Industry sources who attended an initial consultation on Thursday said they got a much better vibe from new environment minister Murray Watt than his predecessor.
Katina Curtis and Adrian Rauso
There is no time to waste to fix broken nature laws, Environment Minister Murray Watt says, although early indications suggest climate will not be included.
Poppy Johnston
The world has three years left before its production level of greenhouse gasses will see global warming pass 1.5 degrees celsius, a scientific team says.
Seth Borenstein
The Cook Government has lost the fight against the polyphagous shot-hole borer, with it no longer ‘technically feasible’ to eradicate the invasive pest.
Claire Sadler
More sunlight is making it to Earth to warm the planet faster as reflective cloud coverage gets sparser, research suggests.
An Australian moth uses the stars in the night sky to guide its migration, according to a study shedding light on one of nature's great mysteries.
Allanah Sciberras
Murray Watt has told everyone with an interest in overhauling approvals rules for the benefit of business and the environment to get on board the ‘reform train.’
Katina Curtis
A series of terse exchanges between the two environment departments discussing sharing rock art information was laid bare in new documents obtained under freedom of information.
Australia’s environmental laws are at least a decade past their use-by date and Labor has dropped the ball on promised changes, shadow environment minister Angie Bell says as she waits to see fresh details.
The Department of Fire and Emergency Services has asked motorists to avoid the area, reduce speed and drive carefully.
Caitlin Vinci
Albany environmentalists organised a “No New Gas” protest to mark the end of a public consultation period on Woodside’s Browse Basin to North West Shelf development.
Claire Middleton
Fresh water once again met salt on Thursday as the City of Albany manually opened the Taylor Inlet into Nanarup Beach to relieve pressure on its banks after recent swells pushed in sand.
Melissa Sheil
Australians are already facing a shortfall of more than 640,000 affordable homes. There’s one reason that might get even worse.
Nathan Schmidt
Australia is overdue for a full audit of climate change-fuelled risks as the latest science suggests warming is accelerating.
The nation’s first publicly accessible hydrogen service station has opened, in a huge move towards decarbonising commercial vehicles.
Brendan Kearns
The Federal environment minister has joined forces with more than 90 countries to clamp down on plastic waste harming the environment and human health.
A local beekeeper is hoping to expand his honey production by using the exclusive golf club.
Harriet Flinn
Farmers are being urged to keep their livestock warm as a freezing start to winter puts animals at risk.
Cameron Micallef
Woodside’s talks with the Federal Government over the future of the North West Shelf will remain ongoing after the deadline for a response on the environmental conditions was extended.
Matt Mckenzie
Environment Minister Murray Watt says talks with Woodside over strict conditions tied to the North West Shelf gas expansion have been ‘constructive,’ but warns formal response may be delayed.
Caitlyn Rintoul
A regulator has no idea how much water 12,000 licence holders are pumping from the aquifers in the nation's largest state.
Aaron Bunch
Climate change played a key role in the record-breaking heat wave in Iceland and Greenland in May causing Greenland's ice sheet to melt much faster than normal.
Kate Abnett
A South West shire has thrown its support behind a community petition which aims to keep mining companies out of native forests, turning those areas into protected national parks.
Craig Duncan
One of Mandurah’s iconic Thomas Dambo giants’ feet have been amputated and are under repair after the Mandurah Men’s Shed made a grim discovery.
Ava Berryman
