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Temperature Check

Guardian Australia's regular climate factcheck column

  • Graham Readfearn

    Dutton praises Canada to sell nuclear plan. But does Ontario really have cheaper power?

    Graham Readfearn
    Opposition leader’s argument is puzzling given Canadian provinces dominated by renewables pay less for electricity
  • Graham Readfearn

    Renewables caught in misinformation crossfire from Australia’s nuclear cheerleaders

    Graham Readfearn
    Those pushing the nuclear option are making some questionable claims about the capacity of renewable energy
  • Graham Readfearn

    Dick Smith enters nuclear debate but CSIRO analysis shows his argument in meltdown

    Graham Readfearn
    The entrepreneur claims agency exaggerated the costs of the Coalition plan despite it using best-case scenario South Korea as the benchmark
  • Graham Readfearn

    There’s a yawning Coalition credibility gap on the cost of renewables and nuclear

    Graham Readfearn
    Peter Dutton says renewable energy is too expensive – and unveils a plan to switch to nuclear, which the CSIRO says will cost 50% more than wind or solar
  • Graham Readfearn

    The things that you’re liable to read in the IPCC bible ain’t necessarily so, Chris Uhlmann says. It’s a bold claim

    Graham Readfearn
    The contributor to Sky News accuses climate change ‘zealots’ of not having read the research. But his own reading is less than comprehensive
  • Graham Readfearn

    The claim of a $600bn carbon capture windfall for Australia is based on heroic assumptions and selective analysis

    Graham Readfearn
    Projections of the size and scale of a future CCS industry should come with heavy doses of scepticism
  • Graham Readfearn

    Gina Rinehart, One Nation and the Greens all oppose Glencore’s plan to store CO2 in the Great Artesian Basin – why?

    Graham Readfearn
    The mining company insists the storage hub is safe but many are unconvinced about injecting carbon dioxide into a major Australian water resource
  • Graham Readfearn

    Dutton’s plan to save Australia with nuclear comes undone when you look between the brushstrokes

    Graham Readfearn
    The dystopian picture of renewables painted by the opposition leader is full of inconsistencies, partial truths and misinformation
  • Graham Readfearn

    Dutton’s blast of radioactive rhetoric on nuclear power leaves facts in the dust

    Graham Readfearn
    Coalition’s claim of cheap power and quickly built reactors is at odds with real world experience of other countries
  • Graham Readfearn

    This is what happens when an uncosted Coalition thought-bubble on nuclear power is presented as a concrete proposal

    Graham Readfearn
    Anyone reading the Australian’s Newspoll survey might think there was an actual proposal in place to build small modular nuclear reactors around Australia – except there isn’t
  • Graham Readfearn

    Victoria’s blackout had nothing to do with renewables. Claiming that it did won’t fix the system

    Graham Readfearn
    Even as the weather emergency was still unfolding, some commentators and politicians couldn’t resist the urge to blame renewable energy
  • Graham Readfearn

    NSW minerals lobby advertising blitz doesn’t come clean on the dirty realities of coalmining

    Graham Readfearn
    State’s Minerals Council says campaign aims to educate the public – but its claims of responsible, low-emissions mining don’t stack up
  • Graham Readfearn

    What does a Jordan Peterson conference say about the future of climate change? Apparently we’re headed towards ‘human flourishing’

    Graham Readfearn
    Attendees of the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship were treated to a grab-bag of cherrypicked talking points from some speakers that ignored the risks of climate change
  • Adam Morton

    The West Australian goes big on Woodside’s ‘keeping lights on’ claim but keeps readers in dark on climate

    Adam Morton
    Newspaper endorses CEO Meg O’Neill’s position the company’s gas is needed but doesn’t mention global heating
  • Graham Readfearn

    Australia’s resources minister sees a gas-fired future just as international experts chart the fossil fuel’s decline

    Graham Readfearn
    Madeleine King concedes the fossil fuel’s emissions are ‘significant’. To be exact, they account for a whopping 21% of Australia’s total
  • Graham Readfearn

    What is the climate crisis doing to Australia’s weather extremes? A Coalition frontbencher gets it ‘patently wrong’

    Graham Readfearn
    Rising risk of heatwaves and bushfires means politicians will be put to the test about the effect of the climate crisis. Already, some have roundly failed
  • Graham Readfearn

    News Corp gasses up ‘green’ fossil fuels in a series on future energy – but does it pass the sniff test?

    Graham Readfearn
    Series sponsored by organisations including coal and gas companies features ‘incorrect’ claims on ‘green gas’ and context missing on carbon capture technology
  • Graham Readfearn

    The cheapest reliable energy system to meet Australia’s climate targets? Solar and wind, no question

    Graham Readfearn
    There has been a lot of commentary about how to measure the cost of renewables – but much of it misses the point
  • Graham Readfearn

    Let’s talk nuclear, the Coalition says – just don’t mention cost or how long it would take

    Graham Readfearn
    The pace at which you could theoretically deploy the small modular reactor being advocated would mean sitting on your hands until at least the end of the decade
  • Graham Readfearn

    The world likely just had its hottest month on record. What a time to be a climate science denier

    Graham Readfearn
    Temperature records only go back to the 19th century, but they tell a very clear story: it’s getting hotter – and we’re causing it
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