The Albanese government has rejected an internal push to ban native forest logging, instead committing to rewrite the three-decades-old national forest policy statement this term. Labor Environment Action Network spokesperson, Felicity Wade, praised the commitment but labelled native forest logging...

The Australian Conservation Foundation has captured infrared video that they say exposes climate-heating methane gas leaks and venting at dozens of mines and facilities owned by energy giants Santos and Origin, as well as pipeline company Jemena. 

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...

Gumbaynggirr Elders are leading a demonstration against the logging of over 2,000ha of native forest near Coffs Harbour, home to an active koala population and multiple cultural sites of significance. 

The Bureau of Meteorology has painted a grim picture about the weather Australia will face in the coming months, with the globe's current record-breaking heat putting the planet in unprecedented territory. It comes as Iran announces a two-day public holiday due to extreme heat.A decline in the...

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.

Latest industry figures show EVs accounted for a record 9.4 per cent of new car sales in June, up from 1.7 per cent a year earlier. The age of the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) appears to be drawing to an end, at least in Australia, with plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) forming a significantly...

Citizen scientists from Wildlife of the Central Highlands (WOTCH) and the Victorian Forest Alliance (VFA) have discovered state-owned logging company VicForests has continued to illegally destroy numerous endangered Tree Geebungs while doing 'regeneration' works. The area is within the Immediate...

Woolworths has announced that it will launch 27 new electric vehicles onto the roads of Sydney in coming months, the first stage of a broader plan to make its entire fleet 100 per cent electric-powered by 2030. According to Woolworths, the plan will help it hit its target of reducing transport...

After the chainsaws, the quiet: Victoria’s rapid exit from native forest logging is welcome – and long overdueBy the end of the year, Victoria’s trouble-plagued native forest industry will end – six years ahead of schedule. The state’s iconic mountain ash forests and endangered wildlife will at...