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
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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
Plumbing New Depths, Climate Activists Target Tony Abbott
Climate activists intent on cleaning up the fossil fuel industry’s polluting influence on Australian politics…More
Bob Brown Protest Charge Dropped
Tasmanian Police have discontinued their prosecution of former Greens leader Bob Brown, who was arrested…More
Poll: Punters Are Looking For Stronger Environment Policies
Australia’s environmental groups have delivered some good news for the Labor party as it heads…More
Down The Radioactive Rabbit Hole: Questions Keep Mounting
Adnyamathanha Elders are “shattered” that of the six sites shortlisted by the Federal Government for…More
The Solomon Islands Have Already Lost Five Atolls To Climate Change
The Solomon Islands have lost five atolls and seen at least six more severely eroded,…More
The Importance Of Getting Emotional About Climate Change And The Reef
Scientists, disciplined to remain impartial and objective, have tried to warn the world about what…More