims about liveability on the remote atoll. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signed a wide-reaching pact with Tuvalu’s Prime Minister Kausea Natano this week, including an offer of residencyContinue Reading
LONDON: Two climate changeprotesters smashed a protective glass panel covering a famous Diego Velazquez oil painting at London’s National Gallery, the group Just Stop Oil said on Monday. The two activists targeted Velazquez’s “The Toilet of Venus”, also known as “The Rokeby Venus”, with small hammers. Photos showed the protectiveContinue Reading
Ex-Australian prime minister Tony Abbott has claimed man-made global warming was “ahistorical and utterly implausible”, labelling climate activists and scientists as “cult”-like. During a speech at the UK launch of an Institute of Public Affairs report into energy policies in Australia, Mr Abbott took his most direct hits at scientificContinue Reading
Australians tempted to execute a petty attack on road users whose actions they disagree with have been warned to exercise “decorum” or prepare to be fined. Members of the public busted attaching “aggressive or offensive” notes to cars can now be slapped with a fine of up to $1100 asContinue Reading
What does the future hold for Australia as it confronts the carbon emissions challenge head on? It was reported in September 2023 that the coal industry was ploughing hundreds of millions of dollars to pinpoint and develop low-emission technology to extend the life of crucial base load electricity generators andContinue Reading
The boss of Irish budget airline Ryanair has had a pie shoved into his face. Michael O’Leary was lashed with a cream pie to the face and the back of his head during his latest EU visit but retorted, “This is the warmest welcome I’ve ever received in Belgium.” TheContinue Reading
The ABC has denied one of its camera crews was working with a group of “extremist” climate protesters who were charged after storming the Perth home of Woodside chief executive Meg O’Neill on Tuesday. WA Police charged four people from the activist group Disrupt Burrup Hub over the incident atContinue Reading
Eco-warriors were handed a taste of their own medicine in London after a couple of YouTube pranksters blocked them from a road protest. The Just Stop Oil protesters were surrounded by a group of Londoners led by social media stars Josh Pieters and Archie Manners – preventing them from launchingContinue Reading
England wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow wrestled a protester to the ground as climate activists briefly interrupted play on the first day of the second Ashes Test at Lord’s on Wednesday. Just before Stuart Broad bowled the second over, two protesters from Just Stop Oil ran out of the Grandstand and ontoContinue Reading
Climate activists have staged a co-ordinated protest across multiple states, plunging traffic into chaos after suspending themselves off of tall poles and blocking major roads. Protesters from Blockade Australia gathered at the Port of Newcastle, the Port of Brisbane and the Port of Melbourne on Monday in a “co-ordinated responseContinue Reading