New clean tech fund a welcome step towards a clean energy future, but bigger steps needed
Announcement will go some way to thawing the investment freeze in renewable energy in Australia
23 March 2016
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Conservation Goals All Conservation Goals
Dramatic new video and pictures of coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef
Images show large sections of coral drained of all colour and fighting for survival
21 March 2016
Proposed WA “conservation” law could send state’s species to the point of extinction
Proposed laws allow the Minister to authorise actions that would cause a species to become extinct
20 March 2016
Black cockatoo crisis will get worse under WA growth plan
"Green Growth Plan" is full of holes and fails to protect the state’s endangered black cockatoos.
18 March 2016
WWF welcomes bill to restore Queensland landclearing controls
Proposed new laws would restore the 2006 ban on broadscale clearing
17 March 2016
Will Prime Minister Turnbull switch off for Earth Hour?
This Saturday, Australians will turn their lights off for the tenth Earth Hour.
17 March 2016
Historic low levels of Arctic sea ice signal trouble for Arctic wildlife
If the ice does not grow any more this year, this will set a new record.
15 March 2016
Urgent need for $1 million federal funding injection for coral bleaching monitoring
Great Barrier Reef bleaching response raised to second highest level.
14 March 2016
400,000 hectares of Queensland koala habitat could be bulldozed if landclearing controls not restored
Exemption from the law means that bulldozers can now destroy vast areas of high conservation value bushland at any time with no questions asked, no permit...
14 March 2016
Surf and turf: Global fishing company first to go carbon-neutral, helps Aussie wildlife
Australian company purchases trees in Southwest Australia and restoring valuable land for Aussie wildlife in the process
11 March 2016
The Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching map we didn’t want to see
The latest coral bleaching map shows worsening conditions for the northern Great Barrier Reef and shows a high risk of serious bleaching.
10 March 2016
90% of Qld’s hawksbill turtles could be gone in four years
Satellite trackers placed on two hawksbill turtles in a race to save the mysterious species
9 March 2016