Environment and Climate Change
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Drought and climate change are driving high water prices in the Murray-Darling Basin
These high water prices are causing much anxiety in the region, and have led the federal government to call on…
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Why BHP’s long-term plan to pave way for another century of mining is a game changer
The mining giant’s Pilbara Expansion Strategic Proposal covers the impacts of its future iron ore operations, with the aim of…
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Uluru climb closure looms as region nears breaking point with overflow of tourists, ‘influx of waste’
The Anangu traditional owners have repeatedly expressed a desire for people to show respect to the rock’s cultural value by…
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Indonesia has sunk 516 vessels since 2014 for fishing illegally
Jakarta (ANTARA) – Since 2014, the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry has sunk 516 vessels belonging to countries in its…
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‘Leading the country’: South Australia to ban plastic cutlery, straws and stirrers
South Australia will become the first Australian state to ban plastic straws, cutlery, and drink stirrers under a plan announced by…
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China swiftly stripping Philippines’ EEZ of marine resources
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Hot on the heels of an announcement by the Duterte Administration acquiescing to Communist China’s encroachment…
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Melissa Price approved uranium mine knowing it could lead to extinction of 12 species
The former environment minister Melissa Price acknowledged that approval of a uranium mine in Western Australia could lead to the…
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Climate crisis: migration cannot be the only option for people living on ‘drowning’ islands
Since the 1980s, preventative action has been internationally stifled by the industrial agenda of a conservative political agenda which has…
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‘Action now’: the farmers standing up against ‘wilful ignorance’ on climate
The last election may have left the impression with voters that farmers and rural people in general do not accept…
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Marvellous plastic: Why demonise a great invention which has benefited us so much?
No doubt, all well meaning citizens, keen to be “part of the solution” as the promo material puts it, are…
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Revelry and rebellion: is this the greenest Glastonbury yet?
Twelve years ago, Sheryl Crow was laughed at for suggesting that green-minded people should use only a single square of…
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G20: Theresa May urges countries to raise climate ambitions
Prime minister calls on others to embrace UK’s net zero emissions target to tackle crisis Heather Stewart The Guardian Theresa…
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Russia plans to tow a nuclear power station to the Arctic. Critics dub it a ‘floating Chernobyl’
It’s part of Russia’s ambition to bring electric power to a mineral-rich region. The 144-meter (472 feet) long platform painted…
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Europe has had five 500-year summers in 15 years. And now this
Another deadly heat wave has Europe in its sweaty grip this week. Record temperatures topped 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 degrees…
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$10 billion worth of fish annually comes from a place other than where it was caught
It shows the extent to which individual nations actually depend on the health of the ocean in far-flung nations for…
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European heatwave: France hits record temperature of 45.9C
he new record was measured in the southern village of Gallargues-le-Montueux. Before this year the previous record was 44.1C during…
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