Three of Australia’s biggest banks are facing criticism from climate advocates for helping to fund a private equity group’s acquisition of a stake in the expansion of Woodside Petroleum’s Pluto gas plant in Western Australia. Market Forces, an affiliate of Friends of the Earth, has hit out at National Australia Bank, Westpac and ANZ, claiming […]

Ms Sanderson said some areas bordered conservation land and others were near agricultural properties. Successful proponents would need to be “good neighbours” and take responsibility for fencing and managing fire risk, pests and weeds. Loading “I think there’s just enormous benefit all around, and particularly for Aboriginal communities who do live remotely,” she said. The […]

Millions of bogong moths migrate thousands of kilometres to Australia’s alpine region each year to coat the walls of caves, just as marsupials emerge from their winter slumber and prepare to feast. But worsening drought conditions over the past four years have drastically reduced the number of moths and landed the insect alongside some of […]

Proponents behind a new port in the globally significant biodiversity hotspot of Exmouth Gulf are confident the project can still go ahead despite the West Australian government deciding to create an A-class reserve close to the proposal. The A-class reserve for Qualing Pool, a lagoon near a creek mouth on the western side of the […]

The utility owns two of WA’s three coal-fired power stations in Collie that together emit 4.5 million tonnes of greenhouse gases a year, along with numerous gas-fired power plants and interests in wind and solar farms. “I think no one is of the view that coal should continue any longer than it should,” Ms Sanderson […]

Victoria’s native animals and natural landscapes are in a state of serious decline, as population growth and land clearing put ecosystems under pressure and climate change causes more extreme natural disasters such as bushfires. A wide-ranging state government inquiry into the state of health of Victoria’s environment has found clearing of native vegetation and the […]

Australia has recorded its wettest November in 122 years and its coolest in 22 years as the country prepares for more rain over the summer. In NSW, it was the wettest November since 1917 on record, receiving nearly three times the monthly average rainfall. In Bathurst, 241.6 millimetres of rain was recorded, breaking a 113-year-old […]

A controversial $600 million gas energy plant proposed for Kurri Kurri in the Hunter Valley has received NSW authorities planning approval regardless of its critics saying it’s unneeded and can enhance the state’s emissions. The Liddell and Bayswater coal energy stations close to Muswellbrook in the Hunter Valley are amongst these anticipated to shut in […]

At lunchtime on Thursday final week the weather forecast for Sydney’s internal west predicted a 40 per cent likelihood of up to 1.4 mm rain. Outside at the time, the heavens opened with a downpour so highly effective it was exhausting to see your hand in entrance of your face. The La Nina system has […]

Despite world efforts to drive coal out of the financial system and internet zero ambitions, the NSW authorities is ready to contemplate purposes for a surge in coal mine expansions throughout the state that if permitted would generate 1.8 billion tonnes of greenhouse fuel emissions, greater than thrice Australia’s whole emissions. The determine, drawn from […]