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News for April, 2026

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If you take one thing from this posting, it should be the levelling trend at the end of this graph! - Climate Trace As usual, there were a flood of articles this month. Space and time (both yours and mine) mean that only a fraction of them get presented here. A couple of factors determine which ones I select. Personal choice, of course. I also try to represent themes (the take up of renewable energy, for instance) rather than more of the same. This can sometimes lead to the impression that not a lot is happening in some areas. If you think ICE activities have died down, you would be wrong. The classifications inspired by Sergio Leone ('Good', 'Bad', 'Ugly') are selected based on whether article indicates progress ('good'), a backslide or misstep ('bad'), and whether the backsliding is intentional ('ugly'). They are placed in the reverse order so that the good is the last thing you scan, and be left with 'reasons to be cheerful'. H...
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News for March, 2026

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Another month, and another set of articles to browse (or flee screaming from, depending on your current mental state). The usual actors continue to labour at turning Orwell's vision of a boot stamping on a human face into reality. There are wars, and rumours of war, famine, environmental breakdown, robot uprisings etc. etc. All of this does need to be watched, even as we also note that the world continues to turn, and turn up good news as well. The world's still turning, and so is the Moon, to which Artemis II has just begun its journey - DSCOVR. NASA We have a number of species that aren't going extinct just yet. Renewable energy is burgeoning. Medicinal research continues to amaze. Mainstream media is not the sole source of information. Fascism is not carrying all before it. City building isn't just for computers. So, on that cheery note, go and find something of interest below. Environment If the situation with several critical endangered species is any guide, things...
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News for February, 2026

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Hello once more for your roundup of environmental news for the past month. While I had hoped to be able to adopt a more optimistic tone this year, it seems the worst continue to be too full of passionate intensity for that. Nevertheless, the good do possess some conviction. This is  particularly true in the energy sector, where the momentum toward renewable energy is in full swing. Being a glutton for organisational punishment, I have added yet another section to cover health articles that appeared this month. Not all it relates to what RFK Jr is doing. Environment A newly discovered coral reef that appears to be thriving (from Jan Pope via ABC)  The Ugly Using the current turmoil in the Liberal Party, and the time honoured tactic of a Friday afternoon, the Albanese Government snuck out a raft of reports and announcements that they deemed to be potentially unpopular. These days, this tactic does get noticed, so it isn't even clever any more.  Anyway, here's what the Alb...
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