Turbines turning from wind to sustainable products
The company’s Chief Executive Andrew Billingsley said finding a way to take blade waste beyond the end of…
South Africa in the late 1800s planted millions of Australian acacias to stabilise sand dunes, but today scientists say they’re draining rivers and replacing native ecosystems | World News
South Africa faces a severe water crisis stemming from Australian trees introduced over a century ago. These invasive…
Venezuela earthquake death toll passes 1,400 as survival window narrows
The death toll of two earthquakes in Venezuela has climbed to 1,430, as searches for survivors intensify during…
A popular climate fix could accidentally trigger massive changes to global weather
As carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions continue to climb, interest in geoengineering is growing as governments, researchers, and environmental…
Seeing Green: Nature Immersion Has Its Benefits
Can nature heal? Human history regarding the relationship with nature is paradoxical. On one hand, the notion that…
Canada hopes to become an ‘energy superpower’
Canada announced plans to build a major oil pipeline to boost sales to Asia and massively increase oil…
The world’s oceans are the hottest on record for June – and El Niño is set to turn up the heat even more
The world’s oceans are the hottest on record for June, pushing past records set during the 2023–24 El…
US scientists turn dead EV battery waste into high-performing new battery
With millions of electric vehicle batteries nearing the end of their use, researchers have found a way to…
Hobart City Council backs Halls Saddle transport hub, leaves size question open
Hobart councillors have backed a master plan for a multi-million dollar visitor hub at the base of kunanyi/Mt…
Great Barrier Reef avoids ‘in danger’ listing in World Heritage Committee draft decision
The Great Barrier Reef has avoided an “in danger” listing in a draft decision by the World Heritage…
70 years on from the killer smog: what clean air laws teach us about power, pollution and profit
Seventy years ago, London choked. For five days in December 1952, a toxic smog smothered the city. Visibility…
Fossil fuels won’t fix a fossil fuel crisis
One year ago I became the first independent member for Bradfield. For three decades before that, I worked…