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Adam Morton

The Guardian

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Never mind that the Coalition’s nuclear proposal is a fantasy – it doesn’t even claim to reduce power bills

Let’s not waste time with niceties: the Coalition’s nuclear plan is a fantasy. The vision laid out on Friday by a quartet of opposition...

14.12.2024 70

The Guardian

Adam Morton

How can News Corp call its gas splash an ‘exclusive’ and a ‘special report’ when it’s paid for by industry?

The big news on Monday morning was that the story splashed across the front of News Corp’s biggest-selling tabloid newspapers wasn’t news at all....

02.12.2024 5

The Guardian

Adam Morton

Trump 2.0 could make even the most optimistic climate observers cynical - but it’s not the whole story

You’ve likely already heard the worst-case takes: that a second Trump presidency is a disaster for the climate, and will almost certainly lead to...

11.11.2024 3

The Guardian

Adam Morton

Let’s be clear, Peter Dutton’s energy plan is more focused on coal and gas than it is on nuclear power

Some news you may not have clocked last week while the focus was on important things like a royal tour: 44 of the world’s top climate scientists,...

29.10.2024 10

The Guardian

Adam Morton

Amid Australia’s chaotic climate politics, the rooftop solar boom is an unlikely triumph

Australia was a different place in 2011. Julia Gillard’s Labor government, the Greens and a couple of country independents were rewriting the...

01.10.2024 5

The Guardian

Adam Morton

Labor’s coalmine expansion approvals undermine its credibility on the global stage

The most obvious point to make about Tanya Plibersek’s approval of three coalmine expansions on Tuesday is the most important. The potential...

25.09.2024 20

The Guardian

Adam Morton

The environment was meant to be ‘back on the priority list’ under Labor. Instead, we’ve seen a familiar story

It wasn’t supposed to be like this. Back in the heady new government days of July 2022, Tanya Plibersek told the National Press Club that change...

16.09.2024 9

The Guardian

Adam Morton

Let’s be honest: Australia’s claim to have cut climate pollution isn’t as good as it seems

Australia has a problem with greenhouse gas emissions – a bigger problem than the political debate concedes. Late last week, as Australians...

04.09.2024 20

The Guardian

Adam Morton

The Coalition has turned its renewable energy denial into a nuclear roadmap to nowhere. It’s exhausting

Journalists are obsessed with the new. We cast around every day to tell audiences something they don’t know. That’s the job. Sometimes, when we...

20.08.2024 30

The Guardian

Adam Morton

Western Australia’s EPA has made a big call on a major gas expansion. Will state and federal governments back it up?

The news that the Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority is likely to recommend that a massive gas export development off the...

06.08.2024 2

The Guardian

Adam Morton