Environment

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More butts, bottles and plastic on WA beaches than ever

Litterbugs are dumping their unwanted garbage on Perth’s beaches, with the amount of rubbish found on WA’s coastline soaring 45 per cent in the past year.

Kate Emery

Shares tankInvestors shun climate talk as BP hits 25-year low

Just a week after revealing its plan to turn itself into a clean-energy giant, BP watched its share price drop to a fresh low.

Laura Hurst

Bold moveAttenborough beats Aniston to new world record

Sir David Attenborough has surged past Jennifer Aniston to an unexpected world record. But what was it and how did he do it?

Tiffany Bakker in New York

Climate actionWesfarmers steps up carbon plan with new 2030 targets

But the group is still producing more emissions on the back of its big chemicals, energy and fertilisers businesses.

Sean Smith

Climate changeMorrison Govt’s huge tech-focused climate plan revealed

The Federal Government will support 130,0000 new jobs in the next 10 years under its new climate change policy, with Energy Minister Angus Taylor revealing the plan to focus on technology investment.

Annabel Hennessy

EnvironmentEyes above on Australian waterway health

The Great Barrier Reef and Murray Darling Basin could be among the Australian waterways to benefit from a satellite monitoring system.

EnvironmentClimate change a threat to Komodo dragons

A new study has found climate change poses a real threat to the world's remaining population of Komodo Dragons.

Call to armsInvestor group demands tougher climate change action

Climate Action 100+ represents 500 investors with more than $60 trillion of assets under management

Sean Smith

Sustainable solutionSwitch to renewables would create 8600 WA jobs

Transitioning WA’s primary energy system to 90 per cent renewables before the end of the decade would slash emissions by 95 per cent and create thousands of jobs, a study has found.

Josh Zimmerman

Zero wasteCouncil transforms food scraps into energy

A Perth council claiming to be the first in WA to set a “zero waste target” will burn food scraps for energy rather than follow a State Government directive to compost the organic material.

Peter de Kruijff

Climate actionBHP hardens emission targets

The mining giant is also moving to reduce its wider carbon footprint by working with steel makers and shipping companies

Sean Smith

EnvironmentClimate clash over potential gas emissions

Environmentalists and the petroleum industry are at odds over the government's push to make gas projects central to the economic recovery from coronavirus.

Rebecca Gredley

EnvironmentKids, nun take Ley to court over coal mine

A group of eight young Australians have applied to take federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley to the Federal Court to stop a NSW coal mine extension.

Gus McCubbing

Green tickEPA nod for potash mine at Lake Wells

The State’s peak environmental body has conditionally backed Australian Potash’s plans to develop its sulphate of potash project 160km north-east of Laverton.

Jason Mennell

‘Gloves off’Pastoralists ramp up Fitzroy national park fight

A farmer advocacy group says the State Government’s plans to create a Fitzroy national park will costs jobs and end hopes of establishing a $1b-a-year food hub.

Jenne Brammer

New wellsBeach, Mitsui win EPA tick for Waitsia expansion

The approval comes just weeks after the State Government gave in-principle support to allowing Waitsia to fill available capacity at the North West Shelf LNG plant.

Sean Smith

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Why BHP’s road to reduced emissions should be electric

As oil companies flesh out plans to cut carbon emissions, their peers in the mining sector risk being left behind.

David Fickling

Save the beesNative bee study needs funding to take flight

WA scientist Kit Prendergast wants to undertake “crucial” research into the impact of bushfires on native bees in the Stirling Range National Park.

Kellie Balaam

Cleaner shippingBHP awards tender for world-first LNG-fuelled carriers

The miner predicts the new Newcastlemax vessels will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30 per cent per journey between WA and China from 2022.

Daniel Newell

Murray-Darling BasinAll of SA ‘should be concerned’: Huge shortfalls in water flows

Independent analysis of Murray-Darling Basin water flows reveals one fifth has gone missing. It’s worse in the Coorong and Murray Mouth. So what is going on?

Clare Peddie

EnvironmentBusiness calls for govt emissions target

Business Council of Australia president Tim Reed has called on the government to adopt the widely-endorsed goal of net zero emissions by 2050.

Rebecca Gredley

GREEN TAPEEnvironment laws ‘rushed in’ under COVID

Slashing “green tape” means removing environmental protection and increasing the risk of extinctions, conservationists warn, as the federal government rushes to make approval processes easier.

Clare Peddie

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Mount Rubbishmore: The fight to stop landfill expansion

Unbeknown to most West Australians, a scenic corner of our South West is the incongruous setting for a gargantuan rubbish tip. And locals fear the dump is a ticking time-bomb.

John Flint

Carbon lockdownEmissions at 1998 levels as COVID kills travel

Travel restrictions have seen carbon emissions fall across the country, with new figures showing carbon dioxide emissions in the June quarter were about 10 million tonnes lower than a year ago.

Annabel Hennessy