Rachel Williamson

Rachel Williamson is a science and business journalist, who focuses on climate change-related health and environmental issues.

Recent articles by Rachel Williamson

'Act of bastardry': Queensland LNP Government kills another giant wind project

'Act of bastardry': Queensland LNP Government kills another giant wind project

The Queensland state LNP Government has scrapped another approved wind project in what is being called “an act of bastardry”, and accusations that the state is openly rejecting renewables as it moves to re-open coal country.

Dutton’s stuff-ups: Nuclear plan will blow up Paris and emissions targets, CCA says

Dutton’s stuff-ups: Nuclear plan will blow up Paris and emissions targets, CCA says

Choosing a nuclear power future over renewables will blow up Australia’s carbon emissions budget and create a carbon time bomb of up to two billion tonnes in extra greenhouse gases by 2050, a new analysis from the federal government’s Climate Change Authority says.