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Environment & Biodiversity

WHAT'S NEW

Larissa Waters: gas companies treat tax as optional, and they leave the rest of us with the cleanup bill

By Tegan George

ClimateEnvironment & Biodiversity
Larissa Waters: gas companies treat tax as optional, and they leave the rest of us with the cleanup bill

WHAT'S NEW

Votes by Woolies and Coles shareholders may determine the fate of the Maugean skate

By David Richardson

The Australia Institute has documented that salmon farming in Tasmania’s Macquarie Harbour is endangering the Maugean skate and the harbour’s World Heritage value.

Environment & BiodiversityClimate
Votes by Woolies and Coles shareholders may determine the fate of the Maugean skate

OPINION

Craven, ill-advised and now repeatedly wedged, it’s too late for Ley

Amy Remeikis
Amy Remeikis

If there remains anyone after this week who believes Sussan Ley can pull the Liberal Party – let alone the Coalition – out of its descent into the political abyss, please raise your hand.

Environment & Biodiversity
Craven, ill-advised and now repeatedly wedged, it’s too late for Ley

OPINION

The juxtaposition of Labor's climate policies is staggering – so absurd it almost defies belief

Stephen Long
Stephen Long

Think about this when climate change minister Chris Bowen announces Labor’s “ambitious” targets for reducing domestic greenhouse gas emissions soon.

ClimateEnvironment & Biodiversity
The juxtaposition of Labor's climate policies is staggering – so absurd it almost defies belief

WHAT'S NEW

Polluter-pays system could help struggling councils and homeowners: new research

By staff writers

The soaring cost of repairing roads, drains, parks and other public facilities after floods, fires and storms is drifting out of reach of local councils, according to new research.

ClimateEnvironment & Biodiversity
Polluter-pays system could help struggling councils and homeowners: new research

WHAT'S NEW

20-year gas leak branded “a national scandal”

By staff writers

A methane gas leak, which had been allowed to drag on for two decades at a Darwin gas terminal, has been branded a “national scandal”.

ClimateEnvironment & Biodiversity
20-year gas leak branded “a national scandal”

VIDEO

Video Report: The fight to save Murujuga

History is being destroyed in slow-motion

ClimateEnvironment & Biodiversity
Video Report: The fight to save Murujuga

VIDEO

Video Report: Why is NSW Still Logging the Great Koala National Park?

Environment & BiodiversityClimate
Video Report: Why is NSW Still Logging the Great Koala National Park?

VIDEO

Video Report: The carbon credit grift destroying koala habitat

The real reason why NSW is logging koala habitat

ClimateEnvironment & Biodiversity
Video Report: The carbon credit grift destroying koala habitat
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