Environmental investigations
This series explores Australia’s many and urgent environmental and climate challenges, highlighting the complex and systemic forces at play and counteracting misinformation in mainstream and social media
Environment to-do list: five ministerial priorities for Tanya Plibersek
Australia’s new minister faces difficult challenges fixing laws, creating an EPA and curbing an extinction crisis
Coalition scrapped recovery plans for 176 threatened species and habitats in one of its final acts
‘On what sort of planet does the commonwealth think they don’t need a recovery plan for a Tasmanian devil’, asks Wilderness Society
Australia’s climate data to UN questioned as study finds land clearing in Queensland underreported
If national emissions data is incorrect then Australia less likely to be on track to meet Coalition’s target of a 26-28% cut by 2030
‘Devastating’: 91% of reefs surveyed on Great Barrier Reef affected by coral bleaching in 2022
Report reveals extent of sixth mass bleaching event with worst-affected reefs between Cape Tribulation and Whitsundays
CSIRO has become ‘extravagant consulting company’, one of its former top climate scientists says
After cutting ties with the agency, Prof David Karoly is free of its restrictions on commenting on climate policy
‘Worst it’s ever been’: a threatened species alarm sounds during the election campaign – and is ignored
Warnings of dramatically escalating extinctions in Australia over the next two decades seem to be falling on deaf ears
‘We can’t afford to get this wrong’: relocating Leadbeater’s possums is risky – but it’s their only chance
Exclusive: With only 33 of Victoria’s lowland population left, the team charged with their recovery says ‘we need to be proactive’
Chemical from tyres linked to mass salmon deaths in US found in Australia for first time
Scientists find 6PPD-quinone in Queensland creek and call for urgent research to see if local aquatic life was harmed
FOI documents reveal plan to skip federal environmental approvals for some projects
Exclusive: conservationists urge caution as documents show government considering decision-making workaround after bill blocked in Senate
Australia is spending billions on the Great Barrier Reef. Will it do any good?
Another $1bn has been committed, the latest of many funding pledges. But the reef’s biggest threat – global heating – overshadows everything
Tennis Australia ends partnership with Santos after one year
The multiyear deal with the fossil fuel company had been the target of a campaign against ‘sportswashing’
WestConnex environmental offsets bought on property 400km outside Sydney part-owned by consultant
Emails tabled in NSW parliament reveal consultant on motorway project and ex-government conservation officer hold shares in offset site
‘Boots on the ground’ needed to make the most of NSW national park land purchases
State government urged to manage and resource recent property acquisitions to protect native species and habitat
‘A farce’: experts dismiss government claims a controversial and unproven technology will cut emissions by 15%
Burning vegetation and injecting emissions underground ‘ecologically risky’ and ‘should be avoided’
Five questions the Morrison government must answer now it has agreed to the Cop26 pact
If Australia wants to stop being seen as a climate ‘wrecker’ it needs to increase its 2030 emissions target, phase down coal power and cut fossil fuel subsidies. Will it?
Cop26: Australia accused of ‘hiding’ while opposing deal needed to limit catastrophic climate breakdown
Australia does not support deal needed to keep alive chance of limiting global heating to 1.5C
Australia lobbied Unesco to remove reference to 1.5C global warming limit to protect heritage sites
Environment campaigners say the Morrison government’s attempt to remove the reference to 1.5C is ‘hugely significant’ and ‘bewildering’
Can Moomba live up to the hype? Santos’ $220m carbon capture and storage project
The first project registered for the government’s CCS carbon credits program is also claimed to be one of the world’s biggest
Australia’s emissions from land clearing likely far higher than claimed, analysis indicates
High-profile experts cast doubt over the bulk of the country’s touted reductions in greenhouse pollution
Cautious optimism and Australia on the outer: Five things you need to know about Cop26 so far
Will it turn out to be another great moment in greenwashing? Here is what was promised, and what wasn’t, at Cop26
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