Greens want to make polluters pay for flood damage

The Greens have injected a new idea into the “same old” of this election campaign, proposing that coal and gas companies should be able to sued for the damage caused by the recent flood crisis.

The intervention comes amid accusations that the Coalition has been “walking both sides of the street” on emissions reduction, after a candidate described the government’s net-zero emissions commitment as “non-binding” and “flexible”. 

And scientists who fully decoded the dingo genome have said the animals are genetically distinct from domestic dogs and their evolution has been shaped by Australia’s environment.

Greens push to sue coal, gas companies

Coal and gas companies could be sued for climate-fuelled flood damage under legislation promised by the Greens.

‘Wiggle room’: Coalition candidate questions government’s net-zero pledge

The government has been accused of “walking both sides of the street” on emissions reduction, after a Coalition candidate described the government’s net-zero emissions commitment as “non-binding” and “flexible”.

Scientists find dingoes genetically different from domestic dogs after decoding genome

Dingoes are genetically distinct from domestic dogs and their evolution has been shaped by Australia’s environment, scientists who have fully decoded the dingo genome have said.

Jobs boon awaits regions from phasing out coal: report

New economic modelling has tallied the likely jobs from replacing Australia’s ageing fleet of coal-fired power plants with wind, solar and batteries, new coal or gas-fired generation.

Land management in Noosa tackles topsoil erosion into everglades waterway system

Noosa on Queensland's Sunshine Coast is renowned for its fine food, beautiful beaches, national parks and its pristine network of waterways that form one of only two everglade systems in the world, the other being in Florida. But the battle continues to halt millions of tonnes of soil washing down from its upper catchment, which forms layers of sediment that smother aquatic life downstream.

Cows fed seaweed in effort to curb their climate change-inducing burps

Researchers are feeding cows seaweed in the hope of taming their infamous burps, which are contributing to climate change.

AGL and NuRock investigate plan to recycle millions of tonnes of coal ash from Bayswater Power Station into construction materials

AGL Energy has signed an historic agreement with waste site remediation company NuRock to investigate the feasibility of converting millions of tonnes of coal ash at Bayswater power station into into construction bricks.