Lament for carbon tax now clearly understandable

Australia’s dumping of the carbon tax was lamented by thinking people all around the world.

Reasons for that sadness are now clearly apparent with the carbon intensity of Australia's main electricity grid having surged since the tax was abandoned.

Writing in the Sydney Morning Herald, the Environment Editor, Peter Hannam, said that on an annualised basis, emissions from the National Electricity Market serving eastern Australia have risen by 3.9 million tonnes since June, while the sector's emissions intensity has risen 11 per cent.

His story, headed: “Emissions for power sector jump as carbon tax ends” discusses this jump in carbon emissions.

Concerns about new heatwave about to be confirmed

Concerns about further bursts of heat are about to be confirmed.

A story in the Melbourne Age headed: “Mercury and fire dangers to riseas new burst of heat looms” warns of heatwave conditions and elevated fire risks in coming days.

Environment editor, Peter Hannam, wrote that the bureau's new heatwave forecasting service indicates most of Victoria will experience heatwave conditions from Tuesday until at least Sunday.
 

And then, he added: “By Sunday, most of the state, along with south-eastern SA and southern NSW, will have severe heatwave conditions”.