The Latest Breaking News from Environment

"I can create a calm working environment which in turn helps me manage my autism"

Groups in both countries condemn ‘trade at any cost’ – neglecting ‘local businesses and public services’ – and ‘anti-democratic’ talks

So-called "ultra-fast fashion" has won legions of young trend-setting fans who snap up relatively cheap clothes online amid surging inflation, but the booming genre masks darker environmental problems. Britain's Boohoo, China's SHEIN and Hong Kong's Emmiol operate the same internet-based business model -- produce items and collections at breakneck speed…

Removing several hundred billion tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere is now considered necessary to avert the worst effects of climate change. Using nature to help achieve that goal, by allowing habitats to regenerate, would seem to offer a win-win solution for the environment and the climate.

The release of the first data on a new wild horse control strategy in the Kosciuszko National Park has failed to please environmentalists or brumby advocates.

The delivery of 450 gigalitres of environmental water for South Australia has been a controversial topic — and irrigators say it is getting in the way of progress.

Our ageing cities are badly in need of regeneration. Many established residential areas, the “greyfields”, are becoming physically, technologically and environmentally obsolete. They are typically located in low-density, car-dependent middle suburbs developed in the mid to late 20th century.

Destruction of Northern Australia's tropical savannas – considered one of the last untouched regions in the world – is increasing at a rapid rate and new draft guidelines aimed at minimising greenhouse gas emissions from land clearing are "taking us in the opposite direction", environmentalists say.

A notification proposing amendments to the Environment Protection Act by replacing fine for violators with imprisonment, was issued

James Lovelock, the maverick scientist and inventor, died surrounded by his family on July 27 2022 – his 103rd birthday. Jim led an extraordinary life. He is best known for his Gaia hypothesis, developed with the brilliant US biologist Lynn Margulis in the 1970s, which transformed the way we think…

Wild Wednesdays have been relaunched to help local kids understand their environment and how to engage with nature around them!