Environment
UN warns extreme heat will become more frequent, intense and widespread

Destabilised food systems, school closures, heatstroke, disease — millions in our region are ...  
Rare earth elements: The minerals at the heart of the next world crisis

Rare earth elements have become the new battleground for global dominance, fuelling weapon prod ...  
New koala park less about koalas and more about cashing in on carbon credits

Australian rainforests have become the first in the world to switch from absorbing carbon dioxide ...  
Investigation
IA INVESTIGATION: The LNP Cableway that won't go away

The LNP are back in QLD and so are many of the old policies that kept them out of power for ten ...  
Rio Tinto’s Oyu Tolgoi mine a wake-up call for ethical investors

Rio Tinto’s Oyu Tolgoi mine reveals how “ethical investment” rings hollow when profits trump ...  
Trump’s legacy: Division, denial and a climate in crisis

As Trumpism spreads and the climate crisis worsens, the cost of denial, greed and inaction grows ...  
Albanese Government’s COP31 push leaves First Nations out in the cold

Despite a Pacific charm offensive, the Albanese Government’s COP31 campaign risks collapse as ...  
Sustainable living: Essential upgrades for the modern home

My electricity bill last winter nearly gave me a heart attack. Three $347 for a month where ...  
Tom Tate cancels democracy to avoid Cableway questions

As protesters rallied to protect a fragile, ancient World Heritage Listed rainforest, The Tom ...  
Gray whale population crashes amid climate-driven starvation

Once considered a conservation success story, the Eastern Pacific gray whale is now vanishing — ...  
Greta Thunberg’s Gaza stance ignites debate on protest and denial

As Greta Thunberg joins the Gaza flotilla, her activism forces a global reckoning with denial — ...  
Coalition climate reckoning: From net zero to zero future

Barnaby Joyce’s treacherous attempts to repeal the net-zero target dismiss realities that future ...  
From silence to action: Why the Greens must become an environmental force

With Australia hurtling toward irreversible ecological collapse, the Greens face a defining moment ...  
Greenie guru: The Bend of Islands' bushie who broke boundaries

Greenie guru and artist Neil Douglas pictured in his studio at Melbourne's Bend of Islands.  ...  
Driving change: Solutions for EV battery waste in Asia and the Pacific

The Asia-Pacific region is driving innovative, circular solutions to turn EV battery waste into a ...  
Royal commission now: The case against Albanese’s environmental record

A damning FOI investigation reveals the Albanese Government’s deliberate efforts to undermine ...  
Murray Watt overrides UN safeguards to clear way for Woodside

Environment Minister Murray Watt has been accused of sidelining UNESCO safeguards to smooth the ...  
Barnaby’s lunatic crusade of Net Zero relevance

Barnaby’s delusional huffing and puffing over Net Zero is once again front and centre, starting ...  

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