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NSW ranked last in forest protection

The New South Wales Government has ranked last behind every state, territory and even the federal government in combating deforestation. It comes as protesters lock themselves to machinery to disrupt logging in Newry State Forest, within the proposed area for the state government's promised Great...

Woodside legal action against climate protestors “a bit on the nose”

Fossil fuel giant Woodside is threatening legal action against two climate activists after one let off stench gas inside its Perth headquarters. Greenpeace Australia Pacific CEO David Ritter said threatening to sue the activist over the gas prank was “a bit on the nose” considering the threat...

Labor’s environmental arm pushes for forestry policy changes

More than 300 Labor branches have backed a push by the party’s environmental arm for the Albanese government to fund an expanded, publicly owned plantation industry to ensure the country gets the timber it needs and end native forest logging.

Two years until possible Gulf Stream collapse warns study

The Gulf Stream system could collapse as soon as 2025, a new study suggests, bringing catastrophic climate impacts, while scientists are warning of major environmental fallout as sea ice surrounding Antarctica fails to replenish.Wildlife officers and locals are attempting to rescue dozens of pilot...

Traditional owners win court case to stop nuclear waste dump in South Australia

A Federal Court judge has sided with the Barngarla people and blocked a nuclear waste facility from being built near Kimba, South Australia, citing the “apprehended bias” of former Coalition resources minister Keith Pitt.An unrelenting heatwave is sweeping across southern Europe and North America,...

Tasmania jails first forest protestor in a decade

A Tasmanian forest protester has been sentenced to three months jail – the first time in a decade anyone in the state has served time for environmental activism. Before entering court Colette Joan Harmsen made a passionate speech to a large group of forest and anti-mining protesters who turned up...

Woodside EPA extension would be a climate disaster

Fossil fuel giant Woodside is one step closer to being granted a 50-year extension for its gas processing facility in the Pilbara after the Western Australian Environment Protection Authority (EPA) dismissed appeals arguing it should be stopped on climate science and cultural grounds. Greenpeace...

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