Science in Australia's environmental policy (Department of the Environment -...
(Source: Department of the Environment - Australian Government) Presentation to the Australian Academy of Science Dr Gordon de Brouwer Friday 12 June 2015 Science in environmental decision-making Good...
View ArticleNational Landcare grants start to flow across Peel-Harvey region (Department...
(Source: Department of the Environment - Australian Government) Minister for the Environment The Hon. Barnaby Joyce MP Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources Andrew Hastie MP Federal Member for...
View ArticleAustralia quietly adds 49 species to threatened and endangered lists
Brush-tailed bettong, three-toed snake-tooth skink, swift parrot and types of orchid and albatross listed...
View ArticleQueensland’s tree-clearing “map of shame” (WWF-Australia)
(Source: WWF-Australia) Queensland's tree-clearing "map of shame" Posted on 17 September 2015 WWF-Australia today called on the Queensland Government to honour its election commitment to protect...
View ArticleEvery Episode of David Attenborough’s Life Series, Ranked
BBC / Anton_Ivanov / Rich Carey / Neirfy / Resul Muslu / Starcea Gheorghe Silviu / Georgia Evans / Tanawat Ariya / Shutterstock / Paul Spella / The Atlantic This Sunday, Sir David Attenborough,...
View ArticleGreens to double Perth tree canopy by 2040 (Australian Greens)
(Source: Australian Greens) Perth's tree canopy will double across the city by 2040 with every resident living within five minutes of a greenway under the Greens Urban Forest plan announced today....
View ArticleDeforestation surges in Queensland ahead of crackdown on land clearing
WWF reports landholders ‘panic clearing’ under the new Labor government in anticipation of protections being restored...
View Article03/03/2016: Rocklands Feasibility Study (CuDeco Limited)
(Source: CuDeco Limited) Feasibility Study ACN. 000 317 251 MARKET RELEASE 3rd March 2016 ROCKLANDS GROUP COPPER PROJECT (CDU 100%) ROCKLANDS FEASIBILITY STUDY Cloncurry mining company CuDeco Limited...
View ArticleAbbott/Turnbull government’s environmental record ‘more bad than good’ (ACF -...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) 'It is very disappointing to look back at this government's environmental record and see so many poor choices, short-sighted decisions and missed...
View ArticleCarmichael Coal Mine and Rail Infrastructure project approved (Department of...
(Source: Department of the Environment - Australian Government) Show all Hide all The Carmichael Coal Mine and Rail Project is an open-cut and underground coal mine located approximately 300 kilometres...
View ArticleElection 2016: Letters to the editor, May 8, 2016
LETTERS It is going to be a long contest of ideas ("Election 2016: a welcome contest of ideas", May 7-8). Let us hope more light than heat will be generated in the process and scaremongering by either...
View ArticleAn Endangered Cockatoo On The Wrong Side Of The Law
A flaw in environmental law prevents regulators seeing the forest from the (rapidly disappearing) trees. That’s why this species is fighting for survival, writes Andrew Picone. Australia’s largest...
View ArticleA year of reckless governing for Australia’s environment (ACF - Australian...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) As the Abbott Government's first anniversary approaches, the Australian Conservation Foundation has taken a look back over the big decisions the...
View ArticleAnnex: LIFE programme: 2015 projects (European Commission -...
(Source: European Commission - Directorate-General for Environment) The European Commission has approved an investment package of €222.7 million from the EU budget to support Europe's transition to a...
View ArticleAdani coal project should not receive taxpayer funding (ACF - Australian...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) Speaking on ABC Radio National Breakfast Mr Frydenberg said Adani's Carmichael coal mine 'is a commercial project… it needs to stand on its own two...
View ArticleEnvironmental water to remain with the Environment Department (ACF -...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) 'Environmental water should be used to protect and restore the rivers and wetlands of Murray-Darling Basin and therefore the Environment Department is...
View ArticleEnvironment law change would be undemocratic (ACF - Australian Conservation...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) The committee backed the government's proposal to repeal s 487 of the Environmental Protection & Biodiversity Conservation Act to restrict the...
View ArticleWorld Environment Day statement from Australian environment groups (ACF -...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) The United Nation's World Heritage register recognises the most awe-inspiring places on Earth - the Great Barrier Reef, the Great Wall of China, the...
View ArticleNewspaper ad campaign urges Minister Hunt to reject Adani coal mine (ACF -...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) A coalition of environment groups will run in two major newspapers this Friday. Following a legal challenge by Mackay Conservation Group, the Federal...
View ArticleIf banks are serious about their Principles, they cannot finance Galilee...
(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) ANZ, the Commonwealth Bank, NAB and Westpac are all signatories to the Equator Principles, which are supposed to guide banks' assessment and...
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