Tag: environment

Sussan Ley says she has rejected a proposal from the Queensland Government to be allowed to harvest up to 200,000kg of live coral annually.

Accounting firm study estimates Australia would save half a trillion dollars by 2035 if we transitioned to 100% electric transportation.

Greenpeace claims Australia is among a small group of nations trying to water-down calls to phase out coal and other fossil fuels.

Study by Australian and other scientists shows surprising impact on Antarctica from ancient Māori land-burning practices.

NZ researchers find a way to turn single-use knives and forks into a useful plastic foam that insulates buildings.

Wilbee the Bumble Bee is in trouble. Aussie researchers are trying to help by creating an early warning system for beekeepers.

Loss of livelihoods and irreversible damage to land and marine ecosystems is on the cards for some Pacific nations due to climate change and Covid.

An airborne citizen-science program is helping researchers to keep track of whale mums and calves along the NSW coast.

Where do these little mammals go travelling in the icy alpine regions during winter? Scientists are using tiny backpacks with transmitters to find out.

Environmentalists hail announcement that joint venture has abandoned plans to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight.

Minister is meeting Unesco officials and other ‘concerned’ countries as Government rages at a possible In Danger listing for iconic landmark.

Officials say they are ‘stunned’ after a Unesco backflip that sees the Great Barrier Reef singled out for an ‘in danger’ listing.

Latest modelling shows only around 3,200 breeding pairs, which could decline to as little as 400 pairs by 2050 if no action is taken.

Conservation group outraged over resources minister Keith Pitt’s remarks that big producers should ‘fight back’ against activists.

As attempts to curb illegal fishing continue, the Border Force says it has intercepted 19 Indonesian vessels and destroyed three of them.

Scientists are ‘surprised’ to find a chocolate-coloured tree frog related to Australia’s common green tree frog living in the jungles of New Guinea.

Scientists find a cheap and effective way to protect juvenile wallabies from feral cats, boosting their survival rate by almost 90 percent.

Greenpeace hits out at spending on the environment in the latest National Budget, saying the root cause of the problem is not being tackled.

Proposed Central Queensland Coal Mine is only 10km from Reef and could threated important habitats, conservationists say.

Latest annual inventory of New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions indicates emissions have remained flat, but more must be done.

Aussie scientists release landmark climate-change report and say country must rapidly remove greenhouse gas emissions from a range of sectors.

Australian scientists return to Hobart after world-leading research that will help protect vital Antarctic krill from over-harvesting.

No, not the fake news of US election campaigns – rather clever deceptions designed to lure predators away from hatching young birds.

Group of intrepid Aussie tradies heading off to do a home reno where the nearest hardware store is a 3,000km round trip away.

Conservation movement welcomes SA officially becoming the first State or Territory in Australia to ban plastic drinking straws and cutlery.

Two people imprisoned for attempting to export 17 packages containing 45 native Australian species to Hong Kong and Taiwan.

UK-led scientists find that, despite vastly different evolution patterns, dolphins have several similar personality traits to humans.

UK scientists say a common shrub has been found to be very effective at soaking up air pollution caused by heavy traffic.

Scientists worry that warmer seas off the coast of WA are causing its coral reefs to bleach. Great Barrier Reef is not at risk at the moment.

‘Ask them for proof,’ Consumer Commissioner urges as study finds many Aussie and global businesses are making false eco-friendly claims.

Practice has been temporarily banned since 2012. Now environmentalists welcome latest announcement as a win for marine life, fishing and culture.

Australians are five times more likely to be displaced by a climate change-fuelled disaster than someone living in Europe, new study finds.

Canada follows Australia in announcing the planting of billions of new trees by 2030. These will help to meet climate-change and other targets.

Conservation body praises Government for ending the practice of shifting nation’s plastic burden elsewhere, but laws won’t solve problem.

Government says it intends to set the example for change in the wake of the declaration of a climate emergency.

Government announces $18-million package to help Australia’s koalas, including a population audit. But it’s not enough, say Greens.

Case against cargo ship’s owners dismissed by Darwin judge due to shortcoming in the Marine Pollution Act in force at the time.

Social enterprise gives up on single-use bottled water after 12 years, saying the product should not exist.

MP and envoy for Australia’s great natural wonder is concerned that spending cuts will lead to further damage for Great Barrier Reef.

The bushfires have shown nature at its cruelest but there is hope we can save our beloved wildlife, as these clips show.

SPECIAL FEATURE: The ecological costs of huge, repetitive, high-severity fires on ecosystems could be colossal.

SPECIAL FEATURE: Climate change is making extreme events even more severe, resulting in unprecedented conditions that are rewriting our nation’s history.

Australians spent $400 million on unwanted Christmas gifts last year. There must be a better way.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Morrison bypassed the climate summit, so he won’t be able to give his daughters a first-hand description. But they may have opinions.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: As Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise - an outcome supported by government policy - the continued downward trajectory of the Great Barrier Reef is inevitable.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: A major step in the right direction and potentially a watershed moment for a more sustainable global future. Is it too much to hope Australia could follow next?

A Labor government would probably have to negotiate with the Greens to get its climate policy through the Senate.

Tasmanian independent MP Andrew Wilkie said: “This decision is environmental vandalism at its most extreme, facilitated by the most useless environment minister the country’s ever seen”.

The Australian Conservation Foundation gave Labor’s policy a qualified tick, describing it as “a serious policy response to the existential threat of global warming that recognises pollution must be cut across all industry sectors.”

It’s easier than you might think to make small changes now that will reduce your holiday plastic waste, and maybe even start some enjoyable new traditions in your family or household.