Australia’s top companies lack clear plans to stop using fossil fuels

Ten of Australia’s best-known corporations – including Coles, Telstra, Woolworths and Qantas – have no clear plans to stop using or supporting fossil fuels despite having targets to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions, according to a UTS report.

The river has been destroyed’: expert says agriculture has overshadowed science in the Murray-Darling Basin. An ecologist who spent 36 years with NSW Fisheries says scientists working for the government are ‘aghast’ at the state of the Darling River but can’t speak publicly.

Australians could save, on average, almost half of their yearly petrol costs if proposed rules forcing carmakers to make more fuel-efficient vehicles are adopted, new analysis shows.

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Ten of Australia’s top companies lack clear plans to stop using or supporting fossil fuels, report says
Ten of Australia’s best-known corporations – including Coles, Telstra, Woolworths and Qantas – have no clear plans to stop using or supporting fossil fuels despite having targets to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions, according to a UTS(University of Technology, Sydney) report.

The river has been destroyed’: expert says agriculture has overshadowed science in the Murray-Darling Basin
An ecologist who spent 36 years with NSW Fisheries says scientists working for the government are ‘aghast’ at the state of the Darling River but can’t speak publicly.

More efficient cars could almost halve Australians’ yearly petrol costs, new analysis shows
Australians could save, on average, almost half of their yearly petrol costs if proposed rules forcing carmakers to make more fuel-efficient vehicles are adopted, new analysis shows.

Labor accused of trying to ‘silence Aboriginal voices’ over possible changes to gas project consultations
An Indigenous activist who took on Woodside in the federal court has accused Labor of seeking to “silence Aboriginal voices” over changes that may water down consultation requirements for offshore gas development.

‘High Seas Treaty’ name is inaccurate and should center on biodiversity
Throughout the UN negotiations, the treaty was referred to as the “BBNJ” agreement, which stands for “biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction. As the negotiations wound down, a re-branding effort began, which dubbed the new agreement the ‘High Seas Treaty,’ which is not accurate and omits the most important term, biodiversity.

Live export ship blamed for foul smell sweeping Cape Town in South Africa
City officials inspected sewage facilities for leaks and an environmental health team was activated before the source of the smell was discovered: a ship docked in the harbour carrying 19,000 live cattle from Brazil to Iraq.

Could climate change increase the risk of thunderstorm asthma events?
In 2016, a thunderstorm in Melbourne triggered a 672% increase in asthma-related hospital admissions and caused 10 deaths, and Australian researchers say there is a possibility that events like this could increase or become more severe under climate change.

Giant new snake species identified in the Amazon
A team of scientists on location with a film crew in the remote Amazon has uncovered a previously undocumented species of giant anaconda.

Experts to review Victoria’s energy crash after extreme storms
Experts will officially review the destructive storms that left more than half a million homes without power across Victoria as the state government faces the prospect of an upper house inquiry into what went wrong.

Saturation point: Australia’s best known carbon-neutral farm can no longer offset its emissions
The latest Jigsaw study estimated that in 2021, the farm sequestered 70.3% to 83.2% of its annual emissions. By 2031, as the farm’s forests grow older, models predict it will absorb just over half of what it did when carbon sequestration peaked in 2012.