Communicating the IPCC report

One of the Working Groups from the The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will release a report on 9 August on the heating of the planet and what it means for our future. A draft was leaked and journalists with advance copies are sounding...

Hey INPEX, leave our kids alone

How’s this for a creepy media release title? INPEX partners with Questacon to future-proof Australian students The creepiness really comes into its own after a quick Google search when you realise that INPEX is an oil and gas company. And that and Questacon, our...

How to avoid greenwashing hydrogen

A quiet push is underway to label hydrogen made with coal or gas as ‘clean’ or ‘renewable’. Hydrogen can be made with renewables, with oxygen the only by-product. Or it can be made with coal or gas, along with promises to store the resulting carbon dioxide. There are...

Why fossil fuels are the new tobacco

Smoking kills thousands of Australians every year and is our leading cause of preventable deaths. Because of that, cigarette advertising and sponsorship is banned in Australia. You can’t even display cigarette packs in shops. But coal, oil and gas are also highly...