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- September is Coastal Cleanup Month with a new look for 2020 Wed, 16 Sep 20, 4:30amBeach and coastline cleanups have been a focus of many caring citizens and environmental groups for decades. The most-publicized beach cleanup effort, Coastal Cleanup Day, is typically slotted for a day in September. This...
- Australia's untapped gas reserves could unleash three years' worth of global emissions Thu, 10 Sep 20, 11:41amPinning hopes of economic recovery on fossil fuel comes at huge environmental cost, analysis warns
- Australia's untapped gas reserves could unleash three year's worth of global emissions Thu, 10 Sep 20, 7:48amPinning hopes of economic recovery on fossil fuel comes at huge environmental cost, analysis warns
- Study shows denim microfibers are polluting our waters Thu, 10 Sep 20, 2:30amA new study shows that jeans are releasing up to 56,000 denim microfibers per wash into lakes and oceans. The study, which was published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology Letters found that denim microfibers...
- Trump weakens Obama-era rules on toxic wastewater from coal plants Tue, 1 Sep 20, 7:49amSteam-based plants third biggest source of toxic wastewaterPollutants released into water linked to cancer and other illnessThe Trump administration is loosening rules for toxic water pollution from coal-fired power plants...
- How do you deal with 9m tonnes of suffocating seaweed? Tue, 30 Jun 20, 3:30pmAcross the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean, scientists are developing alternative sustainable solutions to the golden tide of Sargassum
- New Acland coalmine fined just $9,461 for 34 separate noise violations Wed, 24 Jun 20, 2:38pmExclusive: environment groups accuse Queensland authorities of being a ‘toothless tiger’, saying ‘paltry’ fines ‘an insult to communities and farmers’
- Taming plastic waste with silica plastic blocks Wed, 24 Jun 20, 2:30amIn a bid to curb plastic waste pollution, India-based company Rhino Machines has invented a way of using plastic to make construction blocks. The silica plastic blocks (SPBs) are strong enough to build a house and can be...
- Discarded COVID-19 masks are now littering seas and oceans Thu, 11 Jun 20, 2:30amIn May, the French nonprofit Opération Mer Propre reported collecting several used face masks within waves of the Mediterranean Sea. According to the organization's report, there has been a surge in "COVID waste", including...
- ‘Their greed is gonna kill us’: Indian Country fights against more fracking Wed, 10 Jun 20, 8:14pmExpansion of drilling in New Mexico would threaten sacred artefacts and bring public health risks to area still reeling from Covid-19
- Air pollution climbing back to pre-pandemic levels Sat, 6 Jun 20, 1:30amLast month, news media around the world heralded cleaner skies as a byproduct of the pandemic-induced quarantines. Alas, as lockdowns are lifted, air pollution is climbing back to pre-COVID levels in China. Several European...
- Steep fall in emissions during coronavirus is no cause for celebration Wed, 20 May 20, 1:00amBrief hiatus will make little difference to catastrophic levels of global heating, experts say
- Lockdowns trigger dramatic fall in global carbon emissions Wed, 20 May 20, 1:00amResponses to coronavirus crisis cause sharpest drop in carbon output since records began
- Gas stoves making indoor air up to five times dirtier than outdoor air, report finds Tue, 5 May 20, 8:00pmGas cookers making people sick and exposing tens of millions to air pollution levels that would be illegal if they were outside
- 'Of course it could happen again': experts say little has changed since Deepwater Horizon Mon, 20 Apr 20, 8:00pmThe danger of deepwater oil operations, combined with the loosening of Obama-era rules, mean the risk of a repeat disaster is high