Environment & Biodiversity
'Gobsmacked': threatened bird habitat cleared under Australia’s new nature laws
Environmentalists have accused the Albanese Government of making a “mockery” of Australia’s new nature laws, saying they’re “gobsmacked” by its decision to greenlight the destruction of threatened bird habitat in the Northern Territory.
Tasmanian Greens push to permanently ban fracking as state moratorium nears end
A permanent ban on fracking is back on the agenda in Tasmania with the Tasmanian Greens planning to introduce a bill to ban the harmful practice in the opening days of parliament.
Endangered black cockatoos at risk after years of illegal forest destruction
A leading conservation organisation has sounded the alarm over the ongoing destruction of critical black cockatoo habitat in Western Australia.
Who pays to clean up aging oil and gas infrastructure?
Nothing in this world is certain but death, taxes, and the decommissioning of aging oil and gas infrastructure. An accelerated energy transition will accelerate asset retirements, but field decline is occurring regardless.
You simply can’t 'offset' strip mining the only jarrah forest on Earth
Australia’s environmental laws are meant to protect the irreplaceable, not offer accounting tricks that allow their irrevocable destruction.
Alcoa wins 18-month clearing approval following illegal bauxite mining
A US aluminium company, penalised $55 million for illegally destroying native forest in Western Australia to mine bauxite, has been given approval to carry out further “limited land clearing” for another 18 months.
Otway Basin gas proposal rejected, as calls grow to end ‘death-by-consultation’
Marine conservationists say it’s time for governments to put an end to 'death-by-consultation' traps, arguing they only serve to stall decisions on controversial proposals.
As a fourth coral bleaching crisis begins, scientists warn reefs are being hit harder each time
As a fourth global bleaching crisis unfolds, an international study has found more than half of the world’s reefs experienced significant damage during the last marine heatwave.
EPBC reforms a ‘net positive’ for oil and gas, according to Department
Environmental reforms rushed through parliament at the end of last year in a deal between Labor and the Greens were welcomed as a “net positive for the oil and gas sector,” according to a senior government bureaucrat.
Communities win again in the Otway Basin, but why do they have to keep fighting?
The recent rejection of the CGG Regia 3D marine seismic blasting survey off Victoria’s south-west coast was a hard-fought victory for coastal communities, marine life and common sense.
