Environment
Lessons Australia can learn from UN's 'greenwashing' report

The United Nations this week slammed corporate “greenwashing” and said organisations cannot ...  
Politicians persist in plundering the planet for profit

So long as governments remain in the pocket of the logging industry, we will continue to destroy ...  
Population almost 8 billion: Pressures on the planet? Countless

A world population milestone of 8 billion. An exploitative economic system that assumes infinite ...  
Tasmanian Liberals’ ecocide

The Tasmanian Liberal Government continues its wilful ecocide, as old-growth forests are decima ...  
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EDITORIAL: Tasmanian Liberals’ ecocide

In recent years, under the Coalition-led Federal Government, an inordinate amount of rhetoric ...  
NT Government willing to wipe out wetlands for gas mining

A water war is brewing in the Northern Territory — and the battle centres around a line on a ...  
Rupert Murdoch is leading Australia to climate ruin: FLASHBACK 2019

The UN has issued a dire warning at the start of COP27 that our world is speeding down a “hig ...  
Rishi Sunak — a Thatcherite in Downing Street

Britain's new Prime Minister offers little hope of achieving economic progress and action on ...  
Ukraine war turns COP27 into a summit with little hope

The war in Ukraine is seeing parts of Europe reverting to coal as the price of oil soars, leaving ...  
Population 'mistruths' in the Budget

The Budget’s big spending and “repair” measures are under the microscope. Barely acknowle ...  
'It's not Blockade Australia': NSW Police harass anti-mining protestors

I think the NSW Police have trauma bonded with the word "Blockade".   
Reliance on outdated maps putting councils backward in flood planning

Some councils are still relying on outdated paper maps as supercharged storms make a mockery of ...  
Electric vehicle transition has huge health benefits

A transition to electric vehicles would not only help the environment but provide personal health ...  
Australian innovation could convert petrol engines to electric

After the Morrison Government failed to tackle the climate crisis, Labor should consider a push to ...  
Australia lacks a fuel efficiency standard — you could make it happen

A fuel efficiency standard would be a critical measure in fixing the climate crisis and it's up to ...  
'Wonder reef II' to be built by V8 Supercars engineers on Surfers Paradise

Construction has begun on Wonder Reef II, on the primary sand dunes at Narrowneck.  
Victoria's Labor Government aims for 95% renewables by 2035

Victoria’s Labor Government jacked up its targets for clean energy and emissions reduction ...  
Half-baked EIS sells out protected Toondah Harbour

The public is being invited to comment on the draft environmental impact statement for a town of ...  
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