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Labor won’t overhaul environment laws until next year. Here are 5 easy wins it could aim for now

Image: Shutterstock Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek this week acknowledged the grave state of Australia’s environment and pledged new laws to go before parliament next year. But talk is cheap....

This is Australia’s most important report on the environment’s deteriorating health. We present its grim findings

Image: Jo Anne Mcarthur/Unsplash Climate change is exacerbating pressures on every Australian ecosystem and Australia now has more foreign plant species than native, according to...

Morrison government spends $50 million saving koalas while taking away their homes

Image: Zoos Victoria Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley is reportedly poised to decide whether some koala populations should be listed as endangered, as new research shows her...

Yes, Australia can beat its 2030 emissions target. But the Morrison government barely lifted a finger

  Image: Shutterstock With just over a fortnight until world leaders gather in Glasgow at a make-or-break United Nations climate conference, all eyes are on...

The Amazon is on fire – here are 5 things you need to know

Huge fires are raging across multiple regions of the Amazon Basin. Guaira Maia/ISA Record fires are raging in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, with more than 2,500...

UN climate change report: land clearing and farming contribute a third of the world’s greenhouse gases

Farming emits greenhouse gases, but the land can also store them. Johny Goerend/Unsplash We can’t achieve the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement without...

Ecosystems across Australia are collapsing under climate change

Widespread mangrove dieback in the Gulf of Carpenteria. JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY/AAP To the chagrin of the tourist industry, the Great Barrier Reef has...

Queensland’s new land clearing bill will help turn the tide, despite its flaws

Vegetation ‘thinning’ in Queensland - a practice that was originally designed to restore forests and woodlands to a ‘representative state’. WWF-Australia, Author provided (No...

Land clearing isn’t just about trees – it’s an animal welfare issue too

This quenda seems to have been a victim of land clearing. Colin Leonhardt/ Birdseyeviewphotography.com.au Tens of millions of wild animals are killed each year by land...
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