Time To Ban The Plastic Bag, Researchers Say
Researchers at James Cook University are honing techniques to translate peoples’ concern for ecosystems like…More
Author: Thom Mitchell
Thom Mitchell
Thom Mitchell is New Matilda's Environment Reporter.
Labor’s $500 Million Commitment Not Enough To Save The Reef
The Great Barrier Reef has been consigned to terminal decline according to one leading researcher, James…More
Thousands Turn Out To Force ‘Casino’ Mike Baird’s Hand On Lock Out, CSG, WestConnex, And Councils
New South Wales Premier Mike Baird – known in Sydney as ‘Casino Mike’ among a growing…More
Communities Are Right To Be Furious About Mike Baird’s Council Coup
OPINION: New South Wales Premier’s coup against local democracy has people revolting, and for good…More
La Trobe University Commits To Full Fossil Fuel Divestment
La Trobe University has become the first in Australia to commit to full divestment from fossil…More
Mike Baird’s ‘Hand-Picked’ Administrator Forced To Flee Public Meeting
Residents of Sydney’s inner west let rip a roar of fury over Mike Baird’s forced…More
Labor Promises To Extend ‘Water Trigger’ To Shale And Tight Seam Gas
The Labor Party has promised to tighten environmental regulations around unconventional gas mining by extending…More
Whitehaven Coal Eyeing Off Expansion Of Controversial Maules Creek
A coal mine already at the centre of protracted controversy appears to be weighing up…More
Call To End Special Treatment For The Logging Industry
Victorian conservationists who’ve saved a colony of threatened Greater Gliders from loggers say the latest victory…More
Scientists: Act This Election, Or The Reef Is Doomed
The Federal Government’s plan to save the Great Barrier Reef is “totally inadequate,” and if…More