Wilding pine control group fears Queenstown’s vistas could be decimated without more funding
Peter Willsman, founding chairman of the Whakatipu Wilding Conifer Control Group, who has been helping bring wildings under…
Tragically Hip, Feist, Roch Voisine and Loverboy members to be inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame
Open this photo in gallery: Loverboy will be represented in the hall by the band’s chief songwriters, singer…
Renewable energy just broke a 100-year-old streak
For more than a century, the world has run on coal. When Thomas Edison’s Pearl Street electrical station…
Middle East crisis could cost world $1tn while oil firms make ‘obscene’ profit, analysis finds | Fossil fuels
The Middle East oil and gas crunch will impose as much as a trillion dollars of additional costs…
Scientists reveal the real source of airborne microplastics and it’s not the ocean |
A new study by the Department of Meteorology and Geophysics at the University of Vienna has challenged many…
Protecting wild animals has never been more urgent. But there’s a reason it can be harder than it seems.
This essay is adapted from Beyond Belief: How Evidence Shows What Really Works, by Helen Pearson. Copyright © 2026…
Mining mine wastes for sustainable value creation
Franks, D. M. et al. Sci. Rep. 11, 5353 (2021). Article CAS Google Scholar Lottermoser, B. G. in…
Kāinga Ora tenant Annie Tiavo threatened neighbours after noise complaint
First published on Kāinga Ora told the tribunal on October 11, 2025, there was a party held at…
Coral reefs on a remote archipelago shrugged off a massive heatwave
The Houtman Abrolhos Islands, off Western Australia, where corals appear to be exceptionally heat-tolerant Bill Bachman/Alamy Coral reefs…
Scenic Rim community divided over proposed Cleanaway waste-to-energy incinerator
A proposed $1.5 billion waste-to-energy incinerator has split a southern Queensland community, with supporters arguing it will ease…
Invasive plant helps mosquitoes grow faster and live longer
Mediterranean streams often look calm and familiar. Tall green reeds line the banks. They sway with the wind…
Why the Southeast is burning – extreme drought is only part of the cause
Large parts of the southeastern U.S. are in the midst of an exceptional drought, and it is fueling…