The last chapter in one of Australia’s biggest environmental battles is set to play out.
“Just when we think there is nothing left to discover on planet Earth,we find a massive coral … pulsing with life and colour,” said explorer-in-residence Enric Sala.
A new strain of bird flu has infected the rest of the world and could enter Australia at any moment. When it does,poultry producers will be on red alert.
This vast plan,which attracted 22,000 public comments,has had a fatal drop in protections at the final hour and will now never do what the government promises,an expert says.
Demonstrations in the city reached record levels last year and are booming worldwide as numerous crisis points and political polarisation point people to problems.
Campaigners want to save south-east Queensland’s Woogaroo forest for koalas;developers want the land for desperately needed housing. Something has to give.
Australians took out licences to kill more than 1.2 million native animals and birds last year alone,with kangaroos and wallabies comprising almost half the animals killed.
The projects with greenhouse gas management plans cover about 310 million tonnes of estimated CO2 emissions from WA industry over the next 25 years.
An American oil and gas company with plans to begin fracking operations in the Kimberley is accused of attempting to pull the wool over the federal government’s eyes.
A deadly strain of bird flu has swept the globe,and Australia is the last uninfected continent. Preparations for the carnage have just begun.
In just a couple of years,the cost of living has pushed climate action down the order of our deepest concerns.