climate change

On a sunny day in late September, Todd Olander was out in the fields of a 90-acre farm in Berthoud planting rows of barley. Typically, Olander would let the soil rest through the winter months, but in recent years he’s begun experimenting…

After a half-decade struggle by Thornton to claim thousands of acre-feet of water a year from the Cache La Poudre River near Fort Collins, the north Denver suburb is starting over with a new water pipe route. As Thornton filed its latest…

Australian business tycoons Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest and his ex-wife Nicola have bought iconic hat brand Akubra in a bombshell multimillion-dollar deal. Few had any inkling about the shock takeover until earlier this week, after the Forrest…

Anthony Albanese has declined to put a timeline on when he’ll present a new short-term emissions target to Pacific leaders. The Prime Minister joined regional powerbrokers at the Pacific Islands Forum’s annual leaders retreat on the…

Younger workers will face crippling income taxes and governments will be forced to slash spending if baby boomers and Gen X voters continue to put tax reform in the too-hard basket.Incoming Productivity Commission chief Danielle Wood has…

Two million Aussies will need to change jobs if Australia is to become a net-zero nation by 2050, according to a new campaign. The country has a shocking clean energy skills shortage that is holding it back from meeting the target,…

The deadly heat waves that have gripped nations in recent years are likely about to get much worse. On Wednesday, the World Meteorological Organization announced that data and models show the planet is on track to have its hottest…

Women and children are vulnerable to the effects of climate change in terms of their health and wellbeing, a top WHO official said, stressing the need for a united approach by countries in promoting the integration of health and…

New Delhi — The death toll from Cyclone Mocha's frontal assault on Myanmar and Bangladesh over the weekend had risen from six to at least 21 by Wednesday, with some unofficial reports suggesting the real toll could be over 200. All…

Climate protesters have brought Adelaide’s streets to a standstill after abseiling off the side of a bridge while rallying against a fossil fuel conference. A group from Extinction Rebellion gathered around protester Meme Thorne, 69, as she…