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Times have changed: why the environment minister is being forced to reconsider climate-related impacts of pending fossil fuel approvals

Image: Shutterstock A non-profit group is imploring the new federal environment minister Tanya Plibersek to consider the climate change impacts of 19 fossil fuel projects...

Fail: our report card on the government’s handling of Australia’s extinction crisis

Image: Shutterstock Australia is losing more biodiversity than any other developed nation. Already this year the charismatic and once abundant gang gang cockatoo has been added to...

Native birds have vanished across the continent since colonisation. Now we know just how much we’ve lost

The critically endangered regent honeyeater. Friends of Chiltern, Author provided In the 250 years since Europeans colonised Australia, native birdlife has disappeared across the continent. Our new research has,...

A Victorian logging company just won a controversial court appeal. Here’s what it means for forest wildlife

  AAP Image/Supplied by Dr Peter Smith Australia’s forest-dwelling wildlife is in greater peril after last week’s court ruling that logging — even if it...

To fix Australia’s environment laws, wildlife experts call for these 4 changes — all are crucial

 Picture: Shuttlestock The independent review of Australia’s main environment law, released last week, provided a sobering but accurate appraisal of a dire situation. The review was led by...

What are you really eating? How threatened ‘seafood’ species slip through the law and onto your plate

Picture: Shuttlestock Many exotic animals are banned from import into Australia because they’re threatened with extinction, and trading them is illegal under environment laws. Yet...

Environment Minister Sussan Ley faces a critical test: will she let a mine destroy koala breeding grounds?

Picture: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas In the next few weeks, federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley will decide whether to approve a New South Wales quarry expansion...

Let there be no doubt: blame for our failing environment laws lies squarely at the feet of government

Picture: Harley Kingston/Flickr A long-awaited draft review of federal environment laws is due this week. There’s a lot riding on it – particularly in...

Australia listened to the science on coronavirus. Imagine if we did the same for coal mining

Dan Peled/AAP Australia’s relative success in stopping the spread of COVID-19 is largely due governments taking expert advice on a complex problem. Unfortunately, the same...
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