2019-20 Fires continue to do damage in 2021
Tuesday, 27 July 2021
In today’s news, a new report reveals that the 2019-2020 bushfires exposed critical top soil to erosion, stripping millions of tonnes from national parks and placing dozens of previously non-endangered plant and animal species at risk
As more and more companies commit to net zero emissions and make other climate pledges, a report in The Guardian looks at whether these are credible plans or merely pipe dreams.
And not content with her plans to cause climate chaos in her homeland, billionaire Gina Rinehart is taking legal action to overturn the rejection of her $800 million coal mine in the Rocky Mountains of Canada.
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Fires ravaged not only plants and animals, but the soils beneath them
The 2019-2020 bushfires exposed critical top soil to erosion, stripping millions of tonnes from national parks alone, and placing at risk dozens of previously non-endangered plant and animal species.
The truth behind corporate climate pledges
Facing a reckoning over their contribution to the climate emergency, companies are coming out with a record number of pledges. But are they worth plans or pipe dreams?
Australian billionaires face steep challenge to mine coal in Canada’s Rocky Mountains
Western Australian mining billionaire Gina Rinehart is fighting to keep her North American expansion dreams alive as she launches legal action to overturn the rejection of her $800 million coal mine in the Rocky Mountains of Canada by a provincial environmental watchdog.
EPA is investigating 7 open-cut mines for illegally burying tyres
Seven open-cut mine sites are under investigation for illegally burying tyres in a effort to avoid recycling costs.