Plans to mine coal in Sydney's drinking water dumped

South32 has called it quits on a controversial plan to extend its NSW coal mine, which could have caused irreversible damage to the Sydney and Illawarra drinking water catchments.

Fishers and community groups have expressed alarm over what has been described as the biggest seismic testing for oil and gas ever planned off the Victorian coast.

And there is a staggering $31 billion worth of mortgages with the Commonwealth Bank where owners’ homes are exposed to “extreme” weather events, a new report reveals.

Controversial $1bn Dendrobium coalmine expansion plan abandoned by mining company

The Australian mining company South32 has abandoned plans to expand its Dendrobium metallurgical coalmine in the New South Wales Illawarra region.

Biggest seismic testing for oil and gas at odds with Australia’s net zero push, activists say

Fishers and community groups have expressed alarm over what has been described as the biggest seismic testing for oil and gas ever planned off the Victorian coast, saying it is at odds with the Albanese government’s climate commitments.

$31 billion in CBA mortgages exposed to extreme weather risks

There is a staggering $31 billion worth of mortgages with the Commonwealth Bank where owners’ homes are exposed to “extreme” weather events, a new report has revealed. The analysis from the CBA and CSIRO found that around $31.2 billion in home loans were in areas “exposed to increasing risk such as cyclone-exposed coastal regions, low-lying flood plains and rural areas in close proximity to the urban fringe”.

Mystery animal in Belair National Park unlikely to be Tasmanian tiger

While scientists are working on the de-extinction of the Tasmanian tiger in the lab, one bush walker in the Adelaide Hills has spotted a creature which she says shared a striking resemblance.

Mount Pleasant coal mine approval delayed after possible legless lizard discovery

The NSW Independent Planning Commission has delayed its determination on a major coal mine expansion in the Hunter Valley just days before it was due, after lobbying by stakeholders. Environmental lobby group the Lock the Gate Alliance (LTGA) had called on the determination of Mount Pleasant Operations to be paused, after the discovery of a new, possibly threatened species of lizard.

Victoria's logging agency VicForests cleared possum habitat and broke laws, audit finds

Victoria's government-owned logging company illegally cleared 1,000 square metres of protected possum habitat and broke the law in 25 out of 30 logging areas, according to a government-commissioned audit.